- HIV’s “Patient Zero” was exonerated long ago by Tara C. Smith at Aetiology
- The Chemistry of Mummification by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest
- Horrific flesh-eating bacteria that killed man in four days expected to rise by Beth Mole at Ars Technica
- Using genetics to predict disease by Nazneen Rahman at Transforming Genetic Medicine Initiative
- Why ending poverty is key to reducing deaths from disasters by Megan Rowling at World Economic Forum
- Terrorists Hamper Polio Eradication Efforts in Africa by Maryn McKenna at Germination
- Absolute Firsts by Ken Regan at Gödel’s Lost Letter and P=NP
- Academia Love Me Back by Tiffany Martínez at Tiffany Martínez A Journal
- Men are more friendly after conflict than women by Deric Bownds at Deric's Mindblog
- Brain drain reversal requires counter-intuitive support measures by Gergely Buday at EuroScientist
- Virtual Trip to Mars Offers Ultimate Preview to Crewed Mission by Nadia Drake at No Place Like Home
- The Martian Curse by Becky Nevin at Cosmic Chatter
- Radiation, Brains, and Exploring the Universe by Caleb Scharf at Life, Unbounded
- Physics tweak solves five of the biggest problems in one go by Shannon Hall at New Scientist
- This mental quirk could explain why you’re always running late by Christian Jarrett at British Psychological Society Research Digest
- Your BMI might affect your brain function at Lunatic Labs
- Can Our Immune System Drive Social Behavior? by Sara Adaes at Brain Blogger
- Sleep Offers a Window Into Human Intelligence by Lisa Munoz at Cognitive Neuroscience Society
- Causal complexity in life by Kenneth Weiss at The Mermaid's Tale
- El hielo de la Antártida se hunde en agua caliente at Amazings/Noticias de la Ciencia y la Tecnología
10.31.2016
ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections October 24-30 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:
10.24.2016
ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections October 17-23 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:
- How the Pangolin Got Its Scales – A Genetic Just-So Story by Ricki Lewis at DNA Science Blog
- How Much Does it Cost to Blow Up a Planet? by Stephen Skolnick at Physics Buzz
- Is Planet Nine Pulling Us Closer? by Kendra Redmond at Physics Buzz
- The Microbiome at Ms. Beautyphile
- How sustainable is organic food? by Nancy Bazilchuk and Thea Myklebust at ScienceNordic
- Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump on science, energy, and the climate by John Timmer at Ars Technica
- Nurses Are Caretakers, Not Scientists, Right? Wrong by Nalo Hamilton at Scientific American
- Skeptics Question The Value Of Hydration Therapy For The Healthy by Taunya English at Kaiser Health News
- How Hackers Take Down Web Sites by Larry Greenemeier at Scientific American
- Unique Wearable Tech That'll Change Your Life by Megan Ray Nichols at Schooled by Science
- Best Shortform Science Writing July-September 2016 by Diana Crow at Confessions of a Fledgling Science Journalist
- Blame bad incentives for bad science by Bethany Brookshire at Scicurious
10.17.2016
ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections October 10-16 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:
- What’s With All Those Flaming Cell Phones? A Primer on Battery Safety by Bob Hamers at Sustainable Nano
- The Universe May Contain 10 Times More Galaxies Than We Thought by Sarah Fecht at Popular Science
- New Dwarf Planet Found in Our Solar System by Calla Cofield at Scientific American
- Would you buy a designer bag made from lab-grown human skin? by Jovana Drinjakovic at Signals Blog
- Researchers help paralyzed man regain sense of touch through a robotic arm by Matt Wood at ScienceLife
- STEMinism: Chasing diversity and equality in STEM by Camila Londono at Signals Blog
- Training men to judge women’s sexual interest more accurately by Christian Jarrett at BPS Research Digest
- The Science of a Happy Family – Leisure Time by Rick Nauert at BrainBlogger
- Are we living in a conscious universe? by Patrick Smith at The Psychedelic Scientist
