ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections April 26 - May 2, 2015 | #sciseekpicks

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:

• Boron and the Permian extinction: a glimpse into the past gives a hint of the future at Goodnight Earth by Jonathan Trinastic


• More than two thirds of California is in “extreme” drought at Periodic Tabloid by Jacob Roberts


• Supermassive Black Holes Running at Full Tilt at ChandraBlog by Bin Luo


• Two is Better than One, Cancer Drug Could Cure HBV at Crystals and Catalysts by Miriam Zaki


• Why do patients suffer scratched corneas during robotic hysterectomies? at ScienceLife by Sara Serritella


• Discovering genetic variants from de novo assembly of high-throughput sequencing at biomolbioandco by Michael Manhart


• Birds, Brains, and Boats: The Harvey Karten Story at NeuWrite San Diego by Ashley Juavinett

Check back next week for more great picks!