My Reading Log: Interesting Stuff From the Past Few Days (2018-04-09)
Here's the stuff I've enjoyed reading over the last few days. Still getting over some nasty allergies, so apologies to all the good stuff I've undoubtedly missed. New microbe based article is in the works, too.
Travel and spooOooOoKy
Overnight adventure in Haunted Bhangarh, a Ghost Town in India
Bhangarh is a town, built in XVI century and abandoned in XVIII century. It features a half-ruined fortress that was 7 floors tall back in the day, now only 4 of which remain. The place is considered to be one of the most haunted places on Earth, thus being naturally attractive to my…
Art and geekery
project Cryptozoology: fig.53 "Descendants of Khlûl’hloo"
by @sibr.hus
STEM
Methods, Methods, Methods (My Research, Vol. 5)
by @suesa
Luckily, the replication of DNA is something all living things do all the time. There are certain enzymes that are specialized in making a lot of DNA out of a little bit of DNA. Scientists were able to isolate those enzymes and create a way to easily multiply DNA, without needing a living organism…
Geology and Civilization Part 3: Ploughed Away
Last time, I talked about how water is our most precious resource- today I'm going to talk about #2, and it's not oil. It's dirt. And we're running out. It seems like a bizarre claim to make to say that we're running out of dirt- after all, most of the land on the planet is covered by dirt, right?…
Lab Diaries #4 - Whole Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis by RNA Sequencing and TMT-MS
Today I will introduce you to the methods for RNA and protein analysis at massive scale - RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and tandem mass tag mass spectrometry (TMT-MS). These two methods provide as an output enormously large amount of data that needs to be properly analysed in order to obtain the…
The super conductivity device for detecting magnetic field change (S.Q.U.I.D)
by @adetola
There is this very close friend do mine who has pains in his tooth which seemed to happen more frequently. Whenever he has this ache he would lie on the bed holding together his leg in a crayfish position.
He wouldn’t be able to talk.
Most of the time he gets a mirror to have a look at the tooth…
Icarus - The Farthest Normal Star Detected So Far
It is also interesting to note the the Icarus Star, being a blue super giant, did not live long as these types of large stars have lifetimes that are measured in millions of years and not billions of years. It was likely a cinder long before the light even reached the first lensing galaxy galaxy…
Geology and Civilization Part 5: The Mightiest Minerals
Rare earth elements, or REEs, are a group of 17 metallic elements with numerous industrial and commercial uses. They're used in cancer treatments, glass, computers, cellphones, guided missiles, ceramics, speakers, magnets, lasers, nuclear reactors, spark plugs, x-ray machines, and more. A Toyota…
Finding the Real Nemo: Ecology of Sea Anemones and Anemonefishes
by @xaydtrips
There is no need to fuss, however, because English or common names are not the scientific basis in identifying individual species. The technical way of naming species is using the Latin binomial, