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It starts with a low-energy feeling, or maybe getting a little cranky. Your brain is sending a message: You’re hungry. Sound familiar? Studies in mice have pinpointed a cluster of cells that may create this unpleasant, “hangry,” feeling. ✍️ @amberldance knowablemagazine.org/article/health…

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More than genes and upbringing determine animal personalities: There’s a good dose of chance in the mix, too, writes behavioral ecologist @katelaskowski knowablemagazine.org/article/living…

Since the discovery of CRISPR-Cas systems, people have wondered if a similar type of system exists in eukaryotes. Today, we report in nature the characterization of Fanzor, a eukaryotic RNA-guided system that can be reprogrammed for human genome editing. nature.com/articles/s4158…

NEW: Whether caused by a tickle in your throat or an infection in your lungs, coughing helps to protect the airways. Scientists are revealing new secrets of the reflex that protects our lungs, spreads disease and irritates us all. ✍️ @scienceofmom knowablemagazine.org/article/health…

Some wonderful news! Congratulations to Ute and all the other fantastic work honored here.

"I asked Fred Mosteller, Henry Beecher's statistician for his whole career: “Fred, why weren’t you an author? It’s a mathematical paper, how could you not have been an author?” He said, “I didn’t want to be an author." (via Knowable Magazine)

Some plants, through natural selection, have evolved a special strategy aimed at dispatching unwelcome visitors: They send out odor signals to attract their enemies’ enemies. Read the Q&A with chemical ecologist Ted Turlings in Knowable Magazine: arevie.ws/PlantPests

Cells talk to each other, probably in part by exchanging mitochondria and mitochondrial components cell.com/action/showPdf…

🧠 Knowable Magazine podcast delves into the intriguing limits of knowledge. With hosts Dr Adam Levy and Charlotte Stoddart, we navigate through science and tech mysteries, from black holes to artificial hearts. #podcastdelivery

🧵 Some wonderful news: We are thrilled to announce that several Knowable Magazine pieces are finalists for this year’s Eddie & Ozzie Awards! #folioawards #eddieandozzieawards Recognized pieces include👇

Happy Friday podcast fans. Edition #222 of Find That Pod is out. 5 great podcasts to discover: ➡️ The Knowable Podcast Knowable Magazine ➡️ Why We Can’t Have Nice Things ➡️ The Town with Matthew Belloni ➡️ Shifting Schools Shifting Schools ➡️ BEEF with Bridget Todd

Forests once deemed ironclad are suffering surprising die-offs. To predict the fate of the world’s woods in the face of climate change, researchers need to understand how trees die. ✍️ Katya Zimmer knowablemagazine.org/article/food-e…

Christian T. Happi: We intend to do the first-ever whole genome sequences of African human genomes on African soil.  We are continuing to change the narrative of genomics and we are now positioning Africa to regain its leadership position in Science.”

Virologist Charles M. Ricework's was key to identifying, studying and finding treatments for hepatitis C. In a Q&A with Daniela Hirschfeld, the Nobel Laureate discusses the scientific journey and challenges that persist: knowmag.org/HepC_TW #HepC

In time for the Super Bowl, my essay in Knowable Magazine on how sports psychology research provides insight into everything from self-confidence to choking. knowablemagazine.org/content/articl…

The psychology of sports, and groundwater rising: mailchi.mp/annualreviews/…

Cells are fast and crowded places. Numbers help us make sense of them. Here are five of my favorite "bionumbers." 1. ATP synthase spins 134 times/second. That is much faster than the propeller on most piston airplanes, and about half the r.p.m. of a Boeing 737 jet engine.