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

Check back next week for more great picks!