SteemSTEM Distilled #34

steemstem (73) in steemstem • 7 years ago (edited)

Welcome to the 34^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

Serratia marcescens: Making soggy bread exciting again

This truly a brilliantly well written post by @effofex in which we as the reader are taken on a complete journey behind the discovery and uses of Serratia marcescens.

A brief history on weapons - The Saber

No matter how advanced weapons become the Sword is and always will be one of the most lethal weapons ever used in history, but there were many different designs from different eras and from different parts of the world. In this post @zija2022 enlightens us on the history of the Saber sword.

Friday

What Is The World's Largest Insect?

From the weirdest, craziest and biggest animals in the world be rest assured @trumpman will find about them and always share them with us all. In this extensively detailed post he gives us a look at the "World's Largest Insect To Have Ever Existed", the "World's Heaviest Insect", the "World's Longest Insect" and the "World's Largest Wings".

GOTCHA! Hunting for Exoplanets 🛰️🔭 Part 2/2 [ENG]

Once humankind ventured the open oceans not knowing what new distant new land they will find or new civilization but that thirst for discovery has not stopped, now our focus is on the universe. @flurgx's second part to Hunting for Exoplants gives us some insight into the new missions of discovery into the unknown universe.

Saturday

Schrödinger's Biggest Cat: "Quantum In Real Life"

Read this excellent post by @gokhan83kurt on a well-known paradox, Schrödinger's cat. No, this is not another animal post, it's all about quantum physics!

MICROBES; WHEN THEY FIGHT BACK

A thorough presentation of the microbial world by @whytepresh. Trust us, you do want to read this!

Sunday

A date with food poisoning (a science related real life story)

Just like the title implies, a real life story by @aamin about food poisoning that goes a little further to give us a great explanation on how to deal with such a case.

MAN AND NATURAL DISASTERS --- Wildfires; and vegetation decides to have a Bonfire.

How can a fire get out of control and burn whole forests to the ground? What are the causes, effects and prevention strategies for wildfires? Read what @whileponderin has written for us to learn more!

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 @zest and @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 March 11 to 18, we rewarded 58 different authors who have written a total of 64 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@addempsea, @adetola, @alexbeyman, @aliyu-s, @amavi, @arrrados, @chloroform, @cristi, @cryptogee, @cryptowani, @cuarzo05, @damzxyno, @davidrhodes124, @dedicatedguy, @deusjudo, @dexterdev, @drifter1, @effofex, @egotheist, @erh.germany, @etcmike, @giornalista, @ideas-abstractas, @jepper, @jringo, @justyy, @kedi, @lauch3d, @lorenzor, @masterwu, @mayrie28, @mcw, @mdosev, @mittymartz, @mountain.phil28, @mrbreeziewrites, @nataschachem, @parejan, @physics.benjamin, @procrastilearner, @proteus-h, @pweetyify, @robotics101, @saywha, @scisteem, @simplifylife, @sogless, @sooflauschig, @stabilowl, @steenshare, @techslut, @temitayo-pelumi, @tensor, @terrylovejoy, @tfcoates, @valth, @wisdomdavid, @zija2022