SteemSTEM Distilled #18

in #steemstem7 years ago (edited)

Welcome to the 18th 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, whilst older details are available here. 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 300 that we deemed to be worthy, we proudly present you our top 7 handpicked choices:


Monday - Ever Wonder Why Stuff Tastes Gross After You Brush Your Teeth?


A good old myth about how our tongue tastes stuff (and the related taste tongue map) is debunked by @sustainablyyours in his very nice article. In addition, he explains us why food tastes weird after having brushed our teeth.


Tuesday - The Holocene Mass Extinction Part 6: Taking Action



The Holocene mass extinction means that the world is screwed. Many species are either at risk of extinction over the next century, or in a very bad shape. There is stuff that can be done, and @mountainwashere tells us about that. We should not give up hope... yet.




Wednesday - Herd Immunity is a Lie, and here is Why! (it's not a lie)






Vaccines and herd immunity? One of the good old debate here on Steem. This article of @alexs1320 details varied statements on the topic and shows the numbers backing them up (or not).






Thursday - Reaction in lab: The Swern oxidation







With the sciencepic challenge, @mcw discusses the glory details of Swern oxidation and how it works (with plenty of pictures). From the article, you will learn the mystery behind a temperature of -78 Celsius, why it matters and how it interplays with Swern oxidation.








Friday - Depression – Where to Draw the Line?


Life is sometimes tough and one ends up being depressed. This is actually very common those days. In order to clarify the misconception behind this emotional disorder, @abigail-dantes wrote an interesting article in which she clearly state what depression is, distinguishing in particular its mild and severe form.



Saturday - How are traits inherited across generations?The Paradox of Non-Transitive Dice and Our Imperfect Intuitions



It's not often that you hear the word...'statistics' and think... "Ohh boy!" However leave it to @rocking-dave to change all that with just a toss of a few dice! Give this post a roll and you may find your self as fascinated by these rock/paper/scissors like dice as we were!




Sunday - The construction loving Master Mind


How weird are your thoughts? Are your memories of real events, or have you conveniently invented them to be much rosier then they should be? For how much of what you think about your self, have you actually checked that it's true? How much of all that you are just a construction? Take a read through this lenghy post by @erh.germany and you just might come to realize something about yourself that you never knew before. How's that for some light sunday afternoon reading?




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 @justtryme90 and @lemouth.

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 channel on the Steemit chat or to follow our curation trail on Streemian. If you are not on Streemian, we have a plan B through a homemade voting bot. You can contact us on the chat in order to be added to its trail.

From January 8 to January 14, we rewarded 140 different authors who have written a total of 221 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@aboutcoolscience, @adetola, @adi-mac, @afifa, @ajpacheco1610, @alexander.alexis, @alexipapa, @alexs1320, @alpharay, @altherion, @amavi, @amity123, @arrjey, @aximot, @bewise, @biomanu, @blessing97, @blue-steens, @booster916, @carloserp-2000, @chidiebereegbo, @chotho, @churchboy, @cjrc97, @codeworkr, @crazy-daisy, @cristi, @csusbgeochem1, @cuarzo05, @cwen, @dber, @dedicatedguy, @doctorcro, @donfelix, @drkomoo, @dysfunctional, @ecostory, @edumurphy, @eliaschess333, @ememovic, @emilclaudell, @enzor, @erh.germany, @esteemlife, @etcmike, @exercisinghealth, @fancybrothers, @filotasriza3, @fredrikaa, @geekpowered, @godswill, @greenrun, @hadji, @haphazard-hstead, @harshameghadri, @himal, @holothewise, @illuminatus, @inglimod, @irime, @jacobts, @jakipatryk, @jepper, @josalarcon2, @josealbertomg71, @joseg, @juanjdiaz89, @katerinaramm, @kay-khosa, @kaydee, @kedi, @keephy, @kenadis, @kerriknox, @kharrazi, @laylahsophia, @leczy, @lesshorrible, @louic, @loveisintheair, @markos86, @marverick984, @masterwu, @mathowl, @maticpecovnik, @maurelvys, @mcw, @mlilom, @mountain.phil28, @mountainwashere, @mrs.nobody, @muphy, @myego13, @mystifact, @nedspeaks, @nicomax, @noble-noah, @nonationnoborder, @olayiwola, @oluwabori, @oscarcc89, @osmerj, @pario, @pearlumie, @preciousdave, @proteus-h, @punjolife, @rebelheart, @replichara, @rickie, @rionpistorius, @rocking-dave, @rossanavictora, @rscalabrini, @samminator, @saunter, @sc-steemit, @sciencegeek, @sco, @shairanada, @shehzad, @shodiya, @simplifylife, @siniy, @st3llar, @steepup, @stelmar, @tbp-hou, @techlife, @tensor, @terrylovejoy, @tfcoates, @thalmaray, @thatsweeneyguy, @thedrewtrott, @thegiamarcos, @timspeer, @tking77798, @toomuchcoffee, @tormiwah, @tsoldovieri, @ufv, @valchiz, @valth, @wilians, @zest, @zkalemiss

