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Science Seeker Editor's Selections: Music, Knowledge, Cortisol, Language

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Here are my Science Seeker Editor's Selections:

Why does music move us so? In her inaugural post at National Geographic's new blog salon Phenomena, Virginia Hughes explores this question by discussing a fascinating new study. Is music just auditory cheesecake, or is there more to it?

"One morning, I awoke convinced that science was the only source of knowledge. I had developed a case of spontaneous scientism." Find out why this may or may not be a good thing at the Neuroskeptic blog.


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Will we ever be able to measure cortisol in real time? Why should we care? All that and more at the Dog Zombie blog.

Read Maria Konnikova on The Beautiful Fragility of Language

Jason G. Goldman is a science journalist based in Los Angeles. He has written about animal behavior, wildlife biology, conservation, and ecology for Scientific American, Los Angeles magazine, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the BBC, Conservation magazine, and elsewhere. He contributes to Scientific American's "60-Second Science" podcast, and is co-editor of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide (Yale University Press). He enjoys sharing his wildlife knowledge on television and on the radio, and often speaks to the public about wildlife and science communication.

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