SteemSTEM Distilled #41

steemstem (73)in #steemstem • 6 years ago (edited)

Welcome to the 41^st issue of SteemSTEM Distilled, a bi-weekly 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 6 handpicked choices for this Monday-Wednesday period.

Monday

Understanding Brain Aging

A post by @dysfunctional on brain aging. When is a brain considered fully developed? When does deterioration begin and what can we do to keep our brains "in shape"? Well, @dysfunctional can give you a pretty good idea.

Excessive eating and psychology

A simple explanation on what hunger is, how it works and how we can control it. Read this beautiful post by @dedicatedguy to learn why you want eat even when your stomach does not seem to ask for it.

Tuesday

Debunk-Tuesday – Guns Don’t Kill People, But Milk Does

Milk, a nutritious food most of us consider necessary for a healthy and balanced diet. But is it? Read what @egotheist has written about it on his Debunk-Tuesday post.

Classical Molecular Dynamics Series [Part - 4a]: Let us setup a simulation and run it!

Are you interested in molecular dynamics? Do you want to watch a simulation by @dexterdev and learn how to create your own using NAMD? Then read this post!

Wednesday

23andMe Genetic Testing - What Is My Neanderthal Percentage?

The company 23AndMe offers its clients genetic testing services and @procrastilearner explains very well what "products" are available. Do you think that we are entering a "Gataca" era? Read this post and decide for yourself.

A Day with Microbial Taxonomist

A new user has just made his first steemstem post and it was really good. Meet @micro24 and read what being a microbial taxonomist means.

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 mid-week's editorial team was comprised of @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 :)

Top steemSTEM authors

During the last two weeks, steemstem supported with more than a (possibly split) full vote the following authors:

@abigail-dantes, @adetola, @alexdory, @alexs1320, @anaestrada12, @arrrados, @carloserp-2000, @chloroform, @churchboy, @davidrhodes124, @dedicatedguy, @gra, @greenrun, @highonthehog, @iamphysical, @itastem, @joseleogon, @kingabesh, @lamouthe, @lemouth, @lordneroo, @mobbs, @mountain.phil28, @mountainwashere, @mrbreeziewrites, @pangoli, @procrastilearner, @rscalabrini, @ruth-girl, @sakura1012, @samminator, @scienceangel, @sco, @sooflauschig, @soulesque, @spaghettiscience, @temitayo-pelumi, @terrylovejoy, @tomastonyperez, @valth, @whileponderin, @zija2022