Science Summary - 2022, April

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_in_science

Items which I added to the Wikipedia list are marked with a star (*).
Some more relevant information can be found on at WP:Talk:2020_in_science.

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Sequenced human genome
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/human-genome-complete-dna-genetics
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj6987

IPCC report
https://www.ipcc.ch/2022/04/04/ipcc-ar6-wgiii-pressrelease/

* Quintessence apocalypse
https://www.livescience.com/end-cosmic-expansion
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2200539119

Interstellar object
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/science/interstellar-meteor-debate.html#permid=117852708
https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.07224

* Space debris
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/22/orbital-space-earth-protected-scientists-satellites
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-022-01655-6

Meteorite life
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/all-of-the-bases-in-dna-and-rna-have-now-been-found-in-meteorites
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29612-x

* Global carbon budget
https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/1917/2022/

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* COVID-19: WHO & airborne
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00925-7

* COVID-19: long COVID review
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-people-infected-covid-experienced-covid.html
https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiac136/6569364?login=false

* Russian invasion: food system research
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00994-8

* Russian invasion: demographic crisis
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19485565.2022.2061524

* Russian invasion: grid synchronization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.07508

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* Brain size evolution
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mammal-big-bodies-small-brains-dinosaur-extinction-fossils
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl5584

* Fungi communication
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/06/fungi-electrical-impulses-human-language-study
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.211926

* Semi-autonomous reproducibility
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-04-robot-scientist-eve-one-third-scientific.html
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2021.0821

W boson mass
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315418-particle-physics-could-be-rewritten-after-shock-w-boson-measurement/
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk1781

* Refrigerators
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-adding-energy-energy-efficiency-class-affect.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-022-01002-z

* Psilocybin
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61070591
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01744-z

LHC recommences
https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/large-hadron-collider-restarts

Novel foods
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61182294
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360183238_Incorporation_of_novel_foods_in_European_diets_can_reduce_global_warming_potential_water_use_and_land_use_by_over_80

* Food system review
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-meat-consumption-fall-sustainable.html
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-resource-111820-032340

* New cell death type
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-death-darkness-cell-guts.html
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001586

* Planetary boundary for green water
https://rdcu.be/cL78K

* Extinction risks: reptiles
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/27/one-in-five-reptiles-face-extinction-in-devastating-blow-to-biodiversity-aoe
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04664-7

* Extinction risks: marine life
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/28/global-warming-risks-cataclysmic-mass-extinction-marine-life
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abe9039

* CR/intermittent fasting review
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220428125433.htm
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00398-1

* Tirzepatide
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2318588-obesity-drug-achieves-average-weight-loss-of-24-kg-in-clinical-trial/

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18 items

(vaccine technique, Alzheimer's disease research, variants vaccine, dinosaur fossil from day of impact, most distant galaxy HD1, skin fibroblast cells rejuvenation reprogramming, rising air pollution deaths in fast-growing tropical cities, a distant starburst galaxy, climate change threatens cacti, undetectable machine learning backdoor vulnerability, NASA 2023-2032 plans, micronovae on white dwarfs, trillions of nanoparticles from single-use plastics like paper coffee cups, long relationship between diet and body mass disturbed, cancer research, bird flu, computed chemical recycling routes, novel spillovers risks increase due to climate change)