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February 04, 2022

Quantum Physics Does Quantum Mechanics Reveal That Life Is But a Dream? A radical quantum hypothesis casts doubt on objective reality By John Horgan

Animals From Great Dane to Tiny Terrier, A Mutation Creates Enormous Variation in Dog Sizes A genetic change that evolved from ancient wolves can help make dogs giant or small By Ewen Callaway,Nature magazine

Renewable Energy U.S. Project Reaches Major Milestone toward Practical Fusion Power In a world first, the National Ignition Facility has generated a “burning plasma,” a fusion reaction on the cusp of being self-sustaining By Philip Ball

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Medicine How Many COVID Vaccine Boosters Will We Need? Endless boosting might not be a practical or sustainable strategy, scientists say By Clare Watson,Nature magazine

Psychology Most of Us Combine Personality Traits from Different Genders New research underscores that almost everyone’s personality blends “more often seen in men” and “more often seen in women” characteristics By Spencer Greenberg,Holly Muir

Black Holes Astronomers Find First Ever Rogue Black Hole Adrift in the Milky Way Weighing in at seven times the mass of our sun, the dark object is by far the best-yet candidate for a free-floating stellar-mass black hole By Jonathan O'Callaghan

Energy Recycled Lithium-Ion Batteries Can Perform Better Than New Ones A novel method of recycling such batteries could help meet skyrocketing demand By Jordan Wilkerson

Pollution How to Destroy 'Forever Chemicals' Health-damaging PFASs are nearly impossible to break down—but a new hot-water technique can destroy them By Lars Fischer

Astronomy How Measuring Time Shaped History From Neolithic constructions to atomic clocks, how humans measure time reveals what we value most By Clara Moskowitz

Evolution A Strange Creature Discards Genes to Make a Better Heart The sea squirt relative demonstrates that sometimes less is more: losing genes can be adaptive By Viviane Callier

Quantum Physics What Is Spacetime Really Made Of? Spacetime may emerge from a more fundamental reality. Figuring out how could unlock the most urgent goal in physics—a quantum theory of gravity By Adam Becker

Planetary Science Earth Has a New Asteroid Companion, but Not for Long The Trojan asteroid 2020 XL5 is projected to linger in our planet’s vicinity for the next 4,000 years By Chelsea Gohd,SPACE.com

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