ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections October 19 - 25, 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:

• Do people really not know what running looks like? at Notes from Two Scientific Psychologists by Andrew Wilson


• Diversity and mathematics at The Accidental Mathematician by Izabella Laba


• Little things matter – for want of a semicolon at The Renaissance Mathematicus


• Weekend Diversion: Had NASA believed in merit at Starts With A Bang! by Ethan Siegel


• Autumn leaves at Chemically Cultured by Tom Branson


• How Fidel Castro Helped Bring Us the Hubble Space Telescope at Physics Buzz

Check back next week for more great picks!

ScienceSeeker Editor’s Selections October 5 – 18, 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 two weeks:

• If the CIA Tweets, Cognitive Neuroscientists Can Too: Harnessing Twitter’s Power for Your Research at Cognitive Neuroscience Society by Lisa M.P. Munoz


• The Blood-Brain Barrier and the Future of Medicine at Lunatic Laboratories by Gabriel


• Why blue LEDs are worth a Nobel Prize (Synopsis) at Starts With A Bang by Ethan Siegel


• When Is A Particle Not A Particle? at Physics Steve by Steve Thomson


• The chemistry of Cocktails: potatoes, absinthe and eggs! at The Chemical Blog by Alex Reis


• Repost: Stinker or Smeller? at Endless Possibilities v3.0 by Katherine Haxton


• David Greenglass and Robert Oppenheimer: A lesson from history at The Curious Wavefunction by Ashutosh Jogalekar


• Jane Marcet educates Michael Faraday at Skulls in the Stars by Greg Gbur


• New Evidence of the NSA Deliberately Weakening Encryption at The n-Category Café by Tom Leinster


• Quick Ebola Test, Not Quarantine, Could Be Best Defense at Discovery News Tech by Tracy Staedtler


• This Simulation Compares The Spread Of Ebola To Other Diseases at io9 by George Dvorsky


• Ada Lovelace And Others Inspire Women In STEM, But We Must Make Careers Worth Their While at Science 2.0 by Jan Bogg


• The “New” Roots of our Friends the Mitochondria at Lunatic Laboratories by Gabriel

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ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections September 28 - October 4, 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:

• The Astrologer’s Triumph at Starts With A Bang! — Medium by James Bullock


• Scientists need to hold policy-makers to account at A Measure of Science by Shaun Hendy


• Not Your Daddy’s Sunblock – Why Thick, White Sunblock is a Thing of the Past at Sustainable Nano by Joel Pedersen


• Monday Micro: glowing dog bones in Taranaki! at Infectious Thoughts by Siouxsie Wiles


• New Immune System Discovery at Lunatic Laboratories


• Helping Disadvantaged People Succeed in College Doesn't Have a Damn Thing to Do with Admissions at College Guide by Daniel Luzer


• The Root(worm) of the Problem: Unexpected Obstacles on the Road to Research at The Abstract by Matt Shipman


• Sleeping Brains Understand Words at Neuroskeptic

Check back next week for more great picks!