Could cosmic rays be the key to forecasting volcanic eruptions? How can we design cities so that animals and humans can coexist? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of April 20 - 26 2020 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's edition of the best and the brightest from the world of science news, find out how the Hubble Space Telescope has helped contribute to our understanding of the universe in which we live, and discover how Americans have been poisoning themselves in their quest to fend off corona (hint: you should absolutely not inject yourself with disinfectant). 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?

• Are cosmic rays a key to forecasting volcanic eruptions? by Mara Johnson-Groh for Eos.

A combination of relativistic particles and artificial intelligence may provide a new way to forecast when a volcano could erupt.

Credit: Din Muhammad Sumon via Flickr (CC-BY 2.0)

• Artificial gravity protects the immune system of mice in space by It Ain't Magic.
• Gravitational waves have revealed the first unevenly sized black hole pair by Emily Conover for Science News Magazine.
• A day (and night) in the life of an observational astronomer by Rosanna Tilbrook for Astrobites.
• The most important image ever taken by NASA’s Hubble space telescope by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang.



NASA's deep-field imaging and its later iterations has taught us much about the universe we live in.
Credit: NASA and the European Space Agency (Public Domain)

• On National DNA Day, scientists are trying to take the colonialism out of genetics by Farah Qaiser for Massive Science.
• To protect black Americans from the worst impacts of COVID-19, release comprehensive racial data by Joia Crear-Perry and Michael McAfee for Scientific American.
• Can't we all just co-exist? by Chloe Schmidt at Pineapples and Whales.
• The wonderful, transcendent life of an odd-nosed monkey by Jude Isabella for Hakai magazine.
• Do crustaceans feel pain? by Whitney Kroschel for Envirobites.
• People are dying of coronavirus because we’re too slow at clinical research by Matthew Herper for STAT news.
• Covid-19 is pulling the plug on clean energy jobs by Emily Pontecorvo for Wired magazine.
• The order of battle by Derek Lowe at Science Translational Medicine.
• Black carbon is supercharging El Niño by Micheal Allen for Hakai magazine.
• The science behind how coronavirus tests work by Jeffery Del Viscio for Scientific American. 
• Americans are poisoning themselves while trying to kill the coronavirus by Beth Mole for Ars Technica.

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How could changing habits help stop the outbreak? Have we found dinosaur DNA? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of April 13 - 19 2020 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

This week in the best science news from reputable sources around the globe, dig into the sticky subject of wet markets and how they contribute to pandemics, and revisit the Deepwater Horizon disaster, ten years on and explore the continuing effects of the spill. 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?

• Possible dinosaur DNA has been found by Riley Black for Scientific American.

Jurassic park may (but probably isn't) be only a few years away.
Credit: Kevin Dooley via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

• Photos of wild tiger cubs in Thailand rekindles hope for species by Aimee Gabay for Mongabay.
• Ten years after Deepwater Horizon, worries remain by Boyce Upholt for Envirobites.
• Crushing coronavirus means ‘breaking the habits of a lifetime.’ Behavior scientists have some tips by Warren Cornwall for Science.
• COVID-19: bats are not the problem, the wildlife market is by Andrew Barton for Envirobites.
• Italian citizens and Covid-19: One month later by Massimiano Bucchi and Barbara Saracino at the Public Understanding of Science blog.
• Here’s what we know about the most touted drugs tested for COVID-19 by Tanya Lewis for Scientific American.
• After declining for years, anxiety and insomnia prescriptions climb by Erin Brodwin for STAT news.
• Gilead data suggests coronavirus patients are responding to treatment by Adam Feuerstein and Matthew Herper for STAT news.
• COVID-19 could help solve climate riddles by Adam Levy for Scientific American.
• Coronavirus vaccine prospects by Derek Lowe at Science Translational Medicine.
• Proof and Cake Envy by Dick Lipton for Gödel’s Lost Letter and P=NP.
• The first news report of the laser (1960) by Greg Gbur at Skulls in the Stars.
• A star orbiting the Milky Way’s giant black hole confirms Einstein was right by Emily Conover for Science News Magazine.
• Neutrinos may help us understand how matter prevailed over antimatter by John Timmer for Ars Technica.
• How to write up a lab book: a terrible guide no one should follow by ErrantScience.

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Why does it smell so good after it rains? When can we lift the coronavirus pandemic precautions? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of April 6 - 12 2020 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

As we enter into the fourth week of quarantine for some, ScienceSeeker's coverage of the best science news from sources you can trust offers you reliable information as the crisis continues to unfold. This week, as well as a wide selection of articles covering corona, explore the finding that space may be different depending which way you look at it. 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?

• Here's why soil smells so good after it rains by Klas Flärdh and Paul Becher for The Conversation UK.

  

  The smell is called 'Petrichor'. There, now you know.
  Image credit: Boris Kasimov via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

• When can we lift the coronavirus pandemic restrictions? Not before taking these steps by Tanya Lewis for Scientific American.
• Scientists need to figure out which measures best control Covid-19 - STAT by Sharon Begley for STAT news.
• How will the pandemic shape biotech in the months ahead? by Adam Feuerstein, Damian Garde, and Rebecca Robbins for STAT news.
• Hydroxychloroquine update for April 6 by Derek Lowe at Science Translational Medicine.
• A doctor and a deli manager: essential personnel in Covid-19 fight by Michelle Myles for STAT news.
• I'm a student stranded in the U.S. My family is in Italy. We all worry by Silvia Martelli for STAT news.
• For survivors of severe COVID-19, beating the virus is just the beginning by Kelly Servick for Science magazine.
• A very mysterious direction in the Universe by Konstantinos Migkas for Chandra X-ray Observatory blog.
• Universe is anisotropic on large scales, new study suggests by Sci-news.com.
• Margaret Burbidge, astronomer who studied the inner workings of stars, dies at 100 by Meghan Bartels for Scientific American.
• [Fiction] The ghost of cells past, Part 2 by Deborah Flusberg for LabLit.

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Why is PPE important for mental as well as physical health? How do ant colonies fight disease? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of Mar 30 - April 5 2020 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's cream-of-the-crop of science news from reputable sources all over the world, get the low down about hydoxychloroquine, the controversial malaria drug touted as a corona cure, and explore the unexpected places in space with all the right ingredients for 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?

• The hidden Covid-19 crisis: health care workers' mental health by Jessica Gold for STAT news.

Without adequate PPE, medical workers face legitimate health anxiety about becoming infected and infecting others.
Credit: Marco Verch via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

• Face masks for COVID-19: A deep dive into the data by Beth Mole for Ars Technica.
• Comparing hydroxychloroquine trials by Derek Lowe at Science Translational Medicine.
• The loneliness of the 'social distancer' triggers brain cravings akin to hunger by Lydia Denworth for Scientific American.
• Scientists have turned the structure of the coronavirus into music by Vineeth Venugopal for Science magazine.
• Lessons from the insect world: How do ant colonies fight disease?by Dr David Phair for SciBraai.
• The kelps are alright: Studies reveal resilience in kelp forests by Liz Kimbrough for Mongabay.com. 
• NASA’s next solar mission will use six spacecraft to make one giant telescope by Meghan Bartels for Scientific American.
• 10 surprising places in space with the right raw ingredients for life by Ethan Siegel at Starts with a Bang.
• Bacteria found in solid rock. Now for Mars by Nick Carne for Cosmos magazine.
• Philip Anderson, legendary theorist whose ideas shaped modern physics, dies by Adrian Cho for Science magazine.
• Three weeks by Stephen Curry at Occam's Typewriter.

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