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

Check back next week for more great picks!