In this week's best posts from the world of science news, look deep into the world of cellular biology with the relaunch of Sophtalksscience's 'Cellfie' series, and find out why scientists are dyeing animal skeletons hot pink. 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?
- Those indestructible tardigrades probably won't take over the Moon by Jennifer Tsang at Massive Science.
No tardigrades on the moon (sadly), but microbial contamination of planets we visit is a present concern.
Credit: Becca Hall, adapted from American Museum of Natural History and Blondinrikard Fröberg via Flickr
(CC BY 2.0) - Heating up the microbial soup: Warm oceans may benefit cyanobacteria by Erica Curles at Sciworthy.
- ‘Cellfie’ of the month: August 2019 by Soph talks science.
- Finally, some good news about Ebola: Two new treatments dramatically lower the death rate in a trial by Kai Kupferschmidt for Science magazine.
- Using antibiotics without a prescription is a prevalent public health problem by ScienceDaily.
- How pieces of live human brain are helping scientists map nerve cells by Laura Sanders for Science News magazine.
- Mouse Genetics Shape the Gut Microbiome More than Their Environment by Nicoletta Lanese for The Scientist.
- Why are these animals pink? A process called diaphonization by Kristin Hugo for Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- Want to save the environment? Start small, but don't forget to advocate for big changes too by Bhavya Singh for Massive Science.
- What happens to flowers and birds when we massacre mosquitoes with modern traps? by Nancy Bazilchuk for Science Nordic.
- A new form of carbon by Derek Lowe at Science Translational Medicine.
- Astronomy faces a field-defining choice in choosing the next steps for the TMT by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang.
- LIGO and Virgo probably spotted the first black hole swallowing up a neutron star by Emily Conover at Science News magazine.
- Space dust from ancient supernova found hiding in Antarctica by Mindy Weisberger for Scientific American.
- Northern Marshall Islands more radioactive than Chernobyl and Fukushima, new research finds by Sci-News.com.
Check back next week for more great picks.
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