How did 'Puppy dog eyes' evolve? Are people with ADHD more creative? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 17 - June 23, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's bumper edition of the best coverage of science news from the online world, explore the neurological basis of SAD and how gender inequality may have arisen. ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise also cover many other important and exciting topics. Why not have a read, inform yourself, and indulge your scientific curiosity?

• How dogs evolved ‘Puppy dog eyes’ by Tracy Peake at the NC State University blog.
• To save the whales, crab fishers are testing ropeless gear by Alastair Bland for Hakai magazine.
• First ever beluga-narwhal hybrid identified by Nick Carne for Cosmos magazine.
• This new species of shipworm has an appetite for stone by Emily Storz at Drexel News Blog. 





Lithoredo abatanica.
Credit:Marvin A. Altamia and Reuben Shipway via newsblog.drexel.edu

• The allure of Zebra print: New insight on the evolutionary advantage of stripes by Kendra Redmond at Physics Central.
• Rise of the Extinction Deniers by John R. Platt for Scientific American.
• Why we tend to feel depressed during gloomy weather by Jess Vilvestre at FlipScience.
• Are people with ADHD more creative? by Caterina Gawrilow and Sara Goudarzi for Scientific American.
• Gender inequality arose 8000 years ago by Dyani Lewis for Cosmos magazine.
• Shift to renewable energy could have biodiversity cost, researchers caution by Ashley Stumvoll for Mongabay.
• Commentary: Why sustainability should be on your plate when you travel by Isolina Boto for Mongabay.
• “Hulk”-like microorganisms in soil can survive high levels of gamma radiation by Mary Sabuda at Sciworthy.
• Scientists want to make fuel and plastic out of bacteria by Doug Johnson at Hakai magazine.
• The key limitation for people with cardiac arrest is that they are often having it at home or in some place where they’re alone, and it’s unwitnessed by Diana Kai for Stat News.
• How building in time for exam review supports advances in student learning by Kendall Rolley KQED News, Mindshift.
• Ancient water underlies arid Egypt by Mary Caperton Morton for Eos.
• When does work engagement lead to harmful outcomes? Reviewed by Marissa Post via I/O At Work.
• Crystal Caves: When nature grows crystals by Chemistry Hall.
• Podcast: Is your Wi-Fi watching you? by CBC Radio Canada.



These images of human figures were obtained using radio waves. Each column contains two images of the same person.
Credit: Fadel Adib via www.cbc.ca

• Understanding habit, habituation and change by Rob Long on Safety Risk.
• This is how fear, misinformation, and measles spread in Brooklyn by Amanda Schaffer ‏for WIRED.
• Access to health in Lagos: An interdisciplinary partnership with the community by Elise Meyer on the NPHR Blog.
• Sanofi, Alphabet Partner on A.I., Analytics by Alan Kotok at Science and Enterprise.

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Video: Gaia Cantelli's six top tips to find science you can trust online.

In an increasingly online world, many of us turn to the internet to inform ourselves on all sorts of topics. However, due to the unbridled availability of information in the absence of context, it is easy to become confused or poorly informed by the huge amount of  - often conflicting - information. In the first installment of ScienceSeeker's video series 'Science you can use', join Becca Hall as she runs through Gaia Cantelli's six best ways to make sure we can trust the scientific infomation we find online.

Why do people like to be scared? What are the health implications of ingesting microplastics? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 10 - June 16, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best science news from science newsmakers, explore how the skin plays a part in anaphylactic shock and read the latest news on climate change and antibiotic resistance. ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise also cover many other important and exciting topics. Why not have a read, inform yourself, and indulge your scientific curiosity?

• Why do people like to be scared? by Romeo Vitelli for Psychology Today.

Being scared in a safe environment may help prepare our brain for real danger.
Credit: Sebastien Wiertz via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

• The skin is connected to the…gut: How tissue crosstalk may orchestrate oral anaphylaxis by Christopher Horton for ImmunoBites.
• It’s time to recycle… your cells. Daily fasting activates autophagy by Paige Jarreau for Life Apps.
• The cleaning revolution: How does this new wave of ultra-cleanliness affect our health? by Emily May Armstrong for The GIST.
• The Copper Touch by Seth Frand at SustainableNano.
• You're eating, drinking, and breathing microplastics. Now what? by Anna Robuck for Massive Science.
• Antibiotic resistance is a SciComm crisis by Dan Evans for Seeking Science.
• The 2019 worldwide fitness trends by Brock Armstrong at Quick and Dirty Tips.
• Why climate change could be our greatest public health threat and our greatest opportunity by Mass General Research Blog.
• Climate Change and Inequality: The Missing Link by Nick Iraola for Envirobites.
• Arctic sea ice extent just hit a record low for early June; worse may come by Gloria Dickie for Mongabay.
• California seamounts are Sylvia Earle’s newest “Hope Spots” by Matt Koller for Hakai magazine.
• Hubble spots sodium chloride on Jupiter’s moon Europa by Sci-News.
• Toxic “Habitable” worlds could be havens for alien microbes by Ian O'Neill at Astroengine.
• Synopsis: Making the perfect crêpe by Katherine Wright for APS Physics.
• We drink basically the same wine varietals as ancient Romans, and that's not so great by Susie Neilson for NPR Science.
• Egg temperatures govern the way chicks walk by Andrew Masterson for Cosmos magazine.
• Dragon quest: Australia kicks off search for possibly extinct lizard by John R. Platt for The Revelator.

