How could cocoa protect against stress-related heart attacks? What's the low-down on Alzheimer drug hopeful Prevagen? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of March 29 - April 4 2021 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's Easter edition of the best of science news, find out how chocolate bunnies are protected so that they don't crumble (It's physics!) and find out why chemical names are so similar and confusing. 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?

• Cocoa flavanols could protect against mental stress-induced cardiovascular events by Sci-News.com.

Blood vessel function was less impaired when the participants drank high-flavanol cocoa. They also found that flavanols improve blood flow during stress.
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• Alzheimer’s treatments in the pipeline and the false promise of Prevagen: Distinguishing hope from hype by Ricki Lewis for DNA Science.
• Protecting large hollow chocolate bunnies by Marc Abrahams for Improbable Research.
• Drinking wine leads to lesser risk of cataract surgery, British study says by Gerry Roberts for The Science Times.
• Drone incinerated by volcano as it takes a shot by Isabella Beltran for Science Times.
• Are #Diamonds Really Forever? Quantum Mechanics says yes by Allison Kubo Hutchison at Physics Central.
• Confusing #chemical ⚗️ names: why do some sound so similiar? by Kat Day at The Chronicle Flask.
• The deep freeze by AShortScientist.
• Interstellar comet Borisov is the most pristine space object ever seen  by Leah Crane for New Scientist.
• Physicists give antimatter the chills by John Timmer for Ars Technica.
• ‘I’m empty.’ Pandemic scientists are burning out—and don’t see an end in sight by Meredith Wadman for Science.
• New travel guidelines, real-world vaccine efficacy, and more Coronavirus news by Eve Sneider for Wired.
• Podcast: Seaweed might help cows go green by Ira Flatow, Albert Straus and Ermias Kebreab for Science Friday.
• Making a movie  by Rose Galbraith for Durham University Student Blog.

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