Editor's Selections: Fast-paced risks, a son's potentially cancerous gift, the common sense of science and zombie ants

Here are my medicine, neuroscience and psychology ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections for the week:

•  Jennifer Gibson takes a quick look at the risky business of our fast-paced lives.
• Khalil Cassimally explores the link between a son's cells and a mother's cancer.
• Dr Jon Brock delivers a beautiful review of Jacob Bronowski's The Common Sense of Science (which I now have on hold at the library and am very much looking forward to reading).
• And over at The Cellular Scale. Zombie Ants. Enough said.

This post was written by Andrew Watt for A Hippo on Campus.

Editor's Selections: Know your neurons, a diff'rent look at kidneys and sympathy for psychopaths

Here are my medicine, neuroscience and psychology ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections for the week:

• Ferris Jabr reaquaints us with the familiar and at times not-so-familiar neuronal landscapes in a series of posts over at Scientific American entitled 'Know Your Neurons'. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.
• Whizbang takes a Diff'rent Look at pedeatric kidney disease.
• Mind Hacks' Vaughen Bell talks us through the logical holes created by an article on sympathy for pyschopathy and autism.

This post was written by Andrew Watt for A Hippo on Campus.

Editor's Selections: Cancer screening, 300ft falls and a how to on hiring

Here are my medicine, neuroscience and psychology ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections for the week:

• Henry Scowcroft clarifies the current state of blood tests for breast cancer risk at Cancer Research UK.
• Steven Salzberg reports on surviving falls from great heights at Genomics, Evolution and Pseudoscience. 
• And NeoAcademic Richard Landers gives us an insight into the hiring practices of the future.

This post was written by Andrew Watt for A Hippo on Campus.

Editor's Selections: Smart drinks, neural robustness and Earworms

Here are my medicine, neuroscience and psychology ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections for the week:

• Jennifer Gibson, at BrainBlogger, gives us a smart excuse for another cold beer.
• Wiring the Brain's Kevin Mitchell discusses 'Robustness and fragility in neural development'. 
• And Tom Stafford investigates the psychology behind those annoying earworms over at Mind Hacks. (Alright so this was originally posted at Future but it deserves a look for those who haven't already seen it.)

This post was written by Andrew Watt for A Hippo on Campus.