Welcome to the 44^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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Bujang Senang; The Tale Of A Viscious Man-Eating Crocodile In Batang Lupar, Sarawak

Crocodiles, fierce hunters with jaws you never wish to feel clenching around your flesh. In this fascinating post @chloroform talks about crocodiles, goes through the history of crocodile attacks in Sarawak, Malaysia and finishes with an incredible legend which… could be true?

Little saviour in the tropics: Cassava

A wonderful post by @aamin on one of Nigeria’s treasures, the cassava plant. Read on to learn how it is used and why it is that significant.

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Friday

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A Day with Microbiologist: Isolation and Purification of the Small Peptides Inhabiting the Antimicrobial Properties

Microbiology is an interesting field. Follow @micro24 in a post about antimicrobial peptides, those little fellows that work in almost every organism to produce an innate immune response.

Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assays of Bacterial 16S rDNA and Biomarkers for Nitrospira in Sediments of the Flint-Mammoth Cave System

A mostly “unknown” series of studies on the bacteria in the cave system of Mammoth Cave National Park is beautifully presented here by @qiyi. Have a read if you want to know what the results revealed.

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Saturday

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What’s cool? Bacteria tossing spears at each other. That’s cool.

We had a lot of brilliant biology posts these days and here is another cool piece by @effofex. This time our topic is a war among bacteria! How do they fight off “enemies” with their spears? Don’t miss out on reading this one to find out!

Cicadas: Nuisance or Summer Lullaby, They Have a Fascinating Life!

For our animal lovers here we have another wonderful post by @katerinaramm on cicadas. Read on to learn more about those cute summertime singers.

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Sunday

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Renewable energy - Part 2: Basics of Ocean Energy

The second part on the Renewable Energy series by @pratik27 talks about water. How can we harvest energy from the big. blue oceans? Read on to find out.

Wireless Power Transfer - is the future really WIRE-less…? 📡 Final Chapter

Read this beautiful post by @christinaa on wireless power transfer. Her series reaches its last episode with a post discussing power transmission through electromagnetic radiation. In case you missed them, don’t forget to have a look at the first two ;)

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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.

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 discord server or to follow our curation trail (just ask us for more information on the chat for details).

From April 15 to April 22, we rewarded 119 different authors who have written a total of 175 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@aamin, @aboutcoolscience, @addempsea, @adetola, @agbona, @ajpacheco1610, @alexaivytorres, @alexander.alexis, @alexdory, @anaestrada12, @annieben, @anyes2013, @ari16, @arrrados, @artgirl, @azulear, @carlosgerdet, @chloroform, @churchboy, @cristi, @crypto-bird, @cupido24, @davidrhodes124, @davinci.times, @deboas, @dedicatedguy, @dexterdev, @drifter1, @dysfunctional, @earisu, @egotheist, @eleonardo, @eliaschess333, @elizabethh, @elvigia, @emmaculate, @eniolw, @ennyta, @etcmike, @event-horizon, @fancybrothers, @felixrodriguez, @florae, @frankjavier, @gra, @h-max, @handsa, @henrychidiebere, @highonthehog, @ibk-gabriel, @imaginedragon, @issavets, @ixindamix, @joelagbo, @joseangelvs, @josedelacruz, @joseleogon, @kelos, @kingabesh, @latm, @lauch3d, @lesshorrible, @lets-tech, @lianaakobian, @logic42, @lordneroo, @mcassani, @micro24, @migueldavidor, @mikemoi, @misomaniac, @mittymartz, @mountain.phil28, @mountainwashere, @mrbreeziewrites, @nataschachem, @nicotinamina, @noble-noah, @nsbachurin, @olajidekehinde, @pangoli, @procrastilearner, @real2josh, @rharphelle, @rickie, @robbiescorner, @rscalabrini, @ruelrevales, @sakura1012, @samminator, @saunter, @scienceangel, @serylt, @sogless, @sooflauschig, @soulesque, @spaghettiscience, @spiceboyz, @steemzeiger, @steepup, @supersoju, @sustainablyyours, @temitayo-pelumi, @tensor, @terrylovejoy, @tomastonyperez, @torkot, @tsoldovieri, @ulisesfl17, @valth, @vanessahampton, @viannis, @vinamra, @vjap55, @wayuu-reg, @whentone, @whileponderin, @yann85, @yusvelasquez

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

See you all next Thursday!

