How did 'Puppy dog eyes' evolve? Are people with ADHD more creative? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 17 - June 23, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's bumper edition of the best coverage of science news from the online world, explore the neurological basis of SAD and how gender inequality may have arisen. ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise also cover many other important and exciting topics. Why not have a read, inform yourself, and indulge your scientific curiosity?

• How dogs evolved ‘Puppy dog eyes’ by Tracy Peake at the NC State University blog.
• To save the whales, crab fishers are testing ropeless gear by Alastair Bland for Hakai magazine.
• First ever beluga-narwhal hybrid identified by Nick Carne for Cosmos magazine.
• This new species of shipworm has an appetite for stone by Emily Storz at Drexel News Blog. 





Lithoredo abatanica.
Credit:Marvin A. Altamia and Reuben Shipway via newsblog.drexel.edu

• The allure of Zebra print: New insight on the evolutionary advantage of stripes by Kendra Redmond at Physics Central.
• Rise of the Extinction Deniers by John R. Platt for Scientific American.
• Why we tend to feel depressed during gloomy weather by Jess Vilvestre at FlipScience.
• Are people with ADHD more creative? by Caterina Gawrilow and Sara Goudarzi for Scientific American.
• Gender inequality arose 8000 years ago by Dyani Lewis for Cosmos magazine.
• Shift to renewable energy could have biodiversity cost, researchers caution by Ashley Stumvoll for Mongabay.
• Commentary: Why sustainability should be on your plate when you travel by Isolina Boto for Mongabay.
• “Hulk”-like microorganisms in soil can survive high levels of gamma radiation by Mary Sabuda at Sciworthy.
• Scientists want to make fuel and plastic out of bacteria by Doug Johnson at Hakai magazine.
• The key limitation for people with cardiac arrest is that they are often having it at home or in some place where they’re alone, and it’s unwitnessed by Diana Kai for Stat News.
• How building in time for exam review supports advances in student learning by Kendall Rolley KQED News, Mindshift.
• Ancient water underlies arid Egypt by Mary Caperton Morton for Eos.
• When does work engagement lead to harmful outcomes? Reviewed by Marissa Post via I/O At Work.
• Crystal Caves: When nature grows crystals by Chemistry Hall.
• Podcast: Is your Wi-Fi watching you? by CBC Radio Canada.



These images of human figures were obtained using radio waves. Each column contains two images of the same person.
Credit: Fadel Adib via www.cbc.ca

• Understanding habit, habituation and change by Rob Long on Safety Risk.
• This is how fear, misinformation, and measles spread in Brooklyn by Amanda Schaffer ‏for WIRED.
• Access to health in Lagos: An interdisciplinary partnership with the community by Elise Meyer on the NPHR Blog.
• Sanofi, Alphabet Partner on A.I., Analytics by Alan Kotok at Science and Enterprise.

Check back next week for more great picks!

Video: Gaia Cantelli's six top tips to find science you can trust online.

In an increasingly online world, many of us turn to the internet to inform ourselves on all sorts of topics. However, due to the unbridled availability of information in the absence of context, it is easy to become confused or poorly informed by the huge amount of  - often conflicting - information. In the first installment of ScienceSeeker's video series 'Science you can use', join Becca Hall as she runs through Gaia Cantelli's six best ways to make sure we can trust the scientific infomation we find online.

Why do people like to be scared? What are the health implications of ingesting microplastics? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 10 - June 16, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best science news from science newsmakers, explore how the skin plays a part in anaphylactic shock and read the latest news on climate change and antibiotic resistance. ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise also cover many other important and exciting topics. Why not have a read, inform yourself, and indulge your scientific curiosity?

• Why do people like to be scared? by Romeo Vitelli for Psychology Today.

