SteemSTEM Distilled #25

Welcome to the 25th 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
### Amazing creatures #4, Dragonflies. (You would not expect it.)


Dragonflies, those amazing flying insects are featured in @josevbc’s post. The legends, the biology, the weird facts about their nature even the meaning their symbol bears are here.



### GLUTEN: FRIEND OR FOE? THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDING.


Nowadays there is so much fuss about gluten and gluten-free products. What evils does it bring? How can you avoid them? Read @nedspeaks’ post to learn more.
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Tuesday
_ ### GANDHI’S ROLE IN ANGLO BOER WAR, THE INDIAN AMBULANCE CORPS

A well-written history post by @highonthehog on Gandhi’s part in the Anglo-Boer War. How an Indian man went to South Africa, was discriminated against owing to his color and cultural background and made it to become an influential political figure?

### Are all sugars equal? A toxicity assessment of sugar


How many types of sugar are there? What does each one do to your body? How can their metabolism become harmful? @altherion explains all that very well in his post.


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Wednesday
_ ### GMO Plants – What are they?


Some people have linked the term GMO food with harmful genetic mutations. But have you looked further into the matter? @jepper takes us on a tour in the world of GMO plants. Read on and then you can form your judgement.
### What May Happen to The Earth When The Sun Dies





Stars are born and die just like every living creature in the universe. Are you curious to learn what will the fate of our star, the Sun, be? Follow @agbona in an extended post to find out more.

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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 :) All curation rewards earned will be used to fund @steemstem project functioning and activities. See you all next Monday!
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SteemSTEM Distilled #24

Welcome to the 24th 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
### Hydraulic Energy of Waterfalls and its Application in Electric Power Generation

Waterfalls have been providing us with hydro-electric power for a long time. Do you want to know how the hydraulic energy from falling water turns to electric? What mechanisms are involved? What are the benefits and drawbacks? Read @kaydee’s post to find out.

### The Secret of the 4000 old Disc of Phaistos finally Revealed?
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A post from @katerinaramm on one of the unexplained finds of the the ancient times. The Disc of Phaistos is one of the oldest samples of printing that we have and still has not been decoded. Scientists have not give up though and keep trying to decypher the message it carries.


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Friday
### The Architecture of Sustainable Happiness – Positive Psychology



Our psychology addict, @abigail-dantes, presents us with a post on positive psychology, a relatively new field of science. Read on to learn what determines a person’s well-being, happiness and satisfaction levels according to this theory. Is it an innate feature or one can be “taught” to be satisfied their life?


### What Do Cicadas Know About Prime Numbers And Math? (And Why Do Their Butts Sometimes Fall Off?)


A post by @rocking-dave on the amazing periodical cicadas. Those creatures seem to organise their lives based on specific number patterns. Read on to see for yourself the mysterious connection of their life cycle with prime numbers.
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Saturday
### THE YOUNGEST LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD? DIE ANTWOORD IS AFRIKAANS!

The dialect known today as Afrikaans is the first language of most of the Afrikaners and Coloureds of Southern Africa. Read @highonthehog’s post to learn more about it and how it came to be.


### Phobos, moon of Mars

Mars, the red planet has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos.Phobos, the larger of the two resembles a moderate sized asteroid. Check @proteus-h latest post to learn more about it.

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Sunday
_ ### Sequencing DNA using Gel Electrophoresis


Another great post by @alexander.alexis, again for one of those “simple” Nobel winning discoveries, this time about one that allowed scientists to sequence the DNA of the genes they had isolated by cloning.




### Synthetic sponges are toxic. Opt for a bio and effective alternative: The Loofah.
Did you know you can make your very own eco-friendly sponge from a Loofah? How? Find out in this beautifully written post by @muphy.

