What's the latest on alien life? What happens when a rattlesnake bites you on a vein? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of June 25-July 1 2018 #sciseekpicks #scicomm

This week's best science news includes many amazing measurements, including whether planets in other solar systems have moons, the magnetism of a supernova, and the carbon contained in a city's trees. But there are many other topics touched on in 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:

In this image from the Cassini, backlighting
from the sun spectacularly illuminates Enceladus'
jets of water ice, which contain organic molecules that
may be important for life. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

• Joe and the Whale by Chelsea Murray at The Deep
• City forests store rainforest-levels of carbon, study finds by Morgan Erickson-Davis at Mongabay
• Did a massive eruption spur Christianity in Iceland? by Mary Caperton Morton at Earth Magazine
• Alien Life Could Look Up To A Moonless Night Sky by Brian Koberlein at Forbes
• Researchers Observe Magnetic Field Generated by Supernova Remnant 1987A at Sci-News.com
• Complex Organics Are Out There by Derek Lowe at In the Pipeline
• Brains Improved by Graphene Are on the Horizon by Dexter Johnson at IEEE Spectrum
• The Search for Cancer Treatment Beyond Mutant-Hunting by Siddhartha Mukherjee at New York Times
• A Rattle With Death by Kyle Dickman at Outside Magazine
• He's a superstar of the science world but no-one knows his name by Michael Slezak at ABC News
• World Microbiome Day: Journals Collection by Laura Cox at Microbe Post
• Dr Bob Sears medical license on probation resulting from his anti-vaccine views by Skeptical Raptor
• Dear Stewardship People: Can't We All Just Get Along? by Jasmine Marcelin at Controversies in Hospital Infection Prevention 
• HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: What Is It, and Why Aren’t Women Using It? by Caroline Vrana at Sciworthy
• Estimated Global Disease Burden From US Health Care Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Matthew J. Eckelman and Jodi D. Sherman at American Journal of Public Health
• 5 Facts About Catalysts You Might Not Know by Kevin Reed at Chembites
• The power of big data - insight by Ed Pinches at Insight
• The Supreme Court has decided on gerrymandering, what does it mean for the math and stats community? by Karen Saxe at Capital Currents
• Male scientists are far more likely to be referred to by their last names, impacting status and awards by Katie Langin at Science
• Podcast of the week: Pride: Stories about coming out in science by Charlie Cook and Shayle Matsuda at The Story Collider
• These are not “immigration” policies by Rose Hendricks

Check back next week for more great picks!