- When hot and cold tell lies – Four situations where hot feels cold or cold feels hot by Ben Kuebrich at Neuroamer
- Untangling a cause of memory loss in neurodegenerative diseases at Lunatic Laboratories
- Book review: Adventures in Human Being by Emily Hughes at Mind the Brain
- Modeling Misinformation by Steven Novella at NeurologicaBlog
- How the FDA Manipulates the Media by Charles Seife at Scientific American
- Honeycomb-like nanostructure creates electricity from light by Jonathan Trinastic at Goodnight Earth
- From Urinals to Printers: Enough with the Splashing by Kendra Redmond at Physics Buzz
- Descubren levaduras que "comen" gasolina, una alternativa para descontaminar ecosistemas — Noticias de la Ciencia y la Tecnología at Amazings/NCYT
10.10.2016
ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections October 3-9 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:
- Nobel Prize 2016 – how yeast and mouse studies uncovered autophagy by Tom Holder at Speaking of Research
- How studying bakers’ yeast unlocked the secrets of our body’s recycling plants by Cristy Gelling at Genes to Genomes
- Nobel Prize 2016: What Ohsumi’s discovery of cellular ‘self-eating’ means for cancer by Aine McCarthy at Cancer Research UK Science Blog
- "Flatland Physics" Wins 2016 Nobel by Stephen Skolnick at Physics Buzz
- Molecular Machinery: the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by Derek Lowe at In the Pipeline
- Are the Nobel Prizes Missing Female Scientists? by Jesse Emspak at Scientific American
- That time 20,000 jellyfish orbited Earth by Emily Makowski at Sextraordinary!
- The Real Reason Clowns Creep Us Out by Erika Engelhaupt at Gory Details
- The Visual Story of the Human Heart by Amanda Montañez at Scientific American
- Do Emojis Reveal How Horny You Feel? by Dermot Barry at Brain Sponge Blog
- Does ‘brain training’ work? by Tom Stafford at Mind Hacks
- Brain scan study reveals dogs attend to word meaning, not just intonation by Sofia Delenev at BPS Research Digest
- New Target in Brain for Treating Depression by Traci Pedersen at BrainBlogger
- The Science of Monster Storms by Jeff Masters at Scientific American
- Extreme Denial by Tamino at Open Mind
- Let’s Talk About Responsible Science Communication… by Christy Haynes at Sustainable Nano
- How did I become a mathematician? by Dana C. Ernst
- Vida basada en rayos cósmicos at NeoFronteras
10.03.2016
ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections September 26-October 2 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:
- The Terrorist Inside Robin Williams' Brain by Neuroskeptic at Discover
- How does the brain process emotions? by Sarah McKay at Your Brain Health
- To See, but not to See by Megan Kirchgessner at NeuWrite San Diego
- Perceptions of Others’ Pain Rests on Perspective by Lisa M P Munoz at Cognitive Neuroscience Society
- Dark Matter: Did we just hear the most exciting phrase in science? by Jon Butterworth at Life and Physics
- Watch ESA’s Rosetta Orbiter Crash Land into Comet Again by Enrico de Lazaro at Sci-News
- Michelle Simmons: a quantum queen by Elizabeth Finkel at Cosmos
- This Is the Worst Insect Sting in the World by Erika Engelhaupt at Gory Details
- First ‘baby dragons’ hatched in captivity reach adolescence by Julianna Photopoulos at New Scientist
- The First Baby Using New ‘Three-Parent’ Procedure Has Been Born by Claire Maldarelli at Popular Science
- New MIT app: check if your car meets climate targets by Dana Nuccitelli at Skeptical Science
- Juice is not natural by Travis Saunders at Obesity Panacea
- ‘Eat a bleeping Dorito’: An elite runner and Stanford medical student addresses disordered eating by Jennifer Huber at Scientists Talk Funny
- Infectious Diseases and Cancer by Mark Crislip at Science-Based Medicine
- Fail to Scale: Why Great Ideas in Health Care Don't Work Everywhere by Jeff Goldsmith and Lawton Burns at Health Affairs
- The Nobel Prize Medals (and How to Make Them Disappear) by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest
- Tapping evolution to improve biotech products by Quinn Eastman at Emory Health Sciences Research Blog
- Microplásticos y medio ambiente marino at NeoFronteras