How are corona vaccine promises fuelling false expectations? What is the pandemic teaching us about community? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of May 4 - 10 2020 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's digest of the best news from science around the world, delve into the mysterious world of plant communication, and meet the Keepers of the Deep, the marine biologists taking care of deepwater coral reefs. 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?

• Mounting promises on Covid-19 vaccines are fueling false expectations by Helen Branswell for STAT news.

Talk of a corona vaccine as early as Autumn 2020 is unrealistic and could lead to a false sense of security, hindering preparations for a second wave.
Credit: Ikusuki via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

• Scientists identify SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing antibody by Sci-News.com.
• What the Covid-19 pandemic is teaching us about community by Lauran Hardin and Shelly Trumbo for STAT news.
• To prevent the next pandemic, end unequal access to natural resources by Kelly Austin for Scientific American.
• Plan to distribute Covid-19 drug unveiled amid concerns over allocation by Lev Facher for STAT news.
• Mutations in the coronavirus spike protein by Derek Lowe at Science Translational Medicine.
• Resilience thinking: Preparing for and recovering from COVID-19 in the context of compound risks by Finn Laurien and Reinhard Mechler for IIASA.
• Guided by plant voices: interview with Monica Gagliano by Steve Paulson for Nautilus magazine.
• Ancient Andes, analysed by Cosmos magazine.
• Are we seeing a new ocean starting to form in Africa? by Erik Klemetti for Eos.
• Video: Keepers of the deep by Alex Goetz and Justin Grubb for Hakai magazine.
• Predictions are overrated by Sabine Hossenfelder at Backreaction.
• Astronomers find closest black hole to Earth, hiding in plain sight by Dan Clery for Science magazine.
• Physicists criticize Stephen Wolfram’s ‘Theory of Everything’ by Adam Becker for Scientific American.
• What’s the difference between sourdough starter and yeast? by Leslie Nemo for Discover magazine.
• Week 5: Small gratitudes by This is What a Computer Scientist Looks Like.

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