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Welcome to the 43^rd 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.

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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 6 handpicked choices for this Monday-Wednesday period.

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Monday

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Basic knowledge of dark matter

A post by our architect, @kharrazi, that discusses the basics of dark matter. A mystery of the universe that remains unsolved and continues to amaze us, is beautifully presented here.

Fundamentals of Hydroelectricity

@temitayo-pelumi has written a beautiful post on hydroelectric power. Types of turbines, benefits and drawbacks of hydroelectricity, how to set a hydroelectric plant, you can read all about it in this post.

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Tuesday

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What I Learnt Last Week 17: The Nasal Polyps, Antibodies and Alzheimer’s, Hormones’ effect on girl’s interests, Secret keeping trais, and The Danger of Fast Foods.

A knowledge pot pourri by @pearlumie who seems to have finally made a big come back. Welcome him by reading his post and learning cool stuff like how dangerous chemicals can be found in fast food.

AEROPONICS : PLANTING BY SUSPENSION IN AIR : A Terrestrial and Extra-terrestrial planting method

Gardeners and farmers, pay attention to this post by @sogless on the method of aeroponics. Do you want to know more about how plants can grow and develop when their whole root system is exposed to air? Then read this amazing post!

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Wednesday

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Enzyme based Nanocomposites: An alternative to the effective killing of Pathogenic Bacteria

Who is interested in biology? Who finds nanotechnology fascinating? Well, this post is written to satisfy both. @vinamra discusses nanocomposites and their use against pathogens. Definitely a piece you shouldn’t miss.

What is an orbit? Part 2: Common types of orbits

Another beautiful post for our collection, this time by @proteus-h who explains what an orbit is and what various types of orbits there are.

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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 mid-week’s editorial team was comprised of @ruth-girl with a tiny help from @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 :)

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Top steemSTEM authors

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

@abigail-dantes, @adetola, @agbona, @alexs1320, @anaestrada12, @carloserp-2000, @churchboy, @davidrhodes124, @dedicatedguy, @dysfunctional, @gentleshaid, @gra, @greenrun, @highonthehog, @iamphysical, @itastem, @kingabesh, @latm, @lemouth, @logic42, @lordneroo, @micro24, @mobbs, @mountain.phil28, @procrastilearner, @rharphelle, @rscalabrini, @ruth-girl, @samminator, @sco, @sogless, @sooflauschig, @soulesque, @star-vc, @supersoju, @temitayo-pelumi, @valth, @vinamra, @whileponderin, @yann85

We are expecting them to strongly engage the community in return :)

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

See you all next Monday!

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Welcome to the 42^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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Exploring the Dark Side of Humanity: the Stanford Prison Experiment

With the movie “Boys of Abu Ghraib” as a reference point, @churchboy gives us a wonderful and well-written psychology post. The topic? The Stanford Prison Experiment and how the alibi of authority can justify violence (and so much more).

Eta Carinae - Our Local Superstar

You all know @terrylovejoy, our cool astrophotographer! This time he has brought us an excellent post on the binary system of Eta Carinae. Read on and you will surely love his amazing and original photos other than his writing!

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Friday

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Moving From AI (Artificial Intelligence) To IA (Intelligence Augmentation)

A very interesting post from @samminator, the technology lover! Read on to learn how the idea of Artificial Intelligence is developing into Intelligence Augmentation, because as he has beautifully written “technology is meant to assist humankind, not to replace humankind.”

Digital Images | Image Acquisition

Another technology post for Friday, this time from @event-horizon. If you want to know more about how computers “perceive” images, process them and give them back to us to use at will, you need to read this post.

