SteemSTEM Distilled #46

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2018-05-08 00:30

Welcome to the 46^th issue of SteemSTEM Distilled, a curation effort by the members of the @steemstem team.

SteemSTEM is a community driven project which seeks to promote well-written and informative Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics posts on Steemit. The project involves curating STEM-related posts through upvoting, resteeming, offering constructive feedback, supporting scientific contests, and other related activities.

For more details, a recent update on the steemSTEM can be found here, and a not so recent one there. Moreover, if you ask yourself about what it means to be part of steemSTEM, please check here.

Our team scours the platform for original and quality content.

After working through thousands (literally!) of STEM-related posts and upvoting more than 150 that we deemed to be worthy, we proudly present you our top 8 handpicked choices for this Thursday-Sunday period.

Thursday

Free Radicals in the Human Body: A Medical View - NSAS Idea Suggestion #5: Antioxidant Hype

In response to @lesshorrible's NSAS ideas post, @deholt has given us a beautiful piece on free radicals in the human body. What are they? How can they be "fought"? Read on to learn more.

Let’s talk about the fear of dentists.

One more great psychology post by @dedicatedguy, this time on one of many people's worst nightmare... the dentist!

Friday

Borehole Drilling

Read an amazing post by @masterwriter on boreholes. Why and how are they made? What are the various uses of them? All in this post!

Wherein I ramble along, trying to think about putting genomes on blockchains

Read a very interesting post by @effofex on how genomic data could be "put on blockchain technology". What do you think of this scenario?

Saturday

Guide To Basic Astrophotography 9

The series on Astrophotography Basics by @terrylovejoy keeps going and here is another excellent post on image stacking.

NATURE INSPIRED INVENTIONS --- Airplanes; with few more flaps, the little bird was high up, far beyond my reach.

@whileponderin has given us another wonderful post on how nature isnpires great inventions. This one discusses airplanes and... birds, what else?

Sunday

FOOD FERMENTATION: PROVIDING FOOD FOR ALL.

A beautiful post from the Nigerian community, @ugonma explains how food fermentation works and why it is helpful.

The BoxJellyfish, The PufferFish and The Ascaris Roundworm (The Baddest Animals Pt-3)

Do you enjoy animal posts? Read this one by @rickie to find out which animals are among the meanest creatures on this planet.

A few words about the nomination process

For the sake of transparency we feel we need to clarify how our nomination process works; each issue is compiled by certain members of the SteemSTEM community. This week's editorial team was comprised of @ruth-girl.

The editorial team chooses their favorite posts for the week and each issue is the result of their joined effort. In order to keep the process fair, posts written by the editorial team are excluded from the nomination process.

Don't be discouraged if you didn't make it on this issue. The competition is harsh and there is always a next time :) In the meantime, you may wish to check these guidelines for extra tips on how your writing can be more effective.

Authors That Received a Curie Upvote by the SteemSTEM Team

In the same spirit of being transparent about our actions that are now supported by @curie, we will release every week a list of authors who have caught the attention of the @steemstem curation team.

If you want to discuss this with us, please do not hesitate to join the steemSTEM discord server or to follow our curation trail (just ask us for more information on the chat for details).

From April 15 to April 22, we rewarded 130 different authors who have written a total of 173 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@aamin, @addempsea, @adeosunadeyinka, @adetola, @agbona, @ajpacheco1610, @ajremy, @akeelsingh, @alexaivytorres, @alexdory, @anaestrada12, @ancolie, @anomalogy, @anyes2013, @ari16, @arkcoin, @arrrados, @artgirl, @azulear, @bikkichhantyal, @bil.prag, @bitfairy, @charlesx, @chloroform, @christinaa, @churchboy, @cryptoitaly, @csusbgeochem1, @cyprianj, @davidrhodes124, @deboas, @dedicatedguy, @dexterdev, @drifter1, @dysfunctional, @earisu, @effofex, @egotheist, @eleonardo, @eliaschess333, @elvigia, @emiliomoron, @emily61, @emmaculate, @ennyta, @fancybrothers, @felixrodriguez, @florae, @flyyingkiwi, @fredrikaa, @girolamomarotta, @h-max, @hadji, @henrychidiebere, @highonthehog, @ideas-abstractas, @illuminatus, @issavets, @jade56, @jamesmovic, @jfermin70, @joseangelvs, @josedelacruz, @katerinaramm, @kelos, @kharrazi, @kingabesh, @knfitaly, @krnel, @latm, @lichtcatchtoby, @logic42, @lordneroo, @lorenzor, @marlenyaragua, @masterwu, @maurelvys, @mcassani, @mcw, @micro24, @migueldavidor, @mirrors, @moncia90, @mountain.phil28, @mrbreeziewrites, @muphy, @noble-noah, @obamike, @olajidekehinde, @olayiwola, @osmy07, @pearlumie, @polaleye50, @pratik27, @procrastilearner, @proteus-h, @qiyi, @rharphelle, @rnunez09, @rscalabrini, @sakura1012, @samminator, @samve, @scipio, @sogless, @sooflauschig, @soulesque, @soundworks, @spaghettiscience, @star-vc, @steemzeiger, @steep2308, @steepup, @supersoju, @sustainablyyours, @sward, @syedumair, @tarazkp, @tchigina, @temitayo-pelumi, @tensor, @terrylovejoy, @tomastonyperez, @ugonma, @valth, @vanessahampton, @viannis, @vinamra, @vjap55, @whentone, @whileponderin, @yann85