ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections December 6 - 12, 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:

• Google, D-Wave, and the case of the factor-10^8 speedup for WHAT? at Shtetl-Optimized by Scott Aronson
• The AAAS's nomination of Prof. Patrick Harran does a grave disservice to their stated mission at The Curious Wavefunction by Ashutosh Jogalekar
• 12 Days of Christmas Countdown: Christmas Tree Needles at Crystals & Catalysts by Mariam Zaki
• The Science That Helps Vegetative Patients Communicate with Loved Ones at TED by Dan Kedmey
• Aristotle Killer of Science! at The Renaissance Mathematics
• Report Cards for Famous Mathematicians at Math With Bad Drawings by Ben Orlin
• Using "Big Data" to combat the flu at Beaker by Susan Gammon
• A Paradigm Shift for the Motor Cortex? by Neuroskeptic

Check back next week for more great picks!