ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections August 29-September 4 2016 #sciseekpicks #scicomm

Each week, the ScienceSeeker editors pick their favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise. Here is a round-up of the Science Seeker Editors’ Selections for the past week:

• Are We Eating Our Way To Alzheimer's? by Dermot Barry at Brain Sponge Blog
• Can Pokemon Go solve the physical inactivity epidemic? by  Peter Janiszewski at Obesity Panacea
• The Chemistry of Blackberry Colour by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest
• In Defense of “Pseudoscience” by Steven Novella at Neurologica Blog
• Wisdom is more of a state than a trait and No reason to smile – Another modern psychology classic has failed to replicate by Christian Jarrett at British Psychological Society Research Digest 
• Neuron See, Neuron Do: The Mirror Neuron System and Clinical Implications by Jenn Tribble at Knowing Neurons 
• SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket apparently blew up during a test firing Thursday by Eric Berger at Ars Technica
• Ask Ethan: How many stars in the night sky still exist? by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang! 
• Hunting For the Most Distant Galaxy Cluster by Tao Wang at NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory Blog
• How Much More Can We Learn About the Universe? by Lawrence M Krauss at Nautilus
• Americans Now More Politically Polarized On Climate Change Than Ever Before, Analysis Finds by Graham Readfern at DeSmogBlog 
• Jeff: My IBL Story by Jeff Shriner at A Novice IBL Blog

Check back next week for more great picks!