5.30.2022

How does inequality shape our minds? Do smart parrots live longer? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for May 23-29 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, discover the long term psychological impacts of school shootings and how we know Einstein was right on relativity. 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?

Palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) at Jurong BirdPark, Singapore.
This species has the largest brain in relation to body mass of any parrot alive today.
(Credit: Doug Janson / CC BY-SA 3.0)

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5.23.2022

What can we do with waste solar cells? What is the Humongous Fungus? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for May 16-22 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, learn more about long Covid and what the latest upgraded atom-smasher will tell 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?

Honey fungus, the species that makes up the 
3.4 square mile 'humungous fungus'
Image credit: Charles de Mille-Isles/Flickr CC BY 2.0 licence

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    5.16.2022

    What's the world's lightest material? What does the black hole at the centre of the Milky way look like? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for May 9-15 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

    In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, learn a simple trick to improve your mental health and how robots and AI are helping improve farming. 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?

    This graphene lattice is itself less dense than air, but doesn't float away because it is filled with air.

    Get to know our nearest black hole, Sagittarius A*! 

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      5.10.2022

      What does a black hole sound like? Can pandas help other endangered bears? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for May 2-8 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

      In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, learn about a smart device that can clean water at the press of a button and how video games can help mental health. 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?

      Sloth bears aren't as cute or popular as pandas 
      Image by  N. A. Naseer via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5 IN).

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      5.02.2022

      What happens in our brains before death? Do people still want kids after the pandemic? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for April 25 -May 1 2022 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

        In the latest edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, learn about conch conservation and extraverts' perceived weakness. 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?

        Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, the largest comet ever discovered,
        has a nucleus that’s approximately 119 kilometers across.
        If such an object were to strike Earth, the energy imparted to our planet
        would be thousands to ten thousand times as energetic as the
        K-Pg impactor that occurred 65 million years ago. (Credit: NASA/Don Davis)

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