How great an exception is the child-rescuing climber? Where might we find alien life? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of May 21-May 27 2018 #sciseekpicks #scicomm

The amazing effort of Mamoudou Gassama to rescue a toddler hanging from a balcony is truly awe-inspiring - but maybe not as unusual as you might think. However it does overshadow otherwise amazing things, like the brain's complexity and the creation of weird-looking moons. Yet these subjects and many other topics are among ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise for the past seven days. Here is the full round-up of the ScienceSeeker Editors’ Selections:

• Strangers are more likely to come to your help in a racially diverse neighbourhood by Alex Fradera at British Psychological Society Research Digest

👇 Undocumented migrant from Mali, Mamoudou Gassama, risked his life and his future in France to rescue a child he did not know. 




French president Macron, just offered himthe French citizenship and a job with the fire brigade. pic.twitter.com/KUVbB7kAOy




— Xavi Ruiz 🎗 (@xruiztru) May 28, 2018

• Seafood-lovers have more sex and take less time to get pregnant at New Scientist 
• Egg Consumption Could Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Study Says at Sci-News.com
• Podcast of the week: Classic Neanderthal Styling by Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday and Carolyn de Graaf at Science On Top
• Humanity’s 3 Hopes For Finding Alien Life by Ethan Siegel at Starts With A Bang
• Here's Why Saturn's Inner Moons Are Shaped Like Ravioli and Potatoes by Charles Q Choi at Space.com
• The chemistry behind how dishwashers clean by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest

• Why Is Ice Slippery? by Meredith Fore at Live Science
• Imaging approaches expand view into brain's complexity by Marissa Fessenden at Spectrum
• Why We Don't Remember Early Childhood? by Viatcheslav Wlassoff at BrainBlogger
• ‘It’s a toxic place.’ How the online world of white nationalists distorts population genetics by Michael Price at Science
• Q+A: How Will Europe’s New Data Privacy Law Change Your Relationship With The Internet? by Britt Faulstick at Drexel News Blog
• Climate mitigation pledges leave half of world’s insects at risk by Sarah deWeerdt at Anthropocene
• Researchers propose framework for designing PES programs that better deliver socioeconomic benefits by Mike Gaworecki at Mongabay
• Synthetic Crab Blood is Good for the Birds by Lindsey Konkel at Hakai Magazine 

Check back next week for more great picks!