Today you’ll learn about how our genes can predict how many kids we’ll have, how scientists have created a new method of sucking up CO2 from the atmosphere, and how a baby mouse was born from two biologically male mice! 

Genetic Fertility

• “Genetic variants influencing human fertility identified - new research.” n.a. 2023.
  • https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-03-02-genetic-variants-influencing-human-fertility-identified-new-research
• “Genome-wide analysis identifies genetic effects on reproductive success and ongoing natural selection at the FADS locus.” By Mathieson, et al. 2023.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01528-6
• “The challenge of detecting recent natural selection in human populations.” by Mills & Mathieson. 2022.
  • https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2203237119

CO2 Suck Up

• “Climate change: New idea for sucking up CO2 from air shows promise.” By Matt McGrath. 2023.
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64886116
• “Carbon capture: What is it and how does it fight climate change?” by Jonah Fisher. 2023.
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64723497
• “Direct air capture (DAC) and sequestration of CO2: Dramatic effect of coordinated Cu(ll) onto a chelating weak base ion exchanger.” by Hao Chen, et al. 2023.
  • https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg1956
• “How much is a ton of carbon dioxide?” by Kathryn Tso. 2020.
  • https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/how-much-ton-carbon-dioxide

2 Dad Mice

• “The mice with two dads: scientists create eggs from male cells” by Heidi Ledford & Max Kozlov
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00717-7
• “Healthy mice from same-sex parents have their own pups” by Jeremy Rehm
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-0699

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