Could the sun be causing earthquakes? How is the Red Maple Tree helping in the fight against Alzheimer's? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of July 20 - 26 2020 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's pick of the best articles covering science news from around the globe, explore the disturbing finding that sometimes planting trees doesn't help trap carbon, and find out how best to see the decade's most spectacular comet, NEOWISE (only for those in the Northern hemisphere, sorry).  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?

• A solar origin for earthquakes? by David Bressan for Forbes.

A new study published in Nature's Scientific Reports argues that there is a statistically significant correlation of earthquake clusters with powerful eruptions on the Sun, even if it is still unclear how the two phenomena are connected.
Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

• A promising Alzheimer’s treatment comes from the Red Maple Tree by Josseline Ramos-Figueroa for Massive Science.
• In some places, planting trees doesn't help store any more carbon by Hannah Thomasy for Massive Science.
• At 59 million tons, our e-waste problem is getting out of control by Jeff Turrentine for NRDC.
• Rehab centers struggle as Covid-19 drives up costs by Sara Harrison for Wired.
• More Pfizer phase I results: Antibodies, viral mutations, and T cells by Derek Lowe at Science Translational Medicine.
• How to see comet NEOWISE, Earth’s most spectacular comet since 2007 by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang.
• Making sure your online course has what it needs by Terry McGlynn at Small Pond Science.

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