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10.28.2019

Why are Biogen submitting a failed Alzheimer's drug for FDA approval? Does a new CRISPR system hold the key to correcting all genetic disease? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of Oct 21 - Oct 27, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's exciting edition of the best from the world of science news, explore the surprising connection between traumatic brain injury and criminality, and find out what's happening in the Amazonian rainforest now that media coverage of the fires has died down. 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?
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10.21.2019

What does the formation of a binary star look like? Why do some people need less sleep? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of Oct 14 - Oct 20, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best and brightest from the world of science news, see the picture that solves a fifty-year-old chemistry question, and find out how indigenous people are breaking the law in California to preserve their ancestral way of life. 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?

Astronomers using ALMA have obtained an extremely high-resolution image showing two disks in which young stars are growing, fed by a complex pretzel-shaped network of filaments of gas and dust.
Credit: Image - ESO via ESO.org Caption: Tim Kendall at Extreme Astrophysics (CC-BY 4.0)
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10.14.2019

Who won this years' Nobel prizes in Chemistry and Physics? Could blocking out the sun be a way to halt global warming? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of Oct 7 - Oct 13, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In this week's best and brightest from the world of science news, explore how speculative conclusions and media hype have led to some very wrong articles about mosquito transgenics, and how the gene-editing technique CRISPR may help tackle loss of biodiversity. 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?
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10.07.2019

How may have the female orgasm evolved? Why shouldn't you be too upset to have parasites? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of Sept 30 - Oct 6, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In this week's most important and topical posts from the world of science news, explore the neurological reward mechanisms that make mourning a part of the healing process, and read about how Brexit may be bad for minorities' mental health. 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?
When you're worried, taking action may make you feel like you'll be less worried in future, which can lead to those who need rest most avoiding it.
Credit: jeet_sen via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)
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