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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, @trumpman 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.
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 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 28 to February 4, we rewarded 154 different authors who have written a total of 262 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are: @aamin, @abigail-dantes, @afifa, @ajpacheco1610, @akeelsingh, @alexander.alexis, @altherion, @amavi, @angelojcg, @anibalmdz, @annieben, @anyes2013, @atheneav, @aximot, @bardionson, @bendelgreco, @biw, @calmabryan27ree, @carlgbush, @churchboy, @cisah, @clausewitz, @corsica, @crazy-daisy, @cristi, @cuarzo05, @damzxyno, @darkiche, @dber, @dedicatedguy, @deliniz, @djredimi2, @dkmathstats, @doctorcro, @donfelix, @doucedou, @drifter1, @drkomoo, @dysfunctional, @earisu, @egotheist, @eleonardo, @eleyda78, @eliaschess333, @elyvelasquezleon, @ememovic, @enzor, @epictus, @erh.germany, @ertwro, @exercisinghealth, @filotasriza3, @florae, @gianluccio, @giu-marcantuono, @gmaktub, @grandpere, @hadji, @henrychidiebere, @highonthehog, @horpey, @issavets, @jackelinlopez, @jamhuery, @jeannerossini, @jepper, @jhairahdignos, @johelconh, @josalarcon2, @joseleogon, @josue783, @juanjdiaz89, @jutdagut, @katerinaramm, @kaydee, @keephy, @kerriknox, @knfitaly, @ksolymosi, @kyriacos, @langford, @leczy, @lefactuoscope, @lesshorrible, @lianaakobian, @louic, @loular, @loveisintheair, @lucastar, @marglys, @marverick984, @marynes5, @masterwriter, @masterwu, @mathowl, @maurelvys, @mcw, @mhizkemmie, @mirkon86, @mountain.phil28, @mountainwashere, @munawar1235, @muphy, @mystifact, @noble-noah, @obliviousowl, @official-hord, @okunlolayk, @oluwabori, @oscarcc89, @osita21, @osmerj, @pangoli, @pearlumie, @pisolutionsmru, @polaleye50, @proteus-h, @rabamaker, @rickie, @robertoromero, @robotics101, @rocking-dave, @rscalabrini, @rt395, @salihuhassan, @samminator, @sarrie, @saunter, @scienceangel, @sciencegeek, @simplifylife, @sinbad989, @siniy, @smurfette, @sociopathe, @sustainablyyours, @svemirac, @sward, @tensor, @terrylovejoy, @tfcoates, @thatsweeneyguy, @tkappa, @tking77798, @tngflx, @tomastonyperez, @tsoldovieri, @uchefrancis, @ugonma, @universe.laws, @valth, @whentone, @whileponderin, @ydavgonzalez, @zonguin All curation rewards earned will be used to fund @steemstem project functioning and activities. See you all next Thursday!
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SteemSTEM Distilled #23

Welcome to the 23th issue of SteemSTEM Distilled, a bi-weekly curation effort by the members of the @steemstem team.

We apologise for the delay in releasing this issue. Complications with timing arose due to the SteemSTEM meetup at CERN.

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
_ ### Referred Pain : A Glitch in the human Nervous System?
Did you know that it’s possible to feel pain in distant body parts or organs from the ones that are really in trouble? Do you want to know what referred pain is? @himal explains it very well in his post. ### Worried about the extinction of pre-historic animals? Well you should be thankful!!
Creatures that lived before us and no longer exist are the main topic of @florae’s post. Follow her and learn more about animals whose names are just enough to give your spine the shivers of fear. _
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Tuesday
_ ### The Effects of Caffeine on Sports Performance

In this post from @exercisinghealth you will learn how caffeine, that sweet addiction, affects our body and our overall performance in sports.
### Pathogenic microorganisms Part III - Viruses, Immunity and Vaccination


@scienceangel takes us explains what viruses are, along with the difference between DNA and RNA viruses. In her post you can also read about how herd immunity is established through vaccination.


