ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections September 21 - 27, 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:

• How anti-vaccination is like a nuclear bomb at Skulls in the Stars by Greg Gbur


• What if the Manhattan Project had been like an Alzheimer's disease drug discovery project at The Curious Wavefunction by Ashutosh Jogalekar


• New chip promising for tumor-targeting research at Nanowerk Nanotechnology News by Emil Venere


• The truthiness of naturopathic “facts” at Science-Based Pharmacy by Scott Gavura

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ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections September 14 - 20, 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:

• Tramadol; a natural product or not? at Interesting Organic Chemistry and Natural Products by Prof. Dangerdackel


• A Brief Guide to the Twenty Common Amino Acids at Compound Interest by Andy Brunning


• The Physics of the Death Star at Starts With A Bang! — Medium by Ethan Siegel


• How to Look for Otters at DO'Meara by Denise O'Meara


• The Night of the Elephants: Adventures of a Scientist in the Field at NC State News by Matt Shipman


• Why Is It So Hard To Think About The Brain? at Neuroskeptic


• Why is poverty associated with mental health problems for some people, but not others? at BPS Research Digest by Peter Kinderman


• Thinking about what we can do about sexual assault and harassment in the sciences at Small Pond Science by Terry McGlynn

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ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections September 7 - 13, 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:

• Telepathy breakthrough – great science, not science fiction at Physics Stop by Marcus Wilson


• The Planets that Never Were at Starts With A Bang! — Medium by Paul Halpern


• Hidden evolution: How the mammoth kept its cool at A Chemical Life by Ian Le Guillou


• Bacteria Can Really Get Around at As Many Exceptions As Rules


• Sun Erupts With Powerful Earth-Aimed Solar Flare at Discovery News by Ian O'Neill


• Don’t touch that knob: Norovirus can spread around an entire building within just hours of contaminating one surface at barfblog by Doug Powell


• Implicit racism in academia at Mind Hacks by Tom Stafford


• Have You Fallen Victim to the Guru Effect? at Neurobonkers

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ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections August 31 - September 6, 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:

• Stewarding Memories: Caring for People, Trees, and Land at The Nature of Cities by Lindsay Campbell


• New enigma at DNA Barcoding by Dirk Steinke


• Gross Negligence at OnEarth by Rocky Kistner


• What are Researchers Doing to Stop the Ebola Outbreak? at The Chemical Blog by Alex Reis


• For These Bats, the Best Falsetto Wins Over the Ladies at Inkfish by Elizabeth Preston


• Let’s Chew The Fat at As Many Exceptions As Rules


• Want people to carea bout the environment? Don't overplay the power of science at BPS Research Digest by Alex Fradera

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