SteemSTEM Distilled #9

Welcome to the ninth 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 click 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 200 that we deemed to be worthy, we proudly present you our top 7 handpicked choices:

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Monday - How Many Balls Are In The Vase At Noon? (or The Ross-Littlewood Paradox)

Another paradox by @mcfarhat, this time it's The Ross-Littlewood Paradox. This one illustrates the seemingly paradoxical, or at least non-intuitive, nature of infinity.

Tuesday - On the colorful Chemistry of Autumn

A very unique post by @mountain.phil28 explaining the science behind....autumn!

Wednesday - Protein Design: Nature's Math Origami

As one of the commenters said, "This is a [once again] hell of an article." by @ertwro, this time on proteins. Definitely a must-read!

Thursday - Quantum Cryptography and China's Quantum Satellite : A New Era of Hack-Proof Communication

An extensive and well-written post by @physics-o-mania on quantum cryptography, what it is and how it promises to shield the communications of the future.

Friday - The Amateur Mycologist - The Importance Of Fungi, Part 1: Saprobic Mushrooms, Eaters Of The Dead

Another wonderful post by our brilliant mycologist. Read on to see how mushrooms, the dead-eaters have benefited life for thousands of years.

Saturday - If We Lived on a Sphere, Wouldn't Buildings Appear to Lean?

In this post @kerriknox tries to explain how and why buildings appear to lean as we move farther away from them. Another great post on debunking the flat-earth theory, don't miss it!

Sunday - EGYPTOLOGY: Magic in Ancient Egypt

Another amazing post about ancient Egypt by @laylasophia, this time on "magic" and the magical practices in ancient egyptian culture.

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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 & @trumpman. A special mention goes to @locikll for helping with the markdown coding.

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 November 4 to November 11, we rewarded 67 different authors who have written a total of 119 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@aboutcoolscience, @afifa, @alexander.alexis, @archimedes, @asbonclz, @azman, @bigdizzle91, @brisby, @carloserp-2000, @cristi, @dber, @dkmathstats, @doctor.joshbarry, @draw-art, @drifter1, @dwolfe, @etcmike, @evelynbelle, @floxxy, @fugetaboutit, @fulsketch, @geebell, @gra, @gregan, @grider123, @hellfire-labs, @herpetologyguy, @howo, @huitemae, @irime, @jaki01, @jamhuery, @jedigeiss, @jringo, @kedi, @kharrazi, @lars-eisenbart, @lorenzor, @lymierikxz, @mathfortress, @mcfarhat, @mcw, @mostly.nature, @motoengineer, @mountain.phil28, @mountainwashere, @mouradbens, @muphy, @n3bul4, @nenio, @nitesh9, @pratik27, @rahul.stan, @remlaps, @replichara, @robertlyon, @samminator, @st3llar, @stelmar, @stillwatersart, @teks, @terenceplizga, @teukumukhlis, @timspeer, @tking77798, @whd, @wilians, @zest, @zycr22
All curation rewards earned will be used to fund @steemstem project functioning and activities.

See you all next Monday!