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:
Nobel Prize 2016 – how yeast and mouse studies uncovered autophagy by Tom Holder at Speaking of Research
How studying bakers’ yeast unlocked the secrets of our body’s recycling plants by Cristy Gelling at Genes to Genomes
Nobel Prize 2016: What Ohsumi’s discovery of cellular ‘self-eating’ means for cancer by Aine McCarthy at Cancer Research UK Science Blog
"Flatland Physics" Wins 2016 Nobel by Stephen Skolnick at Physics Buzz
Molecular Machinery: the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by Derek Lowe at In the Pipeline
Are the Nobel Prizes Missing Female Scientists? by Jesse Emspak at Scientific American
That time 20,000 jellyfish orbited Earth by Emily Makowski at Sextraordinary!
The Real Reason Clowns Creep Us Out by Erika Engelhaupt at Gory Details
The Visual Story of the Human Heart by Amanda Montañez at Scientific American
Do Emojis Reveal How Horny You Feel? by Dermot Barry at Brain Sponge Blog
Does ‘brain training’ work? by Tom Stafford at Mind Hacks
Brain scan study reveals dogs attend to word meaning, not just intonation by Sofia Delenev at BPS Research Digest
New Target in Brain for Treating Depression by Traci Pedersen at BrainBlogger
The Science of Monster Storms by Jeff Masters at Scientific American
Extreme Denial by Tamino at Open Mind
Let’s Talk About Responsible Science Communication… by Christy Haynes at Sustainable Nano
How did I become a mathematician? by Dana C. Ernst
Vida basada en rayos cósmicos at NeoFronteras
Check back next week for more great picks!