Being scared in a safe environment may help prepare our brain for real danger.
Credit: Sebastien Wiertz via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

• The skin is connected to the…gut: How tissue crosstalk may orchestrate oral anaphylaxis by Christopher Horton for ImmunoBites.
• It’s time to recycle… your cells. Daily fasting activates autophagy by Paige Jarreau for Life Apps.
• The cleaning revolution: How does this new wave of ultra-cleanliness affect our health? by Emily May Armstrong for The GIST.
• The Copper Touch by Seth Frand at SustainableNano.
• You're eating, drinking, and breathing microplastics. Now what? by Anna Robuck for Massive Science.
• Antibiotic resistance is a SciComm crisis by Dan Evans for Seeking Science.
• The 2019 worldwide fitness trends by Brock Armstrong at Quick and Dirty Tips.
• Why climate change could be our greatest public health threat and our greatest opportunity by Mass General Research Blog.
• Climate Change and Inequality: The Missing Link by Nick Iraola for Envirobites.
• Arctic sea ice extent just hit a record low for early June; worse may come by Gloria Dickie for Mongabay.
• California seamounts are Sylvia Earle’s newest “Hope Spots” by Matt Koller for Hakai magazine.
• Hubble spots sodium chloride on Jupiter’s moon Europa by Sci-News.
• Toxic “Habitable” worlds could be havens for alien microbes by Ian O'Neill at Astroengine.
• Synopsis: Making the perfect crêpe by Katherine Wright for APS Physics.
• We drink basically the same wine varietals as ancient Romans, and that's not so great by Susie Neilson for NPR Science.
• Egg temperatures govern the way chicks walk by Andrew Masterson for Cosmos magazine.
• Dragon quest: Australia kicks off search for possibly extinct lizard by John R. Platt for The Revelator.

Check back next week for more great picks!

Being kicked in the testicles or childbirth, which hurts more? How can eating dirt help fend off anxiety? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 3 - June 9, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best picks from the world of science news, meet the newest eight-armed lab animal and explore the genetics behind the preference between cats and dogs. ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise also cover many other important and exciting topics. Why not have a read, inform yourself, and indulge your scientific curiosity?

• Video: Kicked in the crotch vs. childbirth: The great debate hosted by Olivia Gordon for SciShow.

Does this seemingly innocent long-standing question actually illuminate unconscious sexism in science?
Credit: Racchio via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)

• Healthy fat hidden in dirt may fend off anxiety disorders by Neuroscience News.
• Being a 'dog person' may be in your genes by Jaime Chambers for Massive Science.
• Dogs mirror stress levels of their owners by Stephen Johnson for BigThink.
• The newest lab rat has eight arms by Mićo Tatalović for Hakai magazine.
• Body parts respond to day and night independently from brain by Milla Bengtsson for Reliawire.
• Cracking the sugar code: the secret language cells use by Emma Clarke at The Curious Platypus.
• Study of marathon runners reveals a ‘hard limit’ on human endurance by Michael Price for Science magazine.
• The art of expressing science through poetry by Ellinor Nilsson for Crastina.
• It takes evil to defeat evil: why researchers built a fake news generator by Greg Fish for World of Weird Things.
• Varieties of nonsense by Derek Lowe at Science Translational Medicine.
• Oh my God double asteroid all the way across the sky! by Dan Samorodnitsky for Massive Science.
• Did exploding stars really help humans walk upright? by Greg Fish for World of Weird Things.
• This little-known quantum rule makes our existence possible by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang.
• Scientists discover the loneliest, most isolated galaxy in the entire universe by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang.
• Bizarre pentaquark turns out to be a new kind of subatomic 'molecule' by Leah Crane for New Scientist.
• NASA will allow private astronauts on the ISS for $11,250-$22,500 a day by Jonathan Gitlin for Ars Technica.

Check back next week for more great picks!

ScienceSeeker Psychology Picks from May 2019

Here is the roundup of the best coverage of psychology research from May 2019 according to ScienceSeeker editor Antanas Spokas. To read the posts themselves, access them from our ScienceSeeker picks posts from May.