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Being kicked in the testicles or childbirth, which hurts more? How can eating dirt help fend off anxiety? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 3 - June 9, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best picks from the world of science news, meet the newest eight-armed lab animal and explore the genetics behind the preference between cats and dogs. ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise also cover many other important and exciting topics. Why not have a read, inform yourself, and indulge your scientific curiosity?

• Video: Kicked in the crotch vs. childbirth: The great debate hosted by Olivia Gordon for SciShow.

Does this seemingly innocent long-standing question actually illuminate unconscious sexism in science?
Credit: Racchio via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)

• Healthy fat hidden in dirt may fend off anxiety disorders by Neuroscience News.
• Being a 'dog person' may be in your genes by Jaime Chambers for Massive Science.
• Dogs mirror stress levels of their owners by Stephen Johnson for BigThink.
• The newest lab rat has eight arms by Mićo Tatalović for Hakai magazine.
• Body parts respond to day and night independently from brain by Milla Bengtsson for Reliawire.
• Cracking the sugar code: the secret language cells use by Emma Clarke at The Curious Platypus.
• Study of marathon runners reveals a ‘hard limit’ on human endurance by Michael Price for Science magazine.
• The art of expressing science through poetry by Ellinor Nilsson for Crastina.
• It takes evil to defeat evil: why researchers built a fake news generator by Greg Fish for World of Weird Things.
• Varieties of nonsense by Derek Lowe at Science Translational Medicine.
• Oh my God double asteroid all the way across the sky! by Dan Samorodnitsky for Massive Science.
• Did exploding stars really help humans walk upright? by Greg Fish for World of Weird Things.
• This little-known quantum rule makes our existence possible by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang.
• Scientists discover the loneliest, most isolated galaxy in the entire universe by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang.
• Bizarre pentaquark turns out to be a new kind of subatomic 'molecule' by Leah Crane for New Scientist.
• NASA will allow private astronauts on the ISS for $11,250-$22,500 a day by Jonathan Gitlin for Ars Technica.

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ScienceSeeker Psychology Picks from May 2019

Here is the roundup of the best coverage of psychology research from May 2019 according to ScienceSeeker editor Antanas Spokas. To read the posts themselves, access them from our ScienceSeeker picks posts from May.

Why is one scientist calling for an end to gender stereotypes in research? Are parallel universes real? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of May 27 - June 2, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best and brightest from the world of science news, see the universe as never before thanks to pictures from the newest telescopes, and finally find out exactly what cats get up to when you're not looking. ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise also cover many other important and exciting topics. Why not have a read, inform yourself, and indulge your scientific curiosity?

• Compiled from data acquired by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope in 2009, and now formally released, the image reveals an amazing deep space vista by Cosmos magazine.



Credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH via Cosmosmagazine.com

• The Universe's first stars exploded in strange ways by Rachel Crowell for Scientific American.
• Is the Universe a hologram? Future telescopes could tell us by Lissie Connors for Physics Central.
• Could parallel universes be physically real? by Ethan Siegel at Starts with a bang.
• Does the Higgs-boson exist? by Sabine Hossenfelder at Backreaction. 
• Scientist calls for end to outdated gender stereotypes in experiments by Shraddha Chakradhar for STAT news.
• New pacemaker harvests energy from the heart by Harini Barath for Scientific American.
• Resistance training can improve sleep quality and reduce anxiety in those who likely have PTSD by Eric W. Dolan via PsyPost.
• Gut microbiome links to autism revealed by Alan Kotok at Science & Enterprise.
• New research sheds light on how plants sense their world by Jenna Finley and Sunitha Chari for Science Borealis.
• Boat motors speed up metabolism in fish embryos by Grant Currin for Hakai magazine.
• Researchers strapped video cameras on 16 cats and let them do their thing. Here’s what they found by David Grimm for Science magazine.
• The after-party balloon effect: disastrous consequences of balloon releases by Μαρία Καρούσιου for Envirobites.
• By 2100, the ocean will be a different color by Madeline Bender for Massive Science.
• In a first, chimps found bashing tortoises against trees to get at the meat by Mongabay.com.
• What's in an epidural? – Medications for labour and birth by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest.



An excellent infographic about what goes into making birth as painless as possible.
Credit: Andy Brunning via compoundchem.com (CC BY ND NC 4.0)

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