ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections November 16-22, 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:

• What does the NSA think of academic cryptographers?  Recently-declassified document provides clues at Shtetl-Optimized by Scott Aaronson


• The Chameleon in the Vacuum Chamber at Starts With A Bang! — Medium by Sabine Hossenfelder


• Using Nano/Micromachines to Help Clean Up Oil Spills at Sustainable Nano by Suni Papramanik


• Philae lander sent in a surprise before going to sleep at Science Ticker | Science News by Ashley Yeager


• An Ontario court dooms a First Nations girl with cancer: Who’s to blame? at Respectful Insolence by David Gorsky


• H5N8: A Case Of Deja Flu? at Avian Flu Diary by Michael Coston


• How did the horrible Yale “Brontosaurus” skull come to be? at Sauropod Vertebrata Picture of the Week by Mike Taylor


• Vintage Dinosaur Art: A New Look at Dinosaurs, National Geographic, August 1978 at Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs by Marc Vincent


• Crocodiles of the World at Dave Hone's Archosaur Musings by David Hone


• Scientist to science writer at Watershed Moments: Thoughts from the Hydrosphere by Sarah Boon


• Crocodiles vs. elephants at Sauropod Vertebrata Picture of the Week by Mike Taylor


• Philae Lander Discovered Organic Compound On Comet Before Running Out of Power at Higher Learning by Mbiyimoh Ghogomu


• Live-tweeting at conferences by Tim Poisot


• Evidence based debunking at Mind Hacks by Tom Stafford

Check back next week for more great picks!