How can lasers make better coffee? How can lizards live on volcanos? ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for August 8-14 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, find out the fascinating history of the microbe that gives us beer and bread, and how scientists are discovering what our genes are doing. 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?

• Laser coffee, coming soon to a café near you? by Greg A Fish at World of Weird Things 

A new way of making cold-brew coffee?
Image credit npj Science of Food
volume 6, Article number: 19 (2022) 

• Podcast: Volcano Lizards by Tom Major and Ben Marshall. at Herpetological Highlights
• Revealing the natural history of yeast by Matthew Vandermeulen at The Molecular Ecologist
• Inside Living Cells by Derek Lowe at Science
• What If Cells Kept Receipts of Their Gene Expression? by Maggie Chen for Wired
• How do you manage Omicron BA.5 symptoms, including a sore throat? by Dani Blum for The New York Times

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What's the problem with rapid covid tests? How can we power the tiniest gadgets ever? ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for August 1-7 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, make friends with your inner voice and learn about the quest to find dark matter. 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?

• XENON’s experimental triumph: no dark matter, but the best “null result” in history by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang

The XENON detector is searching for dark matter
and dark energy. Credit: XENON Collaboration.

• Microbatteries much smaller than a grain of rice for a smart dust future by Michael Berger at Nanowerk 
• Podcast: You 2.0: Befriending Your Inner Voice by Shenkar Vedantam at Hidden Brain
• No, the human brain did not shrink 3,000 years ago at Science Daily
• Larry Brilliant Says Covid Rapid Tests Are Bad for Public Health by Steven Levy for Wired 
• ‘What if This is My Destiny?’ Children of Alzheimer’s Patients Sometimes Fear Future Diagnosis by Tara Parker-Pope for The New York Times
• Researchers gain insights into the genetic and molecular machinery that predisposes individuals to Alzheimer's disease at Science Daily 
• New study on immunotherapy for bone cancer by Francesca Pisanzio at Sciworthy
• Eelgrass Is Still Reeling from the Last Ice Age by Rebecca Dzombak at Hakai Magazine
• Matriarch Madness: Mechanism of Social Parasitism and Colony Takeover in Ants by Maria Marlin at Envirobites

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How has AI sped up medical research? How does plastic pollution spread disease? ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for July 25-31 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, read about the latest drama in the quest to explain and treat Alzheimer's disease and find out the potential cause of the recent child hepatitis outbreaks. 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?

• ‘The entire protein universe’: AI predicts shape of nearly every known protein by Ewen Callaway at Nature

The structure of the vitellogenin protein — a precursor of egg yolk —
as predicted by the AlphaFold tool. Credit: DeepMind

• Faked Beta-Amyloid Data. What Does It Mean? by Derek Lowe at Science Magazine
• Unexpected Brain Chemistry Is behind the Element of Surprise by S Hussain Ather at Scientific American
• Viral Infections and Gene Variant Are Linked to Child Hepatitis Cases by Tara Parker-Pope for The New York Times 
• A protein that lets the immune system “see” lung cancer by Ava Devine at Sciworthy 
• Reframing Your Reality: Part 1 and Part 2 by Shenkar Vedantam at Hidden Brain
• Taking your time makes a difference: Brain development differs between Neanderthals and modern humans at ScienceDaily
• Human Pathogens Are Hitching a Ride on Floating Plastic by Michael Allen at Hakai Magazine
• Chimps digging wells shows learned behavior that may help amid climate change by Manon Verchot and Sanshey Biswas at Mongabay
• Hypergraphs Reveal a Solution to a 50-Year-Old Problem by Leila Sloman at Wired
• Embracing a Rejected Star at NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory

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Is there hope for a good summer? What does the new space telescope show? ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for July 18-24 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, discover how DNA tests and fish poo can help coral, and a realistic view on the difficult recycling problem. 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?

• James Webb’s record-breaking first science image: explained by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang  

This image, of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, is the first full-colour, multiwavelength, science image taken by the JWST. Credit: NASA/JWST team, via PBS/White House briefing

• Sorry, Summer by Tara Parker-Pope for The New York Times 
• How Fish Poop Might Help Corals Overcome Bleaching by Derek Smith at Hakai Magazine
• New DNA test aims to help bust illegal trade in precious red coral by Kristy Hamilton at Mongabay
• Make Plastic Recycling Better by Tony at The Polymerist
• The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi River by Boyce Upholt for Wired

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How do painkillers work? How can turtles help predict cyclones? ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for July 11-17 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, discover how silicon bubbles might help fight global warming and how being part of a group shapes who we are. 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?

• Engineers want to blot out the sun to fight global warming. Again. by Greg A Fish 
• How Tagged Turtles Are Boosting Tropical Cyclone Prediction by Kate Golden at Hakai Magazine

Sea turtles, such as olive ridleys and loggerheads, spend most of their time
just below the ocean’s surface—the perfect place to collect data for
tropical cyclone forecasting. Photo by EyeEm/Alamy Stock Photo

• The Surprising Consequences of a Seaweed Switcheroo by Rebecca Dzombak at Hakai Magazine
• Meet the Ukrainian Number Theorist Who Won Math’s Highest Honor by Thomas Lin and Erica Klarreich at Wired
• Podcast: Separating Yourself from the Pack by Shankar Vedantam at Hidden Brain 
• How do painkillers work? by Sabine Hossenfelder at Science Without the Gobbledygook  
• Studies Probe Adenovirus Link to Childhood Hepatitis Cases by Tara Parker-Pope for The New York Times
• First two cancer patients treated with CAR T cells still in remission by Victoria Freitas at Sciworthy 
• Study Suggests Brain Processes Information like Ocean Waves by Avery Hurt at Discover Magazine 
• New insights into melanoma brain metastases at Science Daily 
• How blood vessels remember a stroke at Science Daily

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