Welcome to the 66th issue of SteemSTEM Distilled, a curation effort by the members of the @steemstem team.
SteemSTEM aims to make Steem a better place for STEM, a task which we believe crucial for the long-term development of the blockchain. Our goals consist in invigorating and inspiring the minds of a community of STEM aficionados on Steem, targeting on the long-term the upgrade of SteemSTEM as a real platform for science communication. In the meantime, this goes through the support of quality, interesting and cutting-edge STEM content.
For more details, a recent update on the SteemSTEM project is available [**here**](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@steemstem/steemstem-summer-2018-project-update). If you want to discuss with us, please do not hesitate to join the [**steemSTEM discord server**](https://discord.gg/9c7pKVD).
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In order to support the best STEM content on Steem, our team scours the blockchain and read more than a couple of thousands of STEM-related posts per week. We hence support about **200 of these posts**, and present in this distilled our **top 8 handpicked choices** for the last Thursday-Sunday period.
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Thursday
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[Credits: @hightouch]
All curation rewards earned will be used to fund @steemstem project functioning and activities.
See you all next Thursday or Friday!
### [What is a Chicken? - 100 Years of Playing God](https://steemit.com/science/@pmdmunton/what-is-a-chicken-100-years-of-playing-god)
A great post by @pmdmunton teaches us some amazing facts about... chickens! After reading this, you'll certainly look at your fried wings with different eyes!
A great post by @pmdmunton teaches us some amazing facts about... chickens! After reading this, you'll certainly look at your fried wings with different eyes!
### [How toxic metabolites accumulation may be blocked by compounds found in red wine and green tea.](https://steemit.com/stemng/@starrichie/how-toxic-metabolites-accumulation-may-be-blocked-by-compounds-found-in-red-wine-and-green-tea)
@starrichie here has given us a beautiful post on green tea and red wine. If you want to learn what's hiding in those popular drinks, then you know which post to read!
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Friday
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@starrichie here has given us a beautiful post on green tea and red wine. If you want to learn what's hiding in those popular drinks, then you know which post to read!
### [Unknown Insect #4 under the Microscope 🔬](https://steemit.com/science/@supersoju/unknown-insect-4-under-the-microscope)
@supersoju gets an insect under her microscope and we follow her! This is indeed a cool post you would love to check out!
@supersoju gets an insect under her microscope and we follow her! This is indeed a cool post you would love to check out!
### [Demystifying the popular myth that individuals are dominated by either their right or left brain hemisphere](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@akiripromise/demystifying-the-popular-myth-that-individuals-are-dominated-by-either-their-right-or-left-brain-hemisphere-cfc05fca61b5e)
Have you heard of theories suggesting that one of our two hemispheres controls us? Well, @akiripromise has written an excellent post trying to debunk this one. Check it out!
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Saturday
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Have you heard of theories suggesting that one of our two hemispheres controls us? Well, @akiripromise has written an excellent post trying to debunk this one. Check it out!
### [Why You Shouldn't Eat Pork?](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@chloroform/why-you-shouldn-t-eat-pork)
A well-written post by @chloroform discusses the dangers of pork meat. If you are concerned about your health and what things go into your stomach, then you shouldn't miss reading this one!
A well-written post by @chloroform discusses the dangers of pork meat. If you are concerned about your health and what things go into your stomach, then you shouldn't miss reading this one!
### [Saving the globe from warming; Generating solar electricity from bacteria might be an option.](https://steemit.com/stemng/@steepup/saving-the-globe-from-warning-generating-solar-electricity-from-bacteria-might-be-an-option)
An interesting theory in an equally interesting post by @steepup suggests producing electricity using... bacteria! For more information, read @steepup's great post!
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Sunday
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### [District Six And What’s Left Of It- The Epicentre Of Apartheid In South Africa.](https://steemit.com/history/@highonthehog/district-six-and-what-s-left-of-it-the-epicentre-of-apartheid-in-south-africa)
An amazing history post is here by @highonthehog! Read on to learn more about the Apartheid and what District Six meant for it.
An amazing history post is here by @highonthehog! Read on to learn more about the Apartheid and what District Six meant for it.
### [Insight #10: Introduction to scientific understanding of intelligence](https://steemit.com/psychology/@saunter/insight-10-introduction-to-scientific-understanding-of-intelligence)
Let's close with some psychology, shall we? Do you remember @saunter? We have an amazing post on intelligence from him that you shouldn't miss!
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A few words about the nomination process
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For some time, the editorial team behind this distilled series is made of a one-woman-team, @ruth-girl, and she chooses her favorite posts (potentially discussing with other curators and/or the management). Posts written by the SteemSTEM team are excluded from the nomination process.
Please do not be discouraged if you did not make it on this issue. We are picking up in total 14 posts a week out of more than 200. The chances are thus low ;) In the meantime, you may wish to check [**these guidelines**](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@steemstem/helpful-guidelines-for-crafting-steemstem-content) for extra tips on how your writing could be more effective.
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Authors upvoted by the SteemSTEM team
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In the spirit of being transparent about our actions that are now supported by **@utopian-io**, **@curie**, our **delegators**, our **trailers** and our **manual curator supporters**, we release every week the list of authors who have caught the attention of the **@steemstem** curation team.
From July 1 to July 8, we rewarded **124** different authors who have written a total of **160** different articles (there was a Steem blockchain failure during that week). The **121** authors who received votes from @steemstem, @utopian-io and @curie all together that week are:
@abdulmath, @abigail-dantes, @agmoore, @ajpacheco1610, @akiripromise, @alexander.alexis, @alphajeez, @anyes2013, @arac, @ari16, @astrophoto.kevin, @conficker, @cryptoitaly, @dandymee, @davinci.times, @dber, @deathbatter, @dedicatedguy, @delpilar, @derbesserwisser, @drifter1, @dysfunctional, @egotheist, @eliaschess333, @elvigia, @emiliomoron, @emperorhassy, @eniolw, @eurogee, @felixrodriguez, @fran.frey, @ftxft, @funmiakinpelu, @geadriana, @giftessiet, @henrychidiebere, @humbledeen, @ikchris, @infinitelearning, @insight-out, @iptrucs, @iradyjr, @irelandscape, @issavets, @jesusjacr, @joelagbo, @joseangelvs, @josedelacruz, @kingabesh, @knfitaly, @lordneroo, @lorenzor, @luiscd8a, @lupafilotaxia, @mactro, @masterwriter, @maurelvys, @mayrie28, @migueldavidor, @mike961, @mountainwashere, @muphy, @nakary, @nicomax, @noble-noah, @nonzerosum, @oluwoleolaide, @osariemen, @osmy07, @pacheco05, @pagliozzo, @phage93, @pheelz, @procrastilearner, @psicoluigi, @purelyscience, @qiyi, @quekery, @rcebike, @rharphelle, @romualdd, @rubies, @samminator, @sebbbl, @serialfiller, @snackaholic, @sonius94, @soofluffy, @spaghettiscience, @star-vc, @steempsych, @steepup, @suzanrs, @teekingtv, @terrylovejoy, @tomastonyperez, @trumpman, @vanillah, @vidaparasita, @vjap55, @vladimir-simovic, @writeit, @ydavgonzalez, @youssef.sed, @zest, @zoricatech
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Let's close with some psychology, shall we? Do you remember @saunter? We have an amazing post on intelligence from him that you shouldn't miss!
[Credits: @hightouch]
All curation rewards earned will be used to fund @steemstem project functioning and activities.
See you all next Thursday or Friday!