The origin of dog domestication in Europe with Robert Wayne; Richard Lenski tracks the adaptation of bacteria over 50,000 generations; Robert Services describes the prospects of a new contender in solar technology.

Sara Mitchell discusses the co-evolution of sexual traits in mosquitoes and their influence on malaria transmission. David Grimm discusses daily news stories. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: © Sam Cotton]

Did people domesticate animals? Or did they domesticate themselves? Online News Editor David Grimm talks with Sarah Crespi about a recent study that looked at self-domesticating mice. If they could go it alone, could cats or dogs have done the same in the distant past? Next, Sinan Aral of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge joins Sarah to discuss his work on true and false rumor cascades across all of Twitter, since its inception. He finds that false news travels further, deeper, and faster than true news, regardless of the source of the tweet, the kind of news it was, or whether bots were involved. In a bonus segment recording during a live podcasting event at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Austin, Sarah first speaks with Ben Munson of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis about markers of gender and sexual orientation in spoken language and then Adrienne Hancock of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., talks about using what we know about gender and communication to help transgender women change their speech and communication style. Live recordings sessions at the AAAS meeting were supported by funds from the European Commission. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Rudolf Jakkel (CC0); Music: Jeffrey Cook]

Strawberries had both male and female parts, like most plants, until several million years ago. This may seem like a long time ago, but it actually means strawberries have some of the youngest sex chromosomes around. What are the advantages of splitting a species into two sexes? Host Sarah Crespi interviews freelance journalist Carol Cruzan Morton about her story on scientists’ journey to understanding the strawberry’s sexual awakening. In 2016, experimental Zika vaccines were swiftly developed in response to the emergence of serious birth defects in the babies of infected woman. Two years after the height of Zika cases, there’s so little spread of the virus in the Americas that it has stymied vaccine trials. Researchers hope to overcome this hurdle with “human challenge experiments”—vaccinating people, then intentionally infecting them with Zika to see whether they’re protected from the virus. Meagan Cantwell talks with staff writer Jon Cohen about his news story that highlights the risks and rewards of human challenge experiments. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Public domain; Music: Jeffrey Cook]

Researchers, regulators, and the chicken industry are all united in their search for a way to make eggs more ethical by stopping culling—the killing of male chicks born to laying hens. Contributing Correspondent Gretchen Vogel talks with host Sarah Crespi about the many approaches being tried to determine the sex of chicken embryos before they hatch, from robots with lasers, to MRIs, to artificial intelligence, to gene editing with CRISPR. Also this week, Sarah talks with Melanie Bergmann, a marine biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, about finding microplastic particles in snow all the way up at the Fram Strait, between Greenland and the Svalbarg archipelago in Norway. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Download a transcript (PDF) Ads on this week’s show: Science Sessions podcast; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: fruchtzwerg’s world/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook]

NSE Nifty surged 175 points, or 1.90%, to 9,374.05.

NSE Nifty rose 52.45 points.

Online Resource

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020

Dewey Library - HV6558.F47 2018

Online Resource

Dewey Library - HV6626.F73 2019

FIR has been lodged at the Mahila police station against the girl's father, mother and brother.

Tejpal's decision came after the woman journalist complained to managing editor of Tehelka.

Shoma stated that since the case is "initiated by the state", she will cooperate.

Tejpal will undergo third round of medical tests on Thursday.

Justice Ganguly is currently serving as the chief of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.

I have full faith in him. He will decide what has to be done, Somnath Chatterjee said.

Activists said Wednesday's judgment will be a landmark in the gay rights' struggle in India.

Supreme Court's verdict stating that Gay Sex is illegal has triggered a debate.

SC set aside Delhi HC's 2009 judgment, terms gay sex a punishable offence.

Online Resource

Tonstad, Linn Marie, 1978- author

Anglican Church of Australia, author

Hollier, Joel, author

Interview with Alison J. Huang, MD, MAS, author of Changes in Sexual Functioning in Women and Men in the 5 Years After Bariatric Surgery

Interview with Susan Cheng, MD, MPH, author of Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Trajectories Over the Life Course, and Nanette K. Wenger, MD, author of Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes for Women—Biology, Bias, or Both?

Interview with Arash Mostaghimi, author of Association Between Sexual Orientation and Lifetime Prevalence of Skin Cancer in the United States, and Howa Yeung, MD MSc, author of Sexual and Gender Minority Populations and Skin Cancer—New Data and Renewed Priorities

All that happened in the markets today

In all, these three entities have added Rs 5.8 trillion to their m-cap during the period, against a Rs 11.3-trillion rise in the incremental m-cap of all 30 Sensex companies

Kaplan, Gisela T., author

Dewey Library - KZ7162.S56 2018

Online Resource

Barker Library - KF539.R65 2018

Only NIH, NSF publicize their complaint procedures

Online Resource

Dewey Library - LB2345.3.R37 D6 2015

Online Resource

As Imtiaz Ali's Jab Harry Met Sejal releases, Aseem Chhabra feels it's the best time to revisit the Hollywood classic When Harry Met Sally, which tries to answer the question in the title of this feature.

If there's even the slightest chance of a laugh, its dummy cast ensures the joke doesn't land, feels Sukanya Verma.

Mumbai NGO reaches out to sex workers, nomads with ration during lockdown

Interview with John G. Canto, MD, MSPH, author of Association of Age and Sex With Myocardial Infarction Symptom Presentation and In-Hospital Mortality

Interview with Anupam Jena, MD, PhD, author of Sex Differences in Academic Rank in US Medical Schools in 2014

Rotch Library - KBP2467.5.H36 2016

Rotch Library - HN786.A8 H34 2016