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Saturday

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NATURE INSPIRED INVENTIONS — Photovoltaic cells; the reason for the non-reflecting eyes of the moth.

It seems like the second half of this week was too ‘technological” as @whileponderin has written an amazing post on solar energy and more specifically photovoltaic cells and how the eyes of the moth have been the inspiration of a technology so widespread.

How To Find Scientific Sources For Free

A post that might help most of you. @lesshorrible has presented us with various and useful online sources of scientific information. Have a look at it, you may find sites you didn’t know that can help you.

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Sunday

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The Arctic - A freezing-cold part of Earth and more on the survival of the inuit people

A post about the amazing world of the Arctic, the animals, the local people, the strange phenomena and optical illusions. You do want to read this wonderful piece by @logic42.

The unique Story behind the outstanding Enzyme CALB

And from the Arctic to the Antarctic with a cool post by @mountain.phil28 on the amazing CALB enzyme. Read it to find out why it is so cool.

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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.

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 discord server or to follow our curation trail (just ask us for more information on the chat for details).

From April 8 to April 15, we rewarded 112 different authors who have written a total of 154 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@abigail-dantes, @adetola, @aditili, @ajpacheco1610, @akeelsingh, @alexbeyman, @alexdory, @anaestrada12, @anomalogy, @antikesdenken, @anyes2013, @ari16, @arrrados, @bitfairy, @chloroform, @churchboy, @conficker, @cristi, @csusbgeochem1, @cuarzo05, @davidrhodes124, @davinci.times, @dedicatedguy, @derbesserwisser, @drifter1, @duke77, @dysfunctional, @edumurphy, @effofex, @egotheist, @eleonardo, @eliaschess333, @emily61, @eniolw, @ennyta, @felixrodriguez, @flurgx, @fololade, @frankjavier, @giornalista, @giovaabbatichio, @handsa, @harlyntvaq, @highonthehog, @hogarcosmico, @ibk-gabriel, @ideas-abstractas, @imaginedragon, @irza, @issavets, @ixindamix, @joeycrack, @josalarcon2, @josedelacruz, @joseleogon, @katerinaramm, @kedi, @kharrazi, @kingabesh, @krnel, @lauch3d, @lesshorrible, @lianaakobian, @logic42, @lordneroo, @lorenzor, @mayrie28, @mayterevilla, @mountain.phil28, @mountainwashere, @mrbreeziewrites, @mrgreg, @naturocelia, @noble-noah, @nsbachurin, @olajidekehinde, @oscarcede, @paaddor, @pangoli, @procrastilearner, @reconnectnature, @remotehorst23, @rezantroy, @rharphelle, @rifkan, @saho, @sakura1012, @samminator, @scienceangel, @scisteem, @sogless, @sooflauschig, @soulesque, @spaghettiscience, @sparklez, @star-vc, @steemzeiger, @steepup, @superoo7, @suravsingh, @sustainablyyours, @temitayo-pelumi, @tensor, @terrylovejoy, @thatsweeneyguy, @vanessahampton, @viannis, @vieanna, @vinamra, @vladimir-simovic, @whileponderin, @zija2022

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

See you all next Thursday!

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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.

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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 6 handpicked choices for this Monday-Wednesday period.

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Monday

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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.

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Tuesday

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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!

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Wednesday

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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.

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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 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 :)

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Top steemSTEM authors

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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

We are expecting them to strongly engage the community in return :)

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

See you all next Monday!

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Welcome to the 40^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 ### Loxosceles reclusa - The Brown Recluse Spider

Our famous homesteader, @sustainablyyours, has given us a post on many people’s worst fear… spiders! Here you can learn more about the brown recluse spider and see some cool original photos!


### Schizophrenia; The Hallmark Of Psychiatric Illnesses

A new entry in the #steemstem tag, @conficker, gives us a post on schizophrenia. Mental illness has been a taboo for years, it’s time we rose awareness and educated ourselves that mental health is as important as physical health. ## Friday ### Vascular, Frontotemporal & Alzheimer’s Dementia – A Brief Discussion.

