Find out what you must know about chocolate, coconut oil & shampoo in our June 26-July 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:

• Cocoa, Chocolate Consumption Enhances Cognitive Abilities and Memory, New Review Finds at Science News
• Saturated Biases: Where the AHA Advice on Coconut Oil Went Wrong by Hilda Bastian at Absolutely Maybe
• Our furry friends are getting fat just like us; 1 in 3 are overweight by Beth Mole at Ars Technica
• Is Shampoo Dangerous? by Gaia Cantelli  
• Feelin’ the Beat (Frequency) by Ethan McBride at Neuwrite San Diego 
• An ‘Atlas for the End of the World’ by Greg Miller at All Over The Map



One of the many maps that Atlas for the End of the World (http://atlas-for-the-end-of-the-world.com) uses to help us understand that global resources are finite. Image used via Creative Commons licence.

• Offshore Oil vs. Offshore Wind: Guess Where the Action Really Is by John Rogers at Union of Concerned Scientists
• Gifted while female by Izabella Laba at The Accidental Mathematician
• From Wartime Devastation To Academic Discrimination, Cécile DeWitt-Morette Overcame It All by Paul Halpern at Starts With a Bang! 
• Dear Dr B: Is science democratic? by Sabine Hossenfelder at Backreaction
• The vagueness problem in academic writing by Shaun Lehmann at The Thesis Whisperer 

Check back next week for more great picks!