Are humans meant to be happy? What would the world be like without the Moon? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of July 15 - July 21, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best and brightest from the world of science news, discover the evolutionary basis for cuteness and find out how scientists are beginning to be able to see quantum phenomena. 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?

• Humans aren't designed to be happy – so stop trying by Rafael Euba for The Conversation UK.

What if happiness is a social construct that humans are not designed for?
Credit: Jean Marconi via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

• Evolutionarily adorable by A Short Scientist.
• Sexual images are just as arousing for women as they are for men by Clare Wilson for New Scientist.
• Neurons and cancer cells are a dangerous duo by Claudia Lopez for Massive Science.
• Sniffing out cancer by Rachel Cherney for OncoBites.
• Gut microbes protect against neurologic damage from viral infections by Science Beta.
• How vegetarian burgers, that look & taste like meat, are made by Julie Mal at Food Crumbles.
• WHO to reconvene IHR Emergency Committee on Ebola in DRC by Michael Coston at Avian Flu Diary.
• Is it time to create artificial blizzards in Antarctica? by Richard A. Lovett for Cosmos magazine.
• How the first men on the moon got ready to geologize there by David Bressan for Forbes.
• The world without the Moon by Caleb Scharf for Scientific American.
• 50 moon facts to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing by Physics Central.
• Imaging quantum entanglement by Gianluigi Filippelli at Doc Madhattan.
• Elon Musk’s startup eyes human testing for brain-computer interface by Kelly Servick for Science magazine.
• [Infographic] U.S. venture funds near 20-year highs by Alan Kotok at Science and Enterprise.
• Personal safety at scientific conferences by DoctorAl.

Check back next week for more great picks!