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:

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  The sights, safety, and science of the great American eclipse by Ethan Siegel at Starts With a Bang!
• 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 



Hunting earthquakes through maths Credit: Mike Gottlieb, UNAVCO.

• 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

Check back next week for more great picks!