Ebola is rearing its head again, but World Health Organization experts say it's not yet a global emergency, while we also now have a vaccine ready to fight it with. These subjects and many other topics are among ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise for the past seven days. Here is the full round-up of the ScienceSeeker Editors’ Selections:
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| An Aplysia sea slug (or sea hare), the species which scientists claim to have transferred memories between members of. Credit: Géry Parent, used via Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0 licence. |
- Researchers claim to have transferred a memory between two sea slugs by John Timmer at Ars Technica
- It's That Dress Again, but Now for Your Ears by Stephen L. Macknik at Illusion Chasers
- The inside of a proton endures more pressure than anything else we’ve seen by Emily McConover at Science News
- How to bend and stretch a diamond by David L. Chandler at MIT News
- The Top Five Mysteries of the Human Gut Microbiome by Kristina Campbell at leapsmag
- Sewage science: Are bacteria just the tip of the fatberg? by Laura Cox at Microbe Post
- How smaller drinks could reduce the UK’s alcohol consumption by Inge Kersbergen at Sifting the Evidence
- Podcast of the week: The immune system unleashed by Sara Roncero-Menendez, presented by Brian Stallard and Andrea Alfano, with Douglas Fearon, at Base Pairs
- FDA 'names and shames' generic-blocking pharma companies by Phil Taylor at PMLive
- A Canadian Journalist Calls Out Pediatric Chiropractic, and a Chiropractor Responds by Clay Jones at Science-Based Medicine
- Schizophrenia more prevalent away from green spaces by Marie Barse at ScienceNordic
- No, there is no epidemic of loneliness. (Or, Dog Bites Man: David Brooks runs another column based on fake stats) by Andrew Gelman at Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
- Ebola Vaccine, four decades in the making by Justin Varholick and Amanda Dettmer at Speaking of Research
- Ebola outbreak is alarming, but falls short of global emergency, panel says by Helen Branswell at STAT
- An opioid shortage? It’s real and could harm cancer patients by Tara Soumerai at STAT
- Down syndrome testing shouldn’t tilt parents toward pregnancy termination by Chris Kaposy at STAT
- Tricks, Lies and Videotape: The Dirty Tactics of the Anti Choice Side by Taryn de Vere at Headstuff
- Hawaii Volcano Eruption: What You Need To Know by Kate Broome at Science Trends
- Conservation Conundrum: Is Focusing on a Single Species a Good Strategy? by Richard Conniff at Yale Environment 360
- Europe Fighting it Out in the Courts over Air Pollution by Gabriel de Silva at On a Clear Day
- That NASA climate science program Trump axed? House lawmakers just moved to restore it by Jeffrey Mervis at Science
- How My PhD Training is Empowering Me by Teresa Ambrosio at Stories in Science
- I've Paid $18,000 To A $24,000 Student Loan, & I Still Owe $24,000 by Kaitlyn Cawley at Bustle
- What the Teacher Strikes Can Teach Students About the History of the Labor Movement by Tanner Higgin at MindShift
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