SteemSTEM Distilled #55

Welcome to the 55^th issue of SteemSTEM Distilled, a bi-weekly 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 6 handpicked choices for this Monday-Wednesday period.

Monday

An Airplane's Flight Mechanism | Fallacies And Truth Revealed | How the plane lifts off the ground

A beautiful post by @synick that explains the science behind airplanes. Read it if you want to unveil the mystery of lift-off and defying gravity!

Journey through the understanding of particle physics - One

@irelandscape has given us a wonderful post to help us "digest" the basics of particle physics. Following @lemouth's series, he tries to break it down to us. This series is perfect for those of you who find complex physics concepts hard to follow.

Tuesday

The Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World: The Mausoleum (A Big Fat Tomb In A Land Called Halicarnassus)

An amazing trip back in time is showing us the Seven Wonders of the Ancien World! This part is all about the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Don't miss this post by @aurackle (and make sure you catch up with the past episodes of the series).

BOTULISM: A Kiss of Death

A true life experience inspired this post. Read how @alphajeez met the botulinum toxin and was lucky to survive. Oh! And next time you consume canned food, be cautious ;)

Wednesday

Environmental impact of urban life on watershed

An interesting environmental post by @prettyprecy that discusses the importance and function of the watershed. Don't miss this one!

Difficulties inside the Operating System (concurrent programming, mutual exclusion, critical section and Deadlock)

And our last pick for today comes from @noble-noah and it's a great programming post about concurrent programming; the benefits and drawbacks of it. If you are into computers, you should read it!

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 mid-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 :)

Top steemSTEM authors

During the last two weeks, steemstem supported with more than a (possibly split) full vote the following authors:

@adetola, @agbona, @alexs1320, @anaestrada12, @aurackle, @azulear, @carloserp-2000, @chloroform, @conficker, @dber, @dedicatedguy, @effofex, @egotheist, @elvigia, @eniolw, @fabiob, @gentleshaid, @greenrun, @henrychidiebere, @irelandscape, @joseangelvs, @kingabesh, @lamouthe, @laylahsophia, @lemouth, @lordneroo, @migueldavidor, @mobbs, @mountainwashere, @mrbreeziewrites, @procrastilearner, @rharphelle, @ruth-girl, @samminator, @sco, @soulesque, @suzanrs, @temitayo-pelumi, @tomastonyperez, @whileponderin