In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, learn about how coronavirus damages people's sense of smell and meet the first black PhD chemist in the US. 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?
- The Most Complete Simulation of a Cell Probes Life’s Hidden Rules by Yasemin Saplakoglu for WIRED
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| A simulation of a minimal cell tracks the movements and interactions of its ribosomes (yellow spheres) and specific membrane complexes and proteins (red, blue, and green spheres),all wrapped up inside its cell membrane (green cubes). Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
- Researchers puzzle over sea-crossing migration of crimson rose butterflies by Malaka Rodrigo at Mongabay
- Smoke on the Water: How Wildfires Affect Life Underwater by Julia Bebout at Envirobites
- Invasive species can hitchhike on ocean plastic by Zach Fitzner at earth.com
- Did the early universe inflate? by Sabine Hossenfelder at Backreaction
- A Love Letter for Black History Month: St. Elmo Brady, the first Black Ph.D. chemist in the United States by Cathy Murphy at Sustainable Nano
- Now You See Me: How immune cells are being engineered to fight cancer by Maryna Samus at ImmunoBites
- How the Coronavirus Steals the Sense of Smell by Roni Caryn Rabin for The New York Times
- Jealousy Doesn’t Have to Ruin a Friendship by Juli Fraga and Connie Chang for The New York Times
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