Each week, the ScienceSeeker editors pick their favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise. Here is a round-up of the Science Seeker Editors’ Selections for the past week:
The Closest Terrestrial Exoplanet Discovered by AstroJake at The Astrophysics Journal
Cassini prepares for its final, suicidal mission by Ethan Siegel at Starts with a Bang!
When Will Life Exist? by Steven Novella at Neurologica Blog
Your Coffee Addiction May Be In Your Genes by Sam Lee Cole at Popular Science
Behold the octobot—a fully autonomous, soft-bodied robot by John Timmer at Ars Technica
Why cancer is (still) more than just ‘bad luck’ by Emma Smith at Cancer Research UK Science Blog
I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong review – full of life’s little surprises by Stephen Curry at The Guardian
To diet or not to diet: what does your brain think? by Elena Vicario at NeuWrite San Diego
How a Neuroscientist Came Around to Improv Comedy by Ben Kuebrich at Neuroamer
The relationship between low physical activity and psychotic symptoms at Lunatic Labs
Effects of Emoticons on the Brain by Neuroskeptic at Discover
The beer brewing process - Beer science at home at Food Crumbles
Obama Goes Big: Expansion of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Makes It The World’s Largest Marine Protected Area by Christie Wilcox at Science Sushi
Medusas, la invasión silenciosa by José Manuel Nieves at El Blog Ciencia Y Technologica por José Manuel Nieves
Aquamess: Portraits of Garbage from the Top of the World by Carol Devine at Signal to Noise Magazine
Summers in the redwood forest by Matthew Brousil at Dispatches from the Field
Invasive species in developing countries by Dirk Steinke at DNA Barcoding
An unlikely choice between a gasoline or diesel car… by Dasaraden Mauree at EGU Atmospheric Sciences blog
Check back next week for more great picks!