ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections July 5 - 11, 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:

• Why Is There Dark Matter? at Preposterous Universe by Sean Carroll
• Edgar Allan Poe's Eureka and the Big Bang at Starts With a Bang! by Paul Halpern
• How the Fruits Got Their Colors at Sustainable Nano by Alicia McGeachy
• A postscriptum on diversity and learning a language at The Accidental Mathematician by Izabella Laba
• The Rules of Research at Booles' Rings by Asaf Karagila
• Science says a 17-mile stage might be the Tour de France's toughest test at The Conversation by Florentina Hettinga
• Women blush when ovulating, and it doesn't matter a bit at Scicurious by Bethany Brookshire
• Shark Week: A Silent, Adorable Killer at The Last Word on Nothing by Erik Vance
• Cryotherapy: A Layman's Attempt to Understand the Science at Science-Based Medicine by Harriet Hall
• Thoughts from the New York Salon at Neuroscience+Art by Grace Lindsay
• The Neuroscience of Karma by Alan Ashley
• Could Travelling Waves Upset Cognitive Neuroscience by Neuroskeptic
• The experiences of adults with "selective mutism," in their own words at BPS Research Digest by Christian Jarrett

Check back next week for more great picks!