Dogs or cats, which is smarter? How does Tinder hook its users? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of November 27-December 3 2017 #sciseekpicks #scicomm

How Tinder and other smartphone apps affect our brains; the surprising effects our diets can have on the environment; and lessons from nature on how to fight climate change. These are among the topics covered by picks the ScienceSeeker editors have made of their favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise. Here is the full round-up of the Science Seeker Editors’ Selections for the past week:

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  It’s official: dogs are smarter than cats by Andrew Masterson at Cosmos Magazine
• Dogs Have More Brain Neurons Than Cats, New Study Says at Sci-News.com
• The Science And Psychology Behind How Tinder Works by Daniel Nelson at Science Trends
• Kid's Smartphone Addictions Cause Brain Chemistry Changes by Milla Bengtsson at Reliawire
• “Significant loss of neurons is a normal part of ageing” and other brain cell myths by Christian Jarrett at British Psychological Society Research Digest
• CRISPR and the Real World by Caroline Sferrazza at NeuWrite San Diego
• Quantum dots light up cancer with a little help by Jens Wilkinson at It Ain't Magic
• How to float your coffee creamer by Jennifer Chu at MIT News
• Flexing with Power by Erin Winick at Medium  
• The Mysterious Case of the Excess Positrons by Kendra Redmond at Physics Buzz
• How did ammonite fossils form? by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest

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• Africa: So Many Species of Mammals- How is that Possible? by David W. Shaw
• You Might Be Wasting Food, Even If You’re Not Throwing It Away by Doug Boucher at Union of Concerned Scientists
• Catch-all fisheries are squeezing Asia’s seahorses by Sean Mowbray at Mongabay
• Blinded by the light: victims of the night by Fred Singer at Fred's Ecology and Environmental Tales
• Podcast of the week: TWiM 165: Pumping copper by Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson at This Week in Microbiology
• Cold-Dry Days Favor H7N9 Transmission by Michael Coston at Avian Flu Diary
• Scientists Look to Bali Volcano for Clues to Curb Climate Change by Alister Doyle at Scientific American

Check back next week for more great picks!