ScienceSeeker Editor’s Selections June 22 – 28, 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:

• A Flash in the Dark! at ChandraBlog


• Physicists Should Stop Saying Silly Things about Philosophy by Sean Carroll


• Myths of the #SheriSangji case at The Safety Zone by Jyllian Kemsley


• The Strangest Star: A Neutron Star Inside a Red Giant at Stuff about Space by David Wilson


• Does the Bionic Man Dream of an Electric Pancreas? at Lunatic Laboratories by Gabriel


• Getting more bang for your photonic buck: nano-engineered quantum dots provide avenue for improved solar cell efficiency at Goodnight Earth by Jonathan Trinastic


• Finally, a smart analysis of whether children are being overmedicated or not at Knight Science Journalism Tracker by Paul Raeburn


• Objects Bring Fear the Closer They Appear at Inkfish by Elizabeth Preston


• Can fMRI be trusted? at Neuro-patch by Janet Kwasniak


• Is funding the most serious threat facing science today? at Occam's Corner by Steve Caplan

Check back next week for more great picks!