ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections December 26 2016-January 1 2017 #sciseekpicks #scicomm

Happy New Year from the ScienceSeeker team! This week, as they do every week, the ScienceSeeker Editors have picked their favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise. Here is the round-up of the Science Seeker Editors’ Selections:

• Another 1/230,000,000th of a Galactic Orbit by Caleb Scharf at Life, Unbounded
• The 12 biggest and best science stories of 2016 at New Scientist
• 2016: Compound Interest’s Year in Review by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest
• The Best Prime Numbers of 2016 by Evelyn Lamb at Roots of Unity
• Raising a Glass to Vera Rubin & Dark Matter by Kendra Redmond at Physics Buzz 
• Gone in 2016: 10 Notable Women in Science and Technology by Maia Weinstock at Voices
• The Importance of Storytelling in Science by Jeff Atkins at PLOS Ecology Community
• We Need to Think Trashy Thoughts by Valerie Gwinner at The Nature of Cities

Check back next week for more great picks!