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Wednesday
_ ### Atomic Force Microscopy: Feeling is Seeing



Atomic force microscopy uses a type of microscope that provide pictures of atoms on or in surfaces, essentially giving us a look at objects on the atomic level.In his latest post, @ethandsmith teaches us all the basics!




### Amazing Animals #21 The African Elephant
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In another episode of amazing animals @amavi introduces us the african elephant “one the worlds most iconic creatures, famed for their sheer size, incredibly close social bonds and high level of intelligence”.

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 @trumpman 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 :) All curation rewards earned will be used to fund @steemstem project functioning and activities. See you all next Monday!
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Special thanks to the community for supporting the first steemSTEM meetup at CERN

As you probably all know today, @steemstem will go down inside the Large Hadron Collider at CERN this Friday, pushing the Steemit frontiers further with this first steemSTEM meetup in this great location for science.

The community provided us tons of support to organize our event (see here for more information) and we really appreciated. Thanks to everyone!!! We have redistributed the rewards of this post to the meetup participants as an effective support to their trip. Some are indeed coming from the other side of Earth for this meetup in Europe :)

For the sake of transparency: - We have converted all the SBD rewards of the above-mentioned post into 303 STEEM - @liberosist provided 250 STEEM from his own wallet. Special thanks (and mention) to him! - We gave 5 STEEM per meal per person - We gave 10 STEEM to each of the five car drivers - We shared 100 STEM for supporting the lodging (split proportionally to the costs of everyone) - We shared 218 STEEM for supporting the trip to CERN (split proportionally to the costs of everyone)

This gives the following:

| steemian | amount (in STEEM)| |:—-:|:—-:| | @alexs1320 | 31.351| | @ana.luiza | 22.669| |@aurel.proorocu | 33.089| |@bendelgreco | 30.141| |@ceybiicien | 6.686| |@dber | 53.865| |@ertwro | 52.907| |@fredrikaa | 20.611| |@grandpere | 49.605| |@howo | 20.143| |@justtryme90 | 70.522| |@kerriknox | 55.779| |@lemouth | 24.222| |@reggaemuffin | 18.251| |@saunter | 6.686| |@scienceangel | 21.351| |@suesa | 18.251| |@tristan-muller | 16.873|

The 553 STEEM have been transferred from the @steemstem account.


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SteemSTEM Distilled #22

Welcome to the 22nd 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
_ ### 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
### 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
_ ### 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
_ ### 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
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.
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 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!
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SteemSTEM Distilled #21

Welcome to the 21th 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
_ ### Scientific News #7 - Southern African Scientist face ‘Day Zero’


A great mash-up of the latest scientific news by @mountain.phil28. Some of the featured stories include a megadrought in South Africa, the world’s thinnest mirror and fitness-supporting bacteria!

### Super Cool Science S#!t #14 - Atoms the size of cities

A neutron star is the collapsed core of a large star which before collapse had a total of between 10 and 29 solar masses. In his latest post,@thatsweeneyguy explains us why they are one of the coolest “S#!t” found in the vast nothingness of space.
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Tuesday
### How a Boy From an Indian Village Broke the Code of Life and Won the Nobel Prize







@alexander-alexis introduces us to Har Gobind Khorana, the boy from an indian village that broke the code of life and won the nobel prize.






### Is Your Morning Coffee Making You Sick?


Many of us start our day with a cup of coffee. Some of us can’t even function without it! But could it actually do more harm than good? This is what @lesshorrible has to say on the subject..


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Wednesday
_ ### And that’s why Carbon is a tramp… — Wait, there’s more!
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@pangoli explains us some of the most interesting and unique properties of carbon, the carbon is the building block of life.
### The Cataclysmic Floods of the Last Ice Age: Pacific Northwest


@ keephy takes us into a journey, 12,000 years in the past back and explains how a peculiar topography, the Channeled Scablands, came to be!

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 @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 :) All curation rewards earned will be used to fund @steemstem project functioning and activities. See you all next Monday!
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