SteemSTEM Distilled #22

Welcome to the 22^nd 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.

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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 150 that we deemed to be worthy, we proudly present you our top 8 handpicked choices for this Thursday-Sunday period.

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Thursday

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NITROGEN --- A BIT OF CHEMISTRY AND MORE OF LIFE.

Just like the title implies, the amazing element of life, Nitrogen is much more present and important than we think. Taking up almost 4/5 of the earth's atmosphere, it is an element worth learning more about and @whileponderin gives us a great presentation in his post!

Cockroaches Explained: Useful or Just A Disgusting Insect?

You hate them, you find them disgusting, but there are cuisines that have them on their menu. Coackroaches, those Die Hard insects are more amazing than disgusting and studying them has a lot to offer. Check out this post from @filotasriza3, maybe when finishing it you will despise them a little less.

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Friday

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The Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia are Powering Half the World's Batteries

Our wonderful @kerriknox takes us on a trip to discover the amazing salt flats of Salar De Uyuni. Follow her steps and learn more about the place that provides us with the lithium that powers almost half of the world's batteries. Who knows, maybe your phone is powered by a nature's wonder!

Microwave Ovens: Turning waves into weapons

We bless the man who invented them, but do we know how these appliances that so conveniently heat up or even cook our food work? @henrychidiebere explains it very well in his post about microwaves and how a technology used so widely is communications and satellites, is finally adjusted to help us in the kitchen.

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Saturday

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Neurotheology - What the Heck Is That?!

@saunter introduces us to Neurotheology a bizarre "mixture of scientific approach to unusual phenomena, undeveloped methodology, strange marketing and (above all) attempts to understand the important area of our lives - faith and spiritual life."

Criminаl Psychology: The motivаtion of the Frаudster

In this exciting chapter criminal phychology @dysfunctional teaches us about the factors that motivate the fraudster and why it is important to understand their motivations.

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Sunday

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EGYPTOLOGY: The Hibis Temple at Kharga Oasis in Egypt

@laylahsophia continues her tour on Ancient Egypt, taking us this time in the Hibis Temple, one of the most impressive temples of the Late Period (664–332 BC) up to the Greco-Roman Period (332 BC to 395 AD) of Ancient Egypt.

Cutting, Pasting, Cloning, and GMOs

Until the 1960s scientists knew the genetic code was made up of 4 letters and that's pretty much all! Just a long chain of 4 letters one after the other with no clear boundaries of where one gene ended and another began. But as @alexander.alexis explained in his latest post, all that changed whenscientists came up with methods to cut, paste, and then clone DNA.

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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 @justtryme90, @ruth-girl and @trumpman.

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 January 21 to January 28, we rewarded 151 different authors who have written a total of 243 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@abigail-dantes, @ajpacheco1610, @akeelsingh, @alexander.alexis, @alexbeyman, @altherion, @amavi, @amity123, @anibalmdz, @asaj, @atheneav, @azman, @blessing97, @callumogilvy, @carlaro, @carlgbush, @chotho, @churchboy, @cpufronz, @cristi, @cuarzo05, @dandymee, @darkiche, @dber, @dedicatedguy, @djredimi2, @doctorcro, @donfelix, @drifter1, @drkomoo, @dysfunctional, @elith, @elyvelasquezleon, @ememovic, @emily61, @engineer.jocs, @erh.germany, @ertwro, @exercisinghealth, @fancybrothers, @filotasriza3, @fitdoc, @frankjavier, @fredrikaa, @geniusvillain, @giovaabbatichio, @gmaktub, @gotgame, @gregan, @grider123, @hadji, @hellofuture, @henrychidiebere, @herverisson, @hidden84, @highonthehog, @himal, @ideas-abstractas, @illuminatus, @irime, @irza, @ixindamix, @jakedriftwood, @jakipatryk, @jamhuery, @jaydurella, @jc21.ramos, @jefpatat, @jennifer.jimenez, @jepper, @joseferrer, @josevbc, @juanjdiaz89, @katerinaramm, @kaydee, @keephy, @ksolymosi, @lamexicana, @leczy, @lefactuoscope, @lesshorrible, @lets-tech, @louic, @maikelsoto, @mariaentela, @marverick984, @maurelvys, @mayowadavid, @mcw, @mihaitecnology, @mike11, @mikekenlytungal, @mirkon86, @mlaura, @mountain.phil28, @mountainwashere, @munawar1235, @muphy, @mystifact, @nawamy, @nedspeaks, @nitesh9, @noble-noah, @nonationnoborder, @oluwabori, @oscarcc89, @osita21, @osmerj, @pangoli, @pario, @pearlumie, @plotbot2015, @preciousdave, @prometheus21, @proteus-h, @punjolife, @rickie, @robotics101, @rocking-dave, @rscalabrini, @samminator, @sary, @scienceangel, @sciencegeek, @scisteem, @sco, @shodiya, @simplifylife, @soleil-research, @stats-n-lats, @sustainablyyours, @sward, @taborda-charrouf, @techmojo, @technocracy, @tensor, @terrylovejoy, @tfcoates, @theinsideout, @thelonelydev, @thinkingmind, @tkappa, @top5attractions, @treslotos, @tsoldovieri, @turpsy, @ugonma, @uzochukwu, @valth, @voghera, @whentone, @woleybabz, @yoes, @zouxx

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

See you all next Thursday!