How does class affect how much sleep you get? Could sugary drinks be causing colon cancer in young people? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 28 - July 4 2021 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's cream of the crop of science news from around the world, discover the unsung hero behind every coronavirus survival story: our immune systems, and explore the growing link between gut microbiome and 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?

• The great sleep divide by Katherine Ellison for Knowable magazine.

Inadequate sleep among low-income adults and racial minorities contributes to higher rates of illnesses, including cardiovascular disease and dementia.
Credit: Jeffery Bennett via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

• A year ago, Black physicists at Fermilab demanded change. What’s happened? by Jeffrey Mervis for Science.
• Colon cancer is rising in younger adults. Do sugary drinks play a role? by Nicholas Bakalar for The New York Times.
• Paper wasps can recognize each other's faces, some broods more than others by Hayden Waller for Massive Science.
• The heroes you don’t hear about: Our immune system by Zahra Nasser for Science Borealis.
• How your gut microbiome influences your mental health by Shekhar Kedia for Bacterialworld.
• Alan Magee and the St. Nazaire Railroad Station by Russell Hobbie at Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology.
• World Firefly Day: Shining more light on glo-ing innovations by Riley Bell for Promega Connections.
• Graphene was found in a meteorite! by Tony Jia for Sciworthy.
• Black holes swallow neutron stars in a single bite, new results suggest by Maddie Bender for Scientific American.
• Why cast regolith could be our key to lunar base construction by Miklos Bolza for Lab Down Under.
• Clean energy for clean transportation in India by Sameer Kwatra and Nitish Arora for NRDC.
• Which crops can survive drought? Nanosensors may offer clues by Keith Gillogly for Wired.

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What's the connection between lobsters and telescopes? What's the science of sugar syrups? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 21 - June 27 2021 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's edition of the best and brightest from the world of science news, discover the extremely important physics behind beer-mat flipping, and meet 'Dragon Man', a controversial new ancient human fossil specimen. 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?

• How lobster eyes can help astronomers get a wider view of the Cosmos by Claire Bugos for Discover Magazine.

The unique positioning of lobster eyes enables an 180-degree field of view, and has been mimicked to improve telescopes.
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• Cosmic hand hitting a wall by Chandra X-ray Observatory.
• Physicists show that flying beer coasters will flip 0.45 seconds into flight by Jennifer Ouellette for Ars Technica.
• The science behind cooking sugar syrups for candy making by FoodCrumbles.
• The great fish-oil debate continues by Jason Wermers for NutriBites.
• Southern England has a small but thriving population of Australian red-necked wallabies by Maria Gatta for Massive Science.
• 'Dragon man' claimed as new species of ancient human but doubts remain by Alison George for New Scientist.
• Delta variant triggers dangerous new phase in the pandemic by Kai Kupferschmidt and Meredith Wadman for Science magazine.
• A mining code for the Deep Sea by Elham Shabahat for Hakai magazine.
• Sustainable polymer nanocoatings: An innovative concept by Raj Shah, Tad Koga and Blerim Gashi for Nanowerk.
• Retracted papers continue to circulate on social media, spreading misinformation by Rebecca Lea Morris for Massive Science.

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Is infinite economic growth possible? How do bacteria mix their genomes with their partners? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 14 - June 20 2021 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's installment of the very best of science news from around the world, get the low-down on Covid-19: discover its origins, find out about its natural hosts and get up to date with the latest news on the Delta variant. 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 delusion of infinite economic growth by Chirag Dhara and Vandana Singh for Scientific American.

Even “sustainable” technologies such as electric vehicles and wind turbines face unbreachable physical limits and exact grave environmental costs.
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• Bacteria mix their genomes with partners so much they turn themselves into hybrids by Elise Cutts for Massive Science.
• New study finds people with COVID-19 have antibodies that target their own immune systems by Iflah Shahid for Massive Science.
• #ChemVsCOVID: How were the first treatments for COVID identified? by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest.
• Podcast: COVID, quickly, Episode 9: Delta Variant, global vaccine shortfalls, beers for shots by Josh Fischman, Tanya Lewis, and Jeffery DelViscio at Scientific American Podcast: 60-Second Science.
• Podcast: The origins of Covid by Tim Harford and Marilyn J Roossinck for More or Less: Behind the Stats.
• The remarkable diversity of bat coronaviruses by Vincent Racaniello in Virology Blog.
• Bringing current news into a physics lesson by ZapperZ at Physics and Physicists.
• The mystery of Betelgeuse's dimming has finally been solved by Jennifer Ouellette for Wired.
• LIGO mirrors cooled to near absolute zero could probe quantum gravity by Leah Crane for New Scientist.
• The calming effects of natural soundscapes by Jaspreet Sanghera for Science Borealis.

