SteemSTEM Distilled #20

Welcome to the 20^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.

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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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The Geology of the Oldest Mountains in the World: Vol. 1 - Appalachian Mountains

The United States, among many things, is known for it's areas of natural splendor. Along these lines we find the Applachian mountains, filled with a treasure trove of parks and beautiful geological features. Take a hike through this great post by @keephy and perhaps you will find an appreciation for what this old mountain range has to offer.

Hypoglycemia | Risk Factor for People with Diabetes| Deep look

Diabetes is becoming ever more common in our modern, sedentary world. One complication faced by people with this disease is called Hypoglycemia. Take a deep dive with @juandiaz89 into what this entails, you just might learn something that could help you improve your life, or the life of someone you know.

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Friday

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The Amateur Mycologist - Another Tree Killing Fungus To Look Out For - Likely Armillaria Species Infecting My Favorite Trees

Steemit's resident amateur mycologist @dber continues to dazzle with his research on various species of mushrooms, self shot images, and rigorous investigaton into the literature to provide us with entertaining, interesting and educational blogs on these interesting organisms! Todays post is no exception! Check it out!

Reliable information or manipulative content? Spot the difference!

The internet is filled with lies, information passed off as fact, but that has no basis in reality. One of the biggest challenges WE (and that means all of us) will face in the future is how to sort fact from fiction, truth from bullshit, science from pseudoscience. Take some time and read through this post where @irime goes through some examples of the use of logical fallacies to drive false information into our brains. We need to train our selves to think better, to employ logic, to be more rational, if we are to navigate our way through the confusing information being shot at us from all directions.

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Saturday

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How can our heart keep beating on it's own, over and over till we die - Understanding Electrical Activity of the Heart

How does the human heart work? Do you know? Why does it beat? Can yours beat all on its own, even if its not inside your body? Learn the answers to these questions (and more!) in this great post by @simplifylife

COMETS - A Brief Primer

Comets are more than just something to see streaking brightly through the night sky! In fact they may hold the keys to unlocking more of the mysteries of the universe! Learn more about comets, and what the components are that we see as they travel by in this great piece by @terrylovejoy.

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Sunday

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The History of the Earth | Let's See Our Past

The rocks are the key to understand how old our good old planet is. @mikekenlytungal browses history, and by highlighting a bunch of great scientists, the author shows us how we manage to show that Earth is 4 billions year old. A good insight on dating with the different elements that can be found under Earth's crust.

Audio compression (simplified)

Audio compression can be something complicated to understand. @thelonelydev however helps us with a simplified article detailing the two different types of compression (lossy and lossless), all of this illustrated with nice examples emphasizing the differences.

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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 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 January 14 to January 20, we rewarded 164 different authors who have written a total of 251 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@abigail-dantes, @ajpacheco1610, @alexander.alexis, @alexbeyman, @alexs1320, @alpharay, @altherion, @amavi, @amity123, @angelggomz, @anibalmdz, @arrjey, @asbonclz, @atheneav, @azulear, @bape682, @biomanu, @biw, @carlgbush, @chandy18, @chotho, @churchboy, @clausewitz, @cpufronz, @crazy-daisy, @cuarzo05, @daylen, @dber, @dedicatedguy, @dexterdev, @djredimi2, @dkmathstats, @doctorcro, @donkeykong9000, @drifter1, @drkomoo, @dysfunctional, @ejrangel, @elith, @ememovic, @enzor, @erh.germany, @eugin, @eurogee, @fancybrothers, @filotasriza3, @freddbrito, @fredrikaa, @futurmen, @gianluccio, @giovaabbatichio, @gmaktub, @grider123, @gtan, @hadji, @hellofuture, @henrychidiebere, @highonthehog, @hjashnsaz, @ideas-abstractas, @irime, @issavets, @ixindamix, @jajdgenius, @jakipatryk, @jamhuery, @jefpatat, @jepper, @johan794, @jonelq, @jorge150785, @joseg, @jringo, @juanjdiaz89, @kaiyoko, @katerinaramm, @kaydee, @keephy, @kenadis, @kharrazi, @ksolymosi, @leczy, @lesshorrible, @louic, @louielowa, @loular, @loveisintheair, @lucastar, @markos86, @marverick984, @maurelvys, @mcw, @meghana123, @mihaitecnology, @mike11, @mikekenlytungal, @mirkon86, @mountain.phil28, @mountainwashere, @munawar1235, @muphy, @mystifact, @neyi24, @noble-noah, @nonationnoborder, @odiaprecious, @oluwabori, @oscarcc89, @osita21, @otsouvalas, @pacheco05, @pangoli, @pario, @pearlumie, @pisolutionsmru, @ponmile, @preciousdave, @proteus-h, @punjolife, @rabo, @reviewit, @rharphelle, @rickie, @rickyxp, @rionpistorius, @rnunez09, @robertoromero, @rocking-dave, @rossanavictora, @rscalabrini, @rupamxanu, @samminator, @samve, @sarabelardo, @sc-steemit, @sciencegeek, @scisteem, @sco, @setapart, @simplifylife, @siniy, @soleil-research, @stanleyc-md, @sustainablyyours, @svemirac, @sweetestglo-eu, @tarazkp, @techblogger, @techlife, @tensor, @terrylovejoy, @tfcoates, @thatsweeneyguy, @thedrewtrott, @thelonelydev, @therockman, @thinkingmind, @tkappa, @tsoldovieri, @ugonma, @valchiz, @valth, @wilians, @xtrex, @zoneboy

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

See you all on Thursday!