The recent eclipse as it appeared from space! Credit: NOAA - Earth’s final total solar eclipse will happen in less than a billion years and Will Scientists Ever Discover Life Without A Home Planet? by Ethan Siegel at Starts With a Bang
- Moon Shadow at Cosmos Magazine
- Martian weather kicks into high gear at night by Rachel Lallensack at Nature
- Mayweather and McGregor’s 8-ounce boxing gloves have started a science fight by Stan Horaczek at Popular Science
- The Physics behind the PERFECT free kick at Mystifact
- Science podcast of the week: SoT 275: Almost Edible by Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday and Lucas Randall at ScienceOnTop
- What Ligers, Grolar Bears, and Mules Show Scientists About Evolution by Jordana Cepelewicz at Wired
- Aerodynamics For Cognition Tom Griffiths talks to Edge
- This algorithm cleverly recreates 3D objects from tiny 2D images by Devin Coldewey at TechCrunch
- Sunscreen: Hero for Humans, Villain for Marine Life? by Mary Sabuda at Sciworthy
- New study finds that climate change costs will hit Trump country hardest by John Abraham at Skeptical Science
- GOOP’s physician branded supplements warrant a closer look by Dr Jen Gunter
8.28.2017
How do ligers fit in evolution? Does life need a planet? Find out in our August 21-27 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:
8.21.2017
The essentials: The eclipse, whisky and the origin of life, all in our August 14-20 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:
Compound Interest on climate archaeology |
- Eclipses show wrong physics can give right results by Tom Siegfried at Context
- The Best—and Quirkiest—Maps of the 2017 Solar Eclipse by Betsy Mason at All Over The Map
- Three Myths About Solar Energy and the Eclipse by Mike Jacobs at Union of Concerned Scientists
- The Hormone Myth by Harriet Hall at Science-Based Medicine
- Artificial vision: what people with bionic eyes see by Matthew Petoe, Lauren Ayton and Mohit Shivdasani at The Conversation
- What does the statement “we don’t understand how artificial intelligence takes decisions” mean? by Julián Estévez at Mapping Ignorance
- The origin of complex life on Earth just got a little less mysterious by Annalee Newitz at Ars Technica
- DNA Barcodes Reveal Two Distinct Butterflies Are Male and Female Of Same Species by Grrl Scientist
- Why adding a drop of water can make whisky taste even better by Sophia Chen at New Scientist
- Podcast of the Week: Preventing genetic diseases in China, a red supergiant star's mystery, and the algal boom by Kerri Smith and Adam Levy at Nature Podcast
- The science of ice cores: Atmospheric time machines by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest
- There are almost 100 new volcanoes hiding under Antarctic ice by Andy Coghlan at New Scientist
- Scientists, Insta-Fix Thy Public Image by Paige Brown Jarreau at From the Lab Bench
- The comet that created the Perseids might bring an end to humanity by Ethan Siegel at Starts With a Bang!
- A Look at Russian Reindeer Herders’ Battle with the Bottle by Lauren Kaljur at Arctic Deeply
- White nationalists flock to genetic ancestry tests. Some don't like the result by Eric Boodman at STAT News
- Book Review: The Mind of God by Dr. Jay Lombard by Oné R. Pagán at Baldscientist
8.14.2017
What are dogs thinking? Can we trust self-driving cars? Find out in our August 7-13 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:
- What Does Your Dog Really Want? by Gregory Berns at Scientific American
- 5 Dangerous Cancer Myths by Gaia Cantelli
- How to catch the Perseids and defeat the almost-full Moon and Ask Ethan: What’s the quantum reason that sodium and water react? by Ethan Siegel at Starts With a Bang!
- When the sun goes dark: 5 questions answered about the solar eclipse by Shannon Schmoll at The Conversation
- The total solar eclipse has a dark side by Tabitha Powledge at On Science Blogs
- Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars by Leah Crane at New Scientist
- Mystery of missing tsunamis explained by geological model by Kate Ravilious at New Scientist
- Podcast of the week: Furthering Female Fertility Research with Functional 3D Printed Ovaries - Dr. Teresa Woodruff by Marie McNeely at People Behind the Science Podcast - Stories from Scientists about Science, Life, Research, and Science Careers
- Greenland, the Land of Ice and Snow, Hit By Wildfire by Eric Holthaus at Arctic Deeply
- The Nitrogen Problem: Why Global Warming Is Making It Worse by Richard Conniff at Yale Environment 360
- ‘Loneliness epidemic’ set to become a public health crisis by Andrew Masterson at Cosmos Magazine
- Female Brains Are More Active? by Neuroskeptic at Discover
- Would a Self-Driving Car Kill You If it Had the Chance? by Gina Riggio at Sciworthy
- Your kitchen sponge could have more bacteria than a toilet seat by Sarah Kiley Watson at Popular Science
Landslides can trigger tsunamis Credit: JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty |
8.07.2017
Prepare for the upcoming eclipse and learn about embryo editing in our July 31-August 6 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:
If not, can you help a human out? - The disco lights of nature – Aurora! by Sai Nazare at Perk Science
- How Big is the Biggest Possible Planet? by Corey S Powell at Out There!
- We can now design humans — but should we? by Vivek Wadhwa at VentureBeat
- An introduction to gene editing by Anastasia Stefanidou at The Biochemist Blog
- Charlie Gard Post-Mortem: Could He Have Been Saved? by Ricki Lewis at DNA Science Blog
- DNA Analysis Sheds Light on the Mysterious Origins of the Ancient Greeks by Brigit Katz at Smithsonian SmartNews
- When kids imitate others, they’re just being human by Laura Sanders at Growth Curve
- Got allergies? Scientists may have finally pinpointed the cells that trigger reactions by Mitch Leslie at Science
- A Third of Dementia Cases Could Be Preventable by Maya Gosztyla at AlzScience
- How can the biophysics of pecking help humans avoid head injuries? by Sanjoy Som at Sciworthy
- On Healing Sick Ecosystems by Lee Dietterich at Union of Concerned Scientists
- Non-model organisms are so hot right now by Kelle Freel at The Molecular Ecologist
- Making sense of the natural world at Cosmos Magazine
- Understanding Sea Level Rise by Tamino at Open Mind
- Coral reefs are not dead... Yet. by Mariam Zaki at Crystals and Catalysts
- Is Syria really a 'climate war'? We examined the links between drought, migration and conflict by Lina Eklund and Darcy Thompson at ScienceNordic
- Proposed Arctic Railway Would Cut Through Lapland Reindeer Habitat by Emily Gertz at Arctic Deeply
- Stock traders' algorithm finds slow earthquakes by Bethany Augliere at Earth Magazine
- After 43 years, gentle touch of a neutrino is finally observed by John Timmer at Ars Technica!
- A paper on field theory delivers a wake-up call to academics by Andrew Grant at Physics Today
- ¿Hubo otros Big Bangs antes que el nuestro? by José Manuel Nieves at ABC Ciencia
Hunting earthquakes through maths Credit: Mike Gottlieb, UNAVCO. |