What is the surprising way football can help with health? How can we reach our climate goals? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 11-17 2018 #sciseekpicks #scicomm

Did you know that if the World Cup trophy was solid gold it would be too heavy to lift? Maybe you don't like football - if so we've got some interesting articles for you about how the universe works. 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:

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• The chemistry of the World Cup by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest
• World Cup Ban on Radioactive Chemicals Frustrates Russian Biochemistry Labs by Quirin Schiermeier at Nature
• Football is a winning treatment for elderly people with prediabeties by Magni Mohr at ScienceNordic
• Does Depression Accelerate Aging? by Viatcheslav Wlassoff at Brain Blogger
• Raw is risky: Meghan Markle had to give up eating favourite food after marrying Harry by Doug Powell at Barfblog
• After a decade, new Gardasil ad campaign gets it (mostly) right by Ashley Andreou at STAT
• ASCO endorses the integration of quackery into breast cancer care by David Gorski at Science-Based Medicine
• Gene therapy makes inroads to help patients - and clear its name by Jovana Drinjakovic at Signals
• This Is Why Physicists Think String Theory Might Be Our ‘Theory Of Everything’ by Ethan Siegel at Starts with a Bang
• The Standard Model (of Physics) at 50 by Yvette Cendes at Scientific American
• In her short life, mathematician Emmy Noether changed the face of physics by Emily McConover at Science News 
• Artificial intelligence can predict how you’ll look decades from now by Matthew Hutson at Science
• Species recognition shifts into auto with neural networks by Sue Palminteri at Mongabay
• Crop pollination depends on wild AND managed pollinators by Manu Saunders at Ecology is not a dirty word
• Climate change could be killing Africa’s giant baobabs by John Cannon at Mongabay
• Cities Look to "Virtual Power" to Reach Climate Goals by Benjamin Storrow at Scientific American
• Alien Anthropocene: How Would Other Worlds Battle Climate Change? by Lee Billings at Scientific American
• Could cyanobacteria terraform Mars? by Andrew Masterson at Cosmos Magazine
• Review needs a revision by Thomas Wagenknecht at Elephant in the Lab
• Sparking Interest in STEM Careers in Middle School by Amy Cowen at Science Buddies

Check back next week for more great picks!