ScienceSeeker Editors' Selections: September 1-7, 2013

Each week, the ScienceSeeker editors pick their favorite posts within their respective areas of interest. Here is a round-up of all the Science Seeker Editors' Selections for the past week:

• OMG. Sugar is poison!?, at Molecular Love (and other facts of life), by Brooke


• Yeast: Making Food Great for 5,000 Years. But What Exactly Is it?, at The Artful Amoeba, by Jennifer Frazer


• Trypophobia? The Most Common Phobia You Probably Never Heard Of, at Science 2.0


• You Are What You Eat, at Mind Read, by Dana Smith


• How the War on Drugs Punishes Those Who Suffer, at Public Health Perspectives, by Jason Silverstein


• The BBC and the History of Science: Light and Shadows, at The Renaissance Mathematicus, by thonyc


• The stretched geometry of ceilings, at 0xDE


• Gender Bias 102 For Mathematicians: Merit, at The Accidental Mathematician, by Izabella Laba


• The problem with parallels, at The Renaissance Mathematicus, by thonyc


• Yeast Strain That Efficiently Converts Bio-Waste Into Biofuel Developed, at The Daily Fusion, by aisicapital


• DNA ‘Cages’ May Aid Drug Delivery, at Science Post, by terraxt


• Chemists Use Chlorophyll From Plants to Create Solar Cells, LEDs, Lasers, at The Daily Fusion, by aisicapital


• Driving video game reverses age-related mental decline, at BPS Research Digest, by Christian Jarrett


• Solar Cells Applied Directly to Silicon Chip Can Power Wireless Sensors, at The Daily Fusion, by aisicapital

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