SteemSTEM Distilled #15

Welcome to the fifteenth 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 click here.

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Our team scours the platform for original and quality content.After working through thousands (literally!) of STEM-related posts and upvoting more than 200 that we deemed to be worthy, we proudly present you our top 7 handpicked choices:

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Monday - Christmas Disease — Yes, it's real, 100% scientifically proven!

Did you know there is actually a christmas disease? No? Then check out this great post by @alexander.alexis

Tuesday - Amazing Animals #11 The Reindeer

Another episode of amazing animals by @amavi, this time on reindeers, one of the most incredible, powerful and stunning animals

Wednesday - How Will The Earth Look Like In The Next One Million years? (Projection into the year 1002017AD)

Ever wondered how earth will look like in a million years from now? Here's what @samminator thinks!

Thursday - How a Fungus Will Help to Clean Our Water

Read @lesshorrible's post to find out how fungi can help us make filters for healthier and safer for consumption water.

Friday - The xenobiotic metabolism: Your body’s daily fight with poisons.

Have a read of @sco's post on how our body gets rid of toxins every day.

Saturday - Super Cool Science S#!t #10 - Another one bites the dust

@thatsweeneyguy excited us with nebulæ, those fancy coulds of gas lying all above us. For a detailed classification of these beasts, one just need to check his post!

Sunday - Medicalization of Pregnancy and Childbirth: The History of Midwives To A Male Dominated Doctoral Profession

Sometimes, it is good to have fun with science history. In this post, @marxrab tells us about the history of the medicalization of pregnancy and the major related changes that occured in the couple of last centuries.

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A few words about the nomination process

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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, @trumpman, @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.

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Authors That Received a Curie Upvote by the SteemSTEM Team

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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 December 17 to December 23, we rewarded 105 different authors who have written a total of 163 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@abigail-dantes, @aboutcoolscience, @afifa, @aklilsteem, @albuluhi, @alexander.alexis, @alexbeyman, @alexs1320, @altherion, @amavi, @archimedes, @azirgraff, @azissuloh, @blessing97, @boyasyie, @boynashruddin, @branbello, @bsameep, @bssman, @camzy, @carloserp-2000, @churchboy, @dber, @dkmathstats, @dojeda, @dutch, @ememovic, @erh.germany, @ertwro, @esteemguy, @exercisinghealth, @fancybrothers, @filotasriza3, @freddbrito, @fredrikaa, @fulsketch, @galotta, @geniusvillain, @gentleshaid, @gra, @green07, @greenrun, @grottbags, @guga34, @hadji, @haphazard-hstead, @harshallele, @herpetologyguy, @illuminatus, @jamesub, @jenara, @joseferrer, @kenadis, @kerriknox, @kharrazi, @kingswisdom, @kryzsec, @laylahsophia, @lordkingpotato, @masterwu, @maticpecovnik, @maxg, @mcw, @melanie00, @mindhacks, @money-dreamer, @mostly.nature, @mountain.phil28, @mountainwashere, @mrs.nobody, @myego13, @mystifact, @nitesh9, @oendertuerk, @omra-sky, @ovij, @pangoli, @pearlumie, @physics-o-mania, @proteus-h, @raviyanda, @replichara, @rickie, @samminator, @samve, @scalextrix, @sco, @shodiya, @simplifylife, @siniy, @st3llar, @tanyaschutte, @tarazkp, @tensor, @thatsweeneyguy, @thegiamarcos, @tormiwah, @tsoldovieri, @tszasz, @turpsy, @valchiz, @valth, @yagoub, @yoes, @zest, @zkalemiss

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

See you all next Monday!