All curation rewards earned will be used to fund @steemstem project functioning and activities.

See you all next Thursday!

Due to the increasing number of great posts, we will advertise more posts and do it twice a week once on Thursday (the 6 best choices from Monday to Wednesday) and once on Monday (the 8th best choices from Thursday to Sunday)!

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Congratulations to all the winners, as usual. This week, the choice was super tough!

I insist on the last sentence of the post. Due to the difficulty to chose 7 posts out of more than 300 (we upvoted 331 posts last week), the distilled will be posted twice a week so that it could feature 14 posts.

Hey, this is the blockchain, you can't just print more articles like the government, it will cause devaluation. Specifically, the value of being featured in a distilled post will drop by 50%.

On the other hand, if you are posting on Monday or Tuesday, this will also allow more people to read you (and perhaps upvote you) before payout's time. Therefore, I guess there is an increase in value :)

Two times a week. That's great. That will make the competition little bit easier and more authors would be able to feature in it. Great!

Thanks for this awesome news. :)

And loved to read all the today's posts. :)

Still a competition out of more than 300 posts... This is tough, believe me! :D

What! More than 300!! It's still really tough. And it's more tough for the steemstem curators and selectors to choose the better ones in a short span of time. Hats off for that.

I feel SteemSTEM team is one of the most hardworking communities in steemit. :)

It is not a competition, but I guess we are within the top ones for sure.

It's great to hear that you will be doing two each week from now on!

Too many good users ;)

It's honestly a great problem we gave, TOO MANY great posts! This community has really come a long way!

I would not call it a problem... Just a burden for choosing :D

My first publication in Distilled :)

Excitement comparable with my first publication in sci. journal.
Thank you for your support and your confidence in me. I'll give my best to help the community. You deserve it and prove it every single day.

With patience, everything works :) Congratulations!

Sweet! You go and keep doing that. You will be greatly rewared if you continue with this effort :)


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WOW, vintage lenses! I <3 my Helios 44, fits great on Sony. I'll ask you for some advice...

Haha, I got 6 of those, sure they do make a great fit on my Sony A7II xD * (It got out of hand yes, And dude you are super welcome to send me a message on both steem.chat or discord (thi-js) !)*


t.

Congrats to everyone who made it in this issue!

^^

I actually wasn’t aware of @steemstem until I read this article. This seems like it may be something for me to look into especially with a medical background. Super cool!

Great! We look forward to your posts, should you choose to go down this direction.

Congratualtions on finding the most golden piece of all on steemit. It has been making me change my mind on the whole matter of steemit back when I begun!


t.

Thanks for the replies guys- I hope to be a asset to the community!

Thank you @steemtem for featuring my post amongst so many great publications! I have been meaning to tell you that It makes me truly happy to see how Psychology posts have constantly been a part of the distilled! ❤️🌷

You do obviously great post. :)

Your posts always deserve to be there ^^

😃 Thank you @lemouth. Have a good afternoon!

Awesome. Well deserved feature.

😊 Thank you @churchboy 🌷

I am honored to have made the list! Thank you!

You are welcome! We had so much fun reading yours (I actually learned something from it! ) :D

We absolutely love steemstem. The support to the stem community is simply fantastic.

Congratulations @steemstem, this post is the ninth most rewarded post (based on pending payouts) in the last 12 hours written by a Hero account holder (accounts that hold between 10 and 100 Mega Vests). The total number of posts by Hero account holders during this period was 445 and the total pending payments to posts in this category was $13010.86. To see the full list of highest paid posts across all accounts categories, click here.

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