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.

Links:

• Brain researchers: Dogs process speech just like humans do (Fast Company)
• America now has a stretch of highway paved with recycled plastic (Optimist Daily)
• Voice of Racism
• Taika Waititi’s Voice of Racism is an interactive website revealing the damaging effects of ceaseless micro-aggressions (It’s Nice That)
• Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates (The Verge)
• Sonic Hedgehog, DICER, and the Problem With Naming Genes (Pacific Standard)
• Wasabi fire alarm a lifesaver for the deaf (Reuters)
• Wasabi fire alarm scoops Ig Nobel prize for Japanese scientists (The Guardian)

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