How biodegradable is your biodegradable cup? What's it like being LGBTQ+ in STEM? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 24 - June 30, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best from the world of science news, find out about the Quantum Supremacy and why it's not as impressive as it sounds, and uncover the science behind Homo sapiens' unique gift for music. 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?

• What's your biodegradable coffee cup made of – and how biodegradable is it? by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest.



Better than non-biodegradable cups, but still a long way to go.
Credit: Andy Brunning via Compound Interest (CC BY NC ND)

• Being openly LGBTQ+ in STEM by Jess and Chloe Robinson on The Biochemist.
• Cambridge scientists create a successful "vaccine" against fake news by Paul Ratner via BigThink.
• 10 medical myths we should stop believing. doctors, too by Gina Kolata at The New York Times.
• Study: People more likely to return lost wallet with more money by Sci-News.com.
• The cleaning revolution: How does this new wave of ultra-cleanliness affect our health? by Emily May Armstrong for The Gist.
• Audio: Elite runners' microbes make mice mightier by Karen Hopkin for Scientific American.
• Genetic factors may help explain athletic sudden death by Nicola Jones for Sapiens.
• The human brain is uniquely tuned for musical pitch by NIH news.
• The hidden light show below by Louise Murray for Hakai magazine.
• Evolution is sweet by Jordan Pennells for LifeApps.
• Quantum Supremacy: What is it and what does it mean? by Sabine Hossenfelder at Backreaction.
• NASA will fly a billion-dollar quadcopter to Titan, Saturn’s methane-rich moon by Paul Voosen for Science magazine.
• Teegarden party: Don’t pack your interstellar travel bags … yet by Ian O'Neill at Astroengine.
• New climate ‘stripes’ reveal how much hotter your hometown has gotten in the past century by Eli Kintisch for Science magazine.
• This cave in the Philippines has over 2 million bats. It needs to get bigger by Tristan Manalac at FlipScience.
• For more than 111 years, scientists puzzled over the Tunguska event by David Bressan for Forbes.

Check back next week for more great picks!