ScienceSeeker Editor’s Selections June 8 – 14, 2014

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

• Mexican hats and a metastable universe at Life & Physics (The Guardian) by Jon Butterworth


• My Conversation with “Eugene Goostman,” the Chatbot that’s All Over the News for Allegedly Passing the Turing Test at Shtetl-Optimized by Scott Aaronson


• Sequencing: Ship-Seq sails the seas at Megathora by Vivien Marx


• 'Hello, World!' NASA Beams Video From Space Station Via Laser at Science 2.0


• Gene editing tool can write HIV out of the picture at New Scientist by Peter Aldhous


• Bacteria help explain why stress, fear trigger heart attacks at ScienceBlog


• Before They Were Scientists: Jennifer Verdolin at Your Wild Life by Lea Shell


• How burnt-out students could be skewing psychology research at BPS Research Digest by Christian Jarrett


• Pattern separation gone awry: the dentate gyrus and schizophrenia at NeuWrite San Diego by Melissa Troyer

Check back next week for more great picks!