Which cute turtles need help? Why are babies born at 8am? It's all in our June 19-25 2017 #sciseekpicks #scicomm

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:

• A sonnet inspired by research on how cute animal pics help improve marital relationships by Sam Illingworth at The Poetry of Science
• Trust Is Influenced By Genetics But Distrust Is Not by Milla Bengtsson at ReliaWire
• NASA found a bunch more potentially habitable planets by Rachel Feltman at Popular Science
• He’s on fire! How the hot hand helped Golden State become NBA champions by Ethan Siegel at Starts With a Bang!
• Light years from home – a geologist’s tale by Conor Purcell at Geolog
• Why Are so Many Babies Born around 8:00 A.M.? by Zan Armstrong at Scientific American
• In Science, Probability Is More Certain Than You Think by Chad Orzel at Forbes
• Origami anything by Larry Hardesty at MIT News
• Turning Bread Into Beer by Nat Newman at Headstuff
• Talking Trash – The Chemistry Behind the Smell of Garbage by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest 
• Corals Keep a Record of Ocean Pollution by Pippa Wysong at Hakai Magazine
• How Are We Running Out of Room for One of the World’s Tiniest Turtles? by Jason Bittel at NRDC onEarth

Bog turtles are falling foul of the pet trade. Credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

• How to grow rice while saving endangered salmon by Emma Bryce at Anthropocene
• Landmark 100 Percent Renewable Energy Study Flawed, Say 21 Leading Experts by Robert Fares at Scientific American

Check back next week for more great picks!