The most sober addict is back! @abigail-dantes has given us another one of her excellent posts and this time she talks about dementia. Read on to learn more about vascular, frontotemporal and Alzheimer’s dementia (no, not every type of dementia is Alzheimer’s).
### From static classicism to hellenistic dynamism II Forerunners of Hellenism-Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

History lovers, this is for you. In her beautiful post @highonthehog discusses the transition from classicism to hellenism, studying the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.
## Saturday _ ### Amazing Cosmic Objects: Pulsars, Neutron Stars, & Magnetars

Let’s go on a trip to the stars and learn more about the “Amazing Cosmic Objects” of @star-vc. In this excellent post you will read about pulsars, neutron stars and magnetars.


### INTRODUCTION TO CARTOGRAPHY - AZIMUTHAL PROJECTIONS

Have you been following the episodes of @lordneroo’s series “Introduction to Cartography”? In this post you will learn more about the four main categories of Azimuthial projections and their uses as a cartographer’s tool.
_ ## Sunday _ ### Sex Differences: Do females and males have different brains? Pt 2

How can hormones and differences in brain “architecture” between men and women affect their overall behavior? Read another interesting and well-written post by @alexander.alexis. One thing is for sure, you will love his writing style.


### Making Spatial Data Yield Agates

If you like geology, you surely don’t want to miss this post. Read what @gra has written for us and learn how to combine and evaluate spatial data in your hunt for agates.


_ 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 @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 April 1 to April 8, we rewarded 130 different authors who have written a total of 192 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are: @acont, @adetola, @agbona, @akeelsingh, @akpos, @alexbeyman, @alexdory, @anaestrada12, @aneuktulot, @anomalogy, @antikesdenken, @anyes2013, @arkcoin, @azulear, @bitfairy, @bobsthinking, @charlesx, @chloroform, @christinaa, @churchboy, @cristi, @csusbgeochem1, @davidrhodes124, @davinci.times, @deboas, @dedicatedguy, @deholt, @deusjudo, @dexterdev, @djredimi2, @dpyroc, @drifter1, @duke77, @dysfunctional, @egotheist, @elemenya, @eleonardo, @eloos, @emiliomoron, @emmaculate, @etcmike, @exercisinghealth, @fancybrothers, @felixrodriguez, @florae, @frankjavier, @giovaabbatichio, @gokhan83kurt, @halloworld, @happy.food.life, @happydaddyfr, @highonthehog, @humanduck, @irza, @isacastillor, @issavets, @josalarcon2, @joseleogon, @katerinaramm, @kendoulou, @kingabesh, @knfitaly, @krnel, @ksolymosi, @lauch3d, @lefactuoscope, @leoumesh, @lesshorrible, @lordneroo, @lovejoy, @m3thyl, @mar.milano, @marlasworld, @masterwriter, @mcw, @migueldavidor, @moncia90, @mountain.phil28, @mountainwashere, @mrbreeziewrites, @mrgreg, @naturicia, @naturocelia, @nawamy, @nicotinamina, @noble-noah, @nsbachurin, @obamike, @opensourceuni, @pearlumie, @procrastilearner, @qiyi, @real2josh, @rharphelle, @rihanat, @rscalabrini, @saho, @samest, @samminator, @samve, @sathyasankar, @sigmund, @siniy, @sooflauschig, @soulesque, @spaghettiscience, @star-vc, @steemzeiger, @steepup, @stem-explorers, @sustainablyyours, @sward, @t4r1, @tensor, @theodora.austria, @thethinkingdr, @tibra, @tking77798, @tomastonyperez, @trumpman, @tsoldovieri, @valth, @viannis, @vidayaventura, @vinamra, @whileponderin, @willywealth, @yann85, @ydavgonzalez, @zija2022, @zonguin All curation rewards earned will be used to fund @steemstem project functioning and activities. See you all next Thursday! https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://i.imgur.com/WhYkkh9.gif

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If you’re not someone who has joined very recently, you should have seen our post about taking a break and, shortly after, rebooting steemSTEM. About a month has passed since then, and we’re ready to give you an update on one of the most important changes: The Honor Members.

