What can we learn from animals about diet? Which country is heading back to the moon? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of November 26-December 2 2018 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm

This week's best science stories inevitably focus on the big gene-edited baby story, but also how we discovered water isn't an element and whether physics papers written by women are referred to more often than those by men. 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:

This is the first image taken by NASA's
InSight lander on the surface of Mars.
 The instrument context camera (ICC) mounted below
the lander deck obtained this image on Nov. 26, 2018,
shortly after landing. The transparent lens cover
was still in place to protect the lens from any dust
kicked up during landing. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

• NASA’s InSight Mission Triumphantly Touches Down on Mars by Ian O'Neill at Scientific American
• China sets out for the far side of the moon by Dennis Normile at Science
• Argue much? Hugs might help avoid bad moods after disagreements by Lisa Rapaport at Reuters Health
• Animals Can Help Us Rediscover Our Nutritional Wisdom by Fred Provenze at Scientific American
• Romaine, Oysters, and WGS - Balancing food freedom with public health by Austen Bouck at Fur, Farm and Fork
• What is Water? The Element that Became a Compound by Kat Day at Chronicle Flask
• Whales seen disguising themselves as ponds by Nice Carne at Cosmos
• Podcast of the week: Gene-Editing Humans, Asymmetry, Ancient Whale Ancestor. Nov 30, 2018, Part 2 by Ira Flatow at Science Friday
• Reports out of China suggest first human gene-edited babies have been born by John Timmer at Ars Technica
• The ‘Monstrous’ Immorality of Creating Genetically Engineered Babies by Arthur Caplan at Medium
• IVF clinics could get rid of embryos expected to have low IQs by Sam Blanchard at  Daily Mail 
• Lab-grown ‘mini brains’ produce electrical patterns that resemble those of premature babies by Sara Reardon at Nature 
• U.S. life expectancy declines again in sobering 'wake-up call' at STAT
• Do women in physics get fewer citations than men? by Sabine Hossenfelder at Backreaction

Check back next week for more great picks!