What are we discovering beyond our solar system? Does turkey really make you sleepy? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of October 1-7 2018 #sciseekpicks #scicomm

It's Nobel prize season - and we have two female winners! We've also got some important news about viruses, including Ebola, and advice on how to help young kids' brain development, and older kids' exam performance. 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:

• The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Harnessing evolution to produce new enzymes and antibodies by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest
• Donna Strickland is the third woman ever to win a physics Nobel Prize by Douglas Heaven at New Scientist
• Interstellar Object "Oumuamua" Traced To Potential Place Of Origin by Alex Bolano at Science Trends
• Do we have evidence for an exomoon? Ask again in a year by John Timmer at Ars Technica
• Turkey Coma: Fact or Scapegoat? by Natasha at Schrodinger's Cat
• Eating Healthier, Plant-Rich Diet May Help Prevent Depression at Sci-News.com
• Indonesian Tsunami Was Powered by a Deadly Combo of Tectonics and Geography by Andrea Bresnan at Scientific American
• Selfies with the Dead: ‘Shadow of the Tomb Raider’ and the Dehumanisation of Human Remains by Alex Fitzpatrick at Animal Archaeology
• Officials fear Ebola epidemic may be spinning beyond their control at STAT 
• Inherited Neanderthal genes protect us against viruses by Jennifer Huber at Scientists Talk Funny
• Patient satisfaction ≠ quality, round ∞ by Orac at Respectful Insolence
• Students’ mistaken beliefs about how much their peers study could be harming their exam performance by Christian Jarrett at British Psychological Society Research Digest
• 5 Simple Ways To Encourage Brain Development In Your Little One by Elissa Nadworny at MindShift
• Podcast of the week: Kelly, the Sassy Dolphin by Rose Eveleth at Hakai Magazine
• This website helps ordinary people collect data to save snakes by Abigail Lewis at Envirobites

Check back next week for more great picks!