Honor Members are members of steemSTEM who, after being assigned the role by the management team, voluntarily help improve the community. For this, there are three different categories:

The Mentors

You might have encountered them by now. The mentor team is scouting posts in the steemSTEM tag and offering advice on copyright, structure and generally improving STEM posts. They also take on individual mentees if the need arises.

The mentors are not curators, so while they can explain how a post can be improved and lend a helping hand, they are not able to guarantee anyone upvotes. Their advice, however, should not be ignored, as they help us keep track of users that cause trouble for the community.

Over the past month, mentors have becomean integral part of steemSTEM and continue to go beyond all expectations on a daily basis.

The Engagement Officers

A community isn’t a community if everyone is just sitting their with their own posts, waiting for upvotes. That was the original problem which made us take a break: People not caring about the community.

While you can sometimes see engagement officers give feedback on posts too, their main job is to faciliate interactions between community members. Comments on other’s posts and upvotes inside the community are desired, someone who doesn’t participate at all isn’t helping the community move forward.

One of the most important tasks the engagement officers do on a weekly basis is checking up on those, who receive the highest votes from @steemstem (the list is usually published in the “steemSTEM Distilled” on Thursdays). Those who receive a lot of monetary support should also be those, who are an active part of the community.

Engagement over several weeks is tracked. In case one high voted member barely interacts outside their own posts (or not even on their own!), the highest maximal vote they can possibly receive is reduced. This does not mean they are blacklisted! Good content will still be rewarded, just not as much as it would be if said steemSTEM members engaged more. If engagement with the community increases, the highest maximal vote goes up again too.

Complaints Room Moderators

The steemSTEM discord server has a channel called “complaints-room”. If you feel like you’re being unfairly treated or that steemSTEM is doing something wrong, please head over to that room and state your complaints. One of the moderators will help you.

Please do not message individual management members or curators with your complaints! Really use that room!

If you have an issue that is not directly related to steemSTEM (account is not being confirmed, your account has been stolen, …), please join the #help room on steem.chat and seek assistance there.

Our Honor Members so far

Here’s a full list of our current honor members (names as they appear on discord) and their respective tasks (M = Mentor, E = Engagement Officer, C = Complaints Room Moderator):

• alexdory (M, E, C)
• anevolvedmonkey (M, C)
• bachuslib (M, C)
• chloroform (M, C)
• christinaa (E )
• dexterdev (M)
• Egotheist (M)
• gra (M)
• JPederson96 (M)
• katerinaramm (C, M)
• kingabesh (M, E)
• lesshorrible (M)
• MathOwl (M)
• Mountainwashere (M, C)
• noble-noah (E, C)
• pangoli (E )
• Pearlumie (M)
• physics.benjamin (E )
• Rharphelle (E )
• sakura1012 (E )
• samminator (M)
• scienceangel (M)
• simplifylife (M)
• terrylovejoy (M, E, C)
• robotics101 (M, C)

If you need a mentor, feel free to message one of those marked with an “M”. If they don’t have time for you, they’ll ask a different mentor. Please avoid messaging several mentors at once, to avoid confusion.

Want to become a Honor Member?

If you want to become an honor member, there are some things you should be aware of:

• There’s no preferential treatment when it comes to upvotes. Honor members, just like everyone else (including management!) need to write good STEM posts if they want a @steemstem vote
• While we don’t expect honor members to work 24/7, constant absence without reason (announced “normal life” reasons like exams, child birth, vacations and sick time are totally fine) will lead to the exclusion from the honor member program
• Honor members are the backbone of our community and thus serve as role models. You will have to act like it

If you’re aware of these things and still want to apply, send a DM on discord to @suesa (Suesa#4095) with an explanation why you’d like to become part of the team.

The Beginning

Aside from the creation of the honor system, we are excited for the growth and health of our whole team and community, and even more so for our near-future projects. We are slowly building something that will create a unique experience on the Steem blockchain, so follow us and join our Discord for more information!

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