Why do we believe falsehoods even after we know they're not true? What makes gold gold? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of Nov 11 - Nov 17, 2019 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's curated selection of science news from science newsmakers, explore the increasing body of evidence that suggests that vaping is not as risk-free as first believed, and find out whether the human brain's smell centre is actually necessary for our sense of smell. 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 we continue to believe false information even after we’ve learned it’s not true by Rhi Willmot for BPS Research Digest.

  

  The 'continued influence' effect means we have a bias towards a complete mental image of an event, even if some of the information is inaccurate.
  Credit: ElizaC3 via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

• CDC report finds 35,000 Americans die of antibiotic-resistant infections each year by Helen Branswell at Scientific American.
• Eating a keto diet may give some protection against the flu by Gege Li for New Scientist.
• Don’t snooze your biological clock during flu season by Olivier Lucar for ImmunoBites.
• CDC update on acute lung injuries linked to vaping (Nov 14th) by Michael Coston at Avian Flu Diary.
• Is the human olfactory bulb necessary? by Neuroskeptic.
• The seven stages of fieldwork grief by Sam Ross for EcoEvo @ TCD.
• Setting yourself free of perfectionism? by Gabriella Wilson at The Thesis Whisperer.
• Deep sleep detoxifies your brain – cerebrospinal fluid for the win by Jordan Pennells for LIFEApps. 
• National parks estimated to save trillions in mental health costs by Natalie Parletta for Cosmos magazine.
• Snails are turning yellow to adapt to climate change by Sruthi Sanjeev Balakrishnan for Massive Science.
• Scientists looked at sea levels 125,000 years in the past. The results are terrifying by Fiona Hibbert, Eelco Rohling and Katharine Grant at the Conversation US.
• Feral horses gallop to the rescue of butterflies in distress by Nanticha Ocharoenchai for Mongabay.com.
• Microbes for disappearing dunes by Abigail Bezrutczyk for Envirobites.
• Barnacles are a clock for the dead by Ivy Shih for Hakai magazine.
• Superhard carbon forms predicted - harder than diamond by Tribonet.
• What gives gold nanoparticles their color? by Meng Wu at SustainableNano.
• First-generation stars formed more quickly than previously thought by Sci-news.com.
• Physics holds the secret to volleyball’s highly unpredictable “float serve” by Jennifer Ouelette for Ars Technica.
• Close encounter with a black hole exiles a star from our galaxy by Brian Koberlein for Forbes.

Check back next week for more great picks!