Who Owns the Ocean's Genes? Tension on the High Seas

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September 12, 2022

Oceans Who Owns the Ocean's Genes? Tension on the High Seas Countries are struggling with how to share genetic code from myriad ocean creatures, which could lead to billion-dollar drugs By Olive Heffernan

Animals Cockatoos Work to Outsmart Humans in Escalating Garbage Bin Wars An innovation arms race may rage between birds and humans on the suburban streets of southeastern Australia  By Darren Incorvaia

Psychology Why Kids Are Afraid to Ask for Help Children as young as seven years old may hesitate to ask questions in school because they worry classmates will think they are "stupid" By Kayla Good,Alex Shaw

Climate Change $35 Billion Worth of Real Estate Could Be Underwater by 2050 Local governments in coastal states will lose billions of dollars in local tax revenue as rising seas claim developed land By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Pollution A Growing Drinking Water Crisis Threatens American Cities and Towns The Jackson, Miss., disaster rings alarm bells about myriad problems lurking in water systems across the country By Robin Lloyd

Astronomy Listen to Images from the James Webb Space Telescope It turns out that making new views of the Universe accessible to those with vision impairment has required some deep thought–and carefully chosen words. By Camilo Garzón | 07:39

Particle Physics Physicists Struggle to Unite around Future Plans Over 10 days, researchers participating in the once-a-decade "Snowmass process" attempted to build a unified scientific vision for the future of particle physics By Daniel Garisto

Psychology It's Time To Rethink the Origins of Pain Chronic pain is biochemical, but it's also psychological, and treatment needs to address how we think and feel about it By Haider Warraich

Climate Change Greenland Is Still Melting, and It's September The Greenland ice sheet just experienced one of its strongest late-season melt events on record By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

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