Thu. 08/06 - Excel Error Causes Genes To Be Renamed

<p><strong><em>Further findings into just how much of our speech dogs can understand. An American highway that’s been repaved with recycled plastic. Taika Waititi’s new anti-racist website. Scientists who had to rename human genes due to a Microsoft Excel error. And a smoke detector that wakes you up by spitting wasabi scents in your face.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90535958/talk-to-your-dogs-their-brains-process-speech-the-same-way-yours-does" target="_blank">Brain researchers: Dogs process speech just like humans do</a> (Fast Company)</li><li><a href="https://www.optimistdaily.com/2020/08/stretch-of-californian-highway-paved-with-recycled-plastic/" target="_blank">America now has a stretch of highway paved with recycled plastic</a> (Optimist Daily)</li><li><a href="https://voiceofracism.co.nz/" target="_blank">Voice of Racism</a></li><li><a href="https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/taika-waititi-nz-human-rights-commission-clemenger-bbdo-voice-of-racism-digital-050820?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29" target="_blank">Taika Waititi’s Voice of Racism is an interactive website revealing the damaging effects of ceaseless micro-aggressions</a> (It’s Nice That)</li><li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates" target="_blank">Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates</a> (The Verge)</li><li><a href="https://psmag.com/environment/sonic-hedgehog-dicer-problem-naming-genes-91386" target="_blank">Sonic Hedgehog, DICER, and the Problem With Naming Genes</a> (Pacific Standard)</li><li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-wasabi-idUST29421020080318" target="_blank">Wasabi fire alarm a lifesaver for the deaf</a> (Reuters)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/sep/30/wasabi-fire-alarm-ig-nobel-prize" target="_blank">Wasabi fire alarm scoops Ig Nob