ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections April 17-23 2017 #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:

• Why March for Science? Because when it is attacked, only the elite benefit by Lucky Tran at The Guardian
• Why we should March for Science by Ali and Jessica Amies at On Circulation
• Arctic Sea Ice Faces a Threat From Below by Gloria Dickie at Arctic Deeply
• Svalbard’s Snow Crabs: a Pincered Proxy for Arctic Oil by Glen Jeffries at Arctic Deeply
• Iridium – An Amazingly Useful Element, but at What Cost? by Amanda Morris at Green Chemistry: The Nexus Blog 
• Challenges of Transitioning to Sustainable Urban Infrastructure in the Amazon Delta and Estuary by Andressa Mansur and Eduardo Brondizio at The Nature of Cities 
• A Crisp(r) Explanation of Biology’s Coolest New Tool by Caroline Sferrazza at Neuwrite San Diego
• Music for the Mind: Neurological Disorders and Music Therapy by Katie B at On Psychology and Neuroscience
• New meta-analysis undermines the myth that negative emotions can cause cancer by Tomasz Witkowski at The British Psychological Society Research Digest
• 10 Ways That Running Changes Your Mind and Brain by Christian Jarrett at The British Psychological Society Research Digest
• Decision Fatigue: Does it Help to Wear the Same Clothes Every Day? by John M. Grohol at World of Psychology
• Some Brain Science Hype by Steven Novella at Neurologica Blog
• The Brain Boasts Its Own Social Network by Mo Costandi at Scientific American
• TNT-Detecting Bacteria Could Illuminate Landmines by Kendra Redmond at Physics Buzz
• The future of energy isn’t fossil fuels or renewables, it’s nuclear fusion by Ethan Siegel at Starts With a Bang!
• The five best exoplanets in the galaxy to check for alien life by Leah Crane at New Scientist
• The Hubble Space Telescope zooms in on the largest planet in the solar system at Cosmos Magazine
• What makes a physician become an antivaxer? by Orac at Respectful Insolence
• What Happens If You Have Too Much Calcium? by Bruce B. Vanderburg at Reliawire

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ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections April 10-16 2017 #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:

• New Signs of an Environment Favorable for Life on Saturn’s Enceladus by Kendra Redmond at Physics Buzz
• How much gold is in the James Webb Space Telescope? by Ethan Siegel at Starts With a Bang!
• Our Ability to Keep 'em Guessing Peaks around Age 25 by Jordana Cepelewicz at Scientific American
• How many hours of sleep do you actually need? by Claire Maldarelli at Popular Science
• Can your gut give you depression? by Rosie Porter at All That is Neuro
• Some “light bulb moments” are controlled by dimmers, not switches by Zen Faulkes at NeuroDojo
• Scientists identify parts of brain involved in dreaming by Nicola Davis at The Guardian
• New study shows worrisome signs for Greenland ice by John Abraham at Skeptical Science
• Mass Bleaching Hits the Great Barrier Reef for the Second Year in a Row by Brian Kahn at NRDC OnEarth
• In complex palm industry, “certified sustainable” falls short by Barbara Fraser at Forests News
• CRISPR could be used to develop precise diagnostic tests by Sharon Begley at STAT News
• Researchers uncover the structure of anti-TB drug target, and identify a new weapon against the deadly disease by Luc Bourne 
• Early Treatment with Vaccine Could Slow Precancerous HPV and How Diet, Gut Bacteria and Time Work Together to Form Your Potbelly by Sheryl Wood at Invisiverse
• Making Vanillin - Three production routes and their chemistry at Food Crumbles
• What Makes a Species? And Why it Matters. by David W. Shaw
• Efficiency At What Cost? by Mariah-Rose Marie M at Free Radicals
• La base neuroanatómica del perdón at Noticias de la Ciencia y la Tecnología/Amazings

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ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections April 3-9 2017 #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:

