How could stem cells help people with epilepsy? What's the environmental impact of disposable masks? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of March 22 - 28 2021 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best and brightest from the world of science news, find out what happened when people got tired of restrictions in the 1918 flu epidemic (a cautionary tale), and explore the unlikely stars that could really exist, including a star within a star. 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?

• Better disposal for disposable masks by Esme Symons for Science Borealis.

Masks are necessary and life-saving, but what should we do with them once they've outlived their usefulness?
Image credit: Marco Verch via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

• Right Turn: How stem cells may help people with epilepsy by Stacey Johnson for Signals Blog.
• T cells will save us from COVID-19 by Vincent Racaniello in Virology Blog.
• A decoy may be the key to developing a vaccine against a deadly bioweapon by Amanda Rossillo for Massive Science.
• A brief history of why we disinfect #Water by Gemma Ellison at Chromsolutions.
• People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a price by J. Alexander Navarro for The Conversation UK.
• Processed meat leads to increased risks of dementia, new study suggests by Mark Bustos for Science Times.
• Podcast: BBC World Service - More or Less, In praise of Covid Data by Tim Harford and Clare Griffiths for More or Less: Behind the Stats.
• (Not) a world of pure imagination: seeing dreams with neuroimaging by psychneuro for On Psychology and Neuroscience.
• Should we prescribe sleep after a traumatic event? by psychneuro for On Psychology and Neuroscience.
• Orangutans and bonobos at the San Diego Zoo have been vaccinated for COVID-19 by Brittany Kenyon-Flatt for Massive Science.
• Researchers discover secret behind whiteflies’ invincibility: A stolen plant gene by Gerry Roberts for The Science Times.
• Ancient rocks reveal when Earth's plate tectonics began by Howard Lee for Wired.
• Life among the experimentalists by Nicole Yunger Halpern for Quantum Frontiers.
• Four crazy stars astronomers think might really exist by Eric Betz for Discover Magazine.
• CERN physicists discover four new tetraquarks by Sci-News.com.
• The joy of condensed matter by John Baez for Azimuth.
• Podcast: Mar 24th: Aquatic planets like Earth could abound in the Milky Way by Pamela Gay and Beth Johnson for The Daily Space.
• Robotic touch: Artificial skin brings robots closer to ‘touching’ human lives by Eva Guinane for Edinburgh University Science Magazine.
• Growing a more resilient global food system by Bob Holmes for Knowable magazine.
• Five student productivity tips by the LSE student blog.

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