Why is the wind always in your face while biking? How could your genes be affecting your drinking habits? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of May 25 - 31 2020 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best and brightest from the world of science news, meet the bacteria that live in your nose, and find out why you might be grateful that they're there, and discover how worms are helping to uncover the link between fat metabolism and sleep. 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 is the wind always in my face?’: Some physics of biking by Chad Orzel for Forbes.

  

  The wind doesn't hate you: perception of headwinds is down to relative air pressure.
  Credit: Dave Jeppesen via Flickr (Public Domain)

• Researchers identify 19 new genetic variants for problematic drinking by Sci-News.com.
• High body fat is associated with sleeping problems by Jocelyn Solis-Moreira at Sciworthy.
• Experts decry FDA's decision to halt Seattle Covid-19 study over approvals by Erin Brodwin for STAT news.
• Experts warn of dire global consequences if U.S. withdraws from WHO by Helen Branswell for STAT news.
• These bacteria have adapted to life in your nose—and that may be good news by Amanda Heidt for Science.
• Antibody tests, part 1: What can antibody tests tell us? by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest.



Antibody tests can tell us how long ago someone had an infection, and whether or not they are immune.
Credit: Andy Brunning via Compound Interest (CC-BY-ND)

• COVID-19 drop in pollution to be short-lived by Gabriel da Silva for The University of Melbourne blog.
• Despite economic crisis, prominent health tech startups draw big funding by Erin Brodwin for STAT news.
• A star shredded by a black hole may have spit out an extremely energetic neutrino by Emily Conover for Science News Magazine.
• This sea urchin just won’t die by Richa Malhotra for Hakai magazine.
• Physicists don’t know what the world is like, at the bottom by Massimo Pigliucci for Medium.
• 24 metronomes in synchronisation by Motoko Kakubayashi at Kagaku from Sciblogs.

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