• Citizen Scientists Spot Candidates for Planet Nine by Mike Wall at Scientific American
• 5 vital lessons scientists learn that can better everyone’s life and Hey Shaq? Here’s how you can figure out the Earth is round for yourself by Ethan Siegel at Starts with a Bang!
• Forensic Hair Analysis Has A Long Road Back To Courtroom Glory by Carmen Drahl at Forbes
• Meet the biochemist who wants to save the world by making the perfect meat-free burger by Laurie Zoloth at Cosmos Magazine
• New rice fights off drought by Adam Phillips at It Ain't Magic
• 3 Big Myths about Modern Agriculture by David R Montgomery at Scientific American
• Japanese babies are upending the world of linguistics, one mora at a time by Amanda Alvarez at Neurographic
• Can Babies Hear Color? by Melissa J Glenn at On Psychology and Neuroscience
• Inside Arctic Ice Lies a Frozen Rainforest of Microorganisms by Rhiannon Russell at Arctic Deeply
• Big Promises From a Big Polluter While Neighbors Hold Their Breath by John Thompson at Arctic Deeply
• What is EPA’s Vehicle Lab, and Why Should I Care How It’s Funded? by Dave Cooke at Union of Concerned Scientists
• The flu shot saves children’s lives by Claire McCarthy at Harvard Health Blog
• Noise Makes Dolphins and Whales Flee—and That Can Take Their Breath Away by Jason Bittel at NRDC On Earth
• Octopuses, Squid, and Cuttlefish: RNA Editing Instead of Genome Evolution? by Ricki Lewis at DNA Science Blog
• Cancer and random mutations – your blueberry kale shake won't help by The Original Skeptical Raptor at Skeptical Raptor
• Mutation in clock gene explains why some night owls stay up late at New Scientist
• Human cannibalism, March for Science by Tabitha Powledge at On Science Blogs

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ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections March 27-April 2 2017 #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:

• World’s First 'Menstrual Cycle in a Dish' Simulates Female Body by Erika Engelhaupt at National Geographic
• How the changing of the clocks affects your brain by Simon Oxenham at Neurobonkers
• A scientific measure of our visual imagination suggests it is surprisingly limited by Alex Fradera at British Psychological Society Research Digest
• Food for Thought: Do We Owe Our Large Primate Brains to a Passion for Fruit? by Bret Stetka at Scientific American
• How understanding animals can help us make the most of artificial intelligence by Heather Roff at The Conversation
• Golden Retrievers, Terriers, and Artificial Neural Networks by Ege Yalcinbas at Neuwrite San Diego
• On the under-studied populations within the autism spectrum by Paul Whiteley at Questioning Answers
• Why Are Giant Pandas Black And White? by GrrlScientist
• Darwin Was a Slacker and You Should Be Too by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang at Nautilus
• An Introduction to Taxonomy: or, Come look at this cool bug I found, what is it?!? by Ben Padilla at Ben Pedilla Educology
• The 10 Weirdest Things in the Solar System by Lydia Chain, Lee Billings and Michael Lemonick at Scientific American
• Interview with a Theoretical Physicist: Sabine Hossenfelder at Physics Forums
• What will happen when Betelgeuse explodes? by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang! 
• Combating Chemoresistance: Blocking DNA Repair to Fight Cancer by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest
• Jelly Belly: Elusive Deep Sea Octopus Takes Its Gelatinous Meals To Go by Christie Wilcox at Science Sushi 
• Journey into the Plastisphere by Shanna Baker at Hakai Magazine
• On Thin Ice: Disappearing Zooplankton Could Collapse Arctic Food Chain by Gloria Dickie at Arctic Deeply
• American Doctors Are Killing Themselves and No One Is Talking About It by Gabrielle Glaser at The Daily Beast
• Why Germany and not Japan is the leader in renewable energy by Jessica Jewell at IIASA Nexus
• PBS is the only network reporting on climate change. Trump wants to cut it by Dana Nuccitelli at Skeptical Science
• A Radical Science Movement Rises Again by Alexis Takahashi at Free Radicals
• Pre-Bötzinger Complex: How Deep Breathing Promotes Tranquility by Dan Modano at Reliawire
• Book Review: "The Brain Defense", Kevin Davis at Neuroskeptic 
• A Long-Sought Proof, Found and Almost Lost by Natalie Wolchover at Quanta Magazine

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