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What do atoms really look like? Is the Tokyo Olympics at risk of being a superspreader event? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 7 - June 13 2021 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best and brightest from the world of science news, discover the field of galactic archeology and what it can tell us about the Milky Way, and find out why sea mammals don't really get cancer. 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?

• Physicists capture ultraprecise images of atoms by Sci-News.com.

“We’re chasing speckle patterns that look a lot like those laser-pointer patterns that cats are equally fascinated by,” Professor Muller said.
Credit: Chen et al., doi: 10.1126/science.abg2533 via Sci-news.com

• A galactic archaeologist digs into the Milky Way’s history by Ramin Skibba for Knowable magazine.
• Stars made of antimatter might be lurking in the Universe by Leto Sapunar for Scientific American.
• Ocean mammals keep cancer at bay with tumor suppressing genes by Hazel Walker for Massive Science.
• Podcast: Elephants may use urine to navigate by Christopher Intagliata at Scientific American Podcast: 60-Second Science.
• A new way to understand the brain's intricate rhythm by Grace Huckins for WIRED.
• This ancient child burial is the world's oldest, dating back 80,000 years by Amanda Rossillo for Massive Science.
• The Aducanumab Approval by Derek Lowe at In The Pipeline.
• How to pick a college during Covid by Aviva Legatt for TeenLife.
• Japanese scientists warn that Tokyo Olympics could help spread COVID-19 by Dennis Normile for Science.
• CAR Macrophages: Training your immune system to target cancer by Arielle Bryan for ImmunoBites.
• Ending offshore drilling is key for ocean and climate by Valerie Cleland and Lauren Kubiak  for NRDC.

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Could binge-watching TV be hastening cognitive decline? What's the point of periods? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of May 31 - June 6 2021 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best and brightest from the world of science news, find out how much artefacts from the history of physics are going for at auction, and discover how to weigh water with a paper clip. 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?

• TV binging habits could lead to brain deterioration, hastened cognitive decline by Rojoef Manuel for The Science Times.

Scientists found that those who reported moderate to high levels of TV time experienced roughly a 7% increase in cognitive function decline over a 15 year period compared to those that reported lower levels of TV-watching.
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• Podcast: What is the point of menstruation? by Marnie Chesterton for CrowdScience.
• It’s surprisingly common to misremember where you were on a specific time and date by Emma Young for BPS Research Digest.
• Oil companies under pressure to change their business by shareholders and governments by Anthony Maiorana at The Polymerist.
• On-the-job exercise may help protect against heart disease and cancer by Gretchen Reynolds for The New York Times.
• You need to weigh some water. All you’ve got is a paper clip by Rhett Alain for WIRED.
• Detecting cancers with neural networks requires a balance of rewards and penalties by Darcy Murphy for Massive Science.
• What’s the price of physics history? by Hannah Pell at Physics Central.
• Venus can’t wait—NASA plans blockbuster return to hothouse neighbor by Paul Voosen for Science.
• What the physics of skipping stones can tell us about aircraft water landings by Jennifer Ouellette for Ars Technica.
• Rechargeable zinc-air batteries: Promising tech in the shift from fossil fuels by Miklos Bolza for Lab Down Under.
• Puppies are born with the genetic ability to understand humans by Christa Lesté-Lasserre for New Scientist.
• Using artificial intelligence to diagnose autism in the womb by Rachel Holland for Sciworthy.
• Freaky Friday: What happens when cancer cells swap mitochondria? by Keighley Reisenauer in OncoBites.
• When viruses collide with parasitic worms by Gertrud U. Rey in Virology Blog.
• The treatabolome will shorten diagnostic odysseys for rare diseases by Ricki Lewis for DNA Science.

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