Do Buddhists fear death? Did Harry Potter create a demand for pet owls? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of January 30-February 4 2018 #sciseekpicks #scicomm

If the prospect of dentists regenerating teeth rather than just filling cavities makes you swear it's OK - it's good for you. Swearing and tooth regeneration are just two topics tackled by ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise for the past week. Here is the full round-up of the Science Seeker Editors’ Selections:

Did people want owls as pets because of Harry Potter?
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• Instead of Filling Cavities, Dentists May Soon Regenerate Teeth by Ferris Jabr at Scientific American
• The Science Is In: Swearing Is Good For You by Juan Ramos at Science Trends
• Podcast of the week: Is Music A Shared Language? with  Samuel Mehr and Manvir Singh at Science Friday
• Is death still frightening if you believe the self is an illusion? An astonishing study of Tibetan Buddhists by Christian Jarrett at British Psychological Society Research Digest
• Did Harry Potter Create A Demand For Pet Owls In The UK? at Grrl Scientist
• How 'amazing' is the migraine jab? by Mariam Zaki at Crystals and Catalysts
• A brain scan can reveal which people you’re friends with at New Scientist
• Deconstructing the environmental footprint of a sandwich by Emma Bryce at Anthropocene
• Corals thrive on remotest islands in the Galápagos by Greg Asner and Clare Leduff at Mongabay
• 5-Minute Geology by Dana Hunter at Rosetta Stones
• The Physics of a "Blood Moon" by Stephen Skolnick at Physics Buzz
• The Three Meanings Of E=mc², Einstein’s Most Famous Equation by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang
• Robotic Security Threatens Our Communities by Russell Jaffe at Free Radicals
• Excited about CRISPR? What if we’re all immune? by Pete Jones at Incurable Curiosity
• Scientists get better numbers on what happens when electrons get wet by Louise Lemer at UChicagoNews
• Stories from the Field: Interning for a State Representative by Christopher K. Tokita at at Engineers and Scientists Acting Locally

Check back next week for more great picks - and if you're a science writer or communicator, don't forget to enter ScienceSeeker's 2018 awards!