Why is night dark? How do you know if a species is extinct? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for June 26-July 3 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, we look at how people are fighting health myths on TikTok and how genetics can help save bees. 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 does it get dark at night? by Ian Hall at The Average Scientist 

Why don't the stars make the sky much brighter? 

• Secrets of the Moon’s Permanent Shadows Are Coming to Light by Jonathan O'Callaghan for Wired
• The Presence Of Absence: How Do We Know A Species Is Really Extinct? by GrrlScientist at Forbes
• Baby Parrots Babble Like Human Infants by Mary Bates at Psychology Today
• ‘Beenome’ project aims to boost bee conservation with genetic mapping by Liz Kimbrough at Mongabay
• The octopus’ brain and the human brain share the same ‘jumping genes’ at Ominy Science 
• Study: How placentas evolved in mammals at Ominy Science
• TikTok Is Flooded With Health Myths. These Creators Are Pushing Back by Tara Parker-Pope for The New York Times
• Abortion and the FDA by Derek Lowe at Science Magazine 
• The mRNA vaccine platform may also help cancer research by Matthew Kowalczyk at Sciworthy 
• Novel gene for Alzheimer's disease in women identified. Findings may help explain why Alzheimer's is more prevalent in women than men at Science Daily 
• Largeneuroimaging study finds social isolation to be an early indicator of increased dementia risk at Sharp Brains 
• Adolescents more vulnerable to cannabis addiction but not other mental health risks, study finds at Science Daily

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What is the world's largest freshwater fish? Where in the world are birds most colourful? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for June 20-26 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, we look at the significance of the US abortion ruling and the discovery of poliovirus in London. 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?

• Podcast: The Premonition at by Shankar Vedantam at Hidden Brain
• This little ring of RNA causes breast cancer to spread to bone by Carter R. McLaughlin at Sciworthy
• Britain Declares National Incident After Poliovirus Found in London by Apoorva Mandavilli and Euan Ward for The New York Times
• Roe Stood for 49 Years. It Revolutionized Life for Women by Maryn McKenna for Wired
• How Parents’ Trauma Leaves Biological Traces in Children by Rachel Yehuda at Scientific American
• Darwin Was Right: Birds Really Are More Colorful In The Tropics by GrrlScientist at Forbes

The Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis) is very colourful.
(Credit: thibaudaronson / iNaturalist / CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Giant stingray caught in Cambodia is world’s largest freshwater fish by Carolyn Cowan at Mongabay
• Accidental nanoparticles in the environment: the nanoplastic pollution problem by Zeke A. Piskulich at Sustainable Nano
• A new nova disappeared faster than ever, and an even bigger cosmic catastrophe is coming by Ethan Siegel at Starts With a Bang

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Find out about a lifeline for polar bears and what sound fishes make in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for June 13-19 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, discover the new telescope that could find alien life and what the 'CSI effect' is. 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?

• What sound does a fish make? by Sam Schurkamp at Envirobites
• With sea ice melting, glacial ice could be a lifeline for polar bears by Elizabeth Claire Alberts at Mongabay

A polar bear family group, consisting of an adult female (left) and two cubs,
crosses glacier ice in Southeast Greenland in September 2016.
Image courtesy of NASA OMG.

• Some Scientists Coined a New Name for Summer: ‘Danger Season’ by Kate Yoder for Wired 
• New Study Explores Public Beliefs About the Reliability of Forensic Science by Samantha Springer at the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence 
• Podcast: Why You're Smarter Than You Think by Shankar Vedantam at Hidden Brain 
• What if This Wasn’t Menopause After All? by Lisa Sanders for The New York Times 
• Finding the best chemotherapy drugs for leukemia isn’t easy by Lara Kester at Sciworthy 
• Neuroscientists create maps of the brain after traumatic brain injury at ScienceDaily 
• The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration at Scientific American
• Rare Mental Conditions You May Not Know About by Allison Futterman at Discover Magazine 
• 5 ways the James Webb Space Telescope could change science forever by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang! 

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Find out which bird was first domesticated and whether particles can be in two places at once in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for June 6-12 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, discover a new covid-19 vaccine that more people might like and learn how moving rivers are helping protect life in the Amazon. 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?

• What Was The First Bird To Be Domesticated? by GrrlScientist at Forbes
  
• Reshuffled Rivers Bolster the Amazon’s Hyper-Biodiversity by Yasemin Saplakoglu for Wired 

The rivers crisscrossing through the Amazon partition the forest
into microenvironments that can hold unique collections of species.
Because the rivers keep changing, these microenvironments may be
temporary on a geological scale. Credit: Uwe Bergwitz/Shutterstock

• Photos of the Week – June 10, 2022 by Chris Helzer at The Prairie Ecologist
• Breast Cancer Drug Trial Results in ‘Unheard-Of’ Survival by Gina Kolata for The New York Times
• The Novavax Vaccine, Finally by Derek Lowe at Science 
• Can particles really be in two places at once? by Sabine Hossenfelder at Backreaction  

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Meet the first owl that came out during the day and learn how Thor gets so strong in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for May 30-June 5 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, discover the problems with Elon Musk's super-fast Hyperloop train-thing, and the overlooked ways to protect kids' mental health. 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?

• First Ever Fossil Of An Owl That’s Active In Daytime Unearthed In China by GrrlScientist at Forbes

Artist’s reconstruction of the recently unearthed fossil of an extinct owl,
Miosurnia diurna, perched in a tree with its last meal of a small rodent,
overlooking extinct three-toed horses and rhinos, 
with the Tibetan Plateau rising up on the horizon. (Credit: Zheng Qiuyang.)

• Just How Hard Is Thor’s Battle Chain Workout? by Rhett Allain at Wired
• Elon Musk’s proposed Hyperloop is all smoke and mirrors by Ethan Siegel at Starts With a Bang 
• Science Shows How to Protect Kids’ Mental Health, but It’s Being Ignored by Mitch Prinstein, and Kathleen A. Ethier at Scientific American
• Podcast: Money 2.0: Let's Go Shopping! by Shankar Vedantam at Hidden Brain 
• Understanding the Flaws Behind the IQ Test by Mira Lazine at Discover Magazine 
• Why ketamine is a speedster antidepressant at ScienceDaily 
• Are We Close to a Cure for Celiac Disease? by Alice Callahan for The New York Times 
• Certain proteins can determine the prognosis of bile duct cancer patients by Sandy Remson at Sciworthy 
• Future Science Job Abundance by Tony at The Polymerist

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