What's the lowdown about Goop, the company behind Gwyneth Paltrow's new 'intimate' candle? What do meat eaters really think about veganism? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of Jan 13 - 19 2020 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this weeks cream-of-the-crop of science news from around the world, discover whether certain personality traits predispose people towards politics, and explore the chemistry of disposable nappies - exactly how bad for the environment are they? 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?

• Goop's pseudoscience ministry comes to Netflix by Jennifer Gunter for STAT news.

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• Can personality traits predict political success? by Romeo Vitelli at Providentia.
• Diversity matters by Lior Pachter at Bits of DNA.
• You should get Twitter…for science! by Briley Lewis at Astrobites 
• What meat eaters really think about veganism – new research by Chris Bryant at the Conversation UK.
• Astronomers trace journey of phosphorus from stellar nurseries to solar system comets by Sci-News.com.
• On Earth: Stardust from 7.5 billion years ago by Caleb Scharf for Scientific American.
• Leonardo da Vinci, Biological Physicist  by Brad Roth at Intermediate physics for medicine and biology.
• Quantum Computers: Flipping Coins and Killing Cats by Campbell at Universe à la Carte.
• Antibiotic resistance: How misusing antibiotics kills thousands of people yearly by Cesar Ilao III for FlipScience.
• Microglia: A New Target In The Brain For Depression, Alzheimer’s, And More? By Donna Jackson Nakazawa at STAT
• Researchers flouting clinical reporting rules, and linking gut microbes to heart disease and diabetes by Sarah Crespi and Charles Piller for Science News.
• The chemistry of disposable nappies: absorbency, wetness indicators and waste by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest.

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• A new dawn: The story of deforestation in the next decade must be different to the last (commentary) by Bastien Sachet for Mongabay.
• Mending Coastal Marshes by Kerry Rose Graning for Hakai magazine.
• Colombia's hippo population is a fascinating ecological conundrum by Brandon Keim for Anthropocene magazine.
• Indigenous lands hold 36% or more of remaining intact forest landscapes by John C. Cannon for Mongabay.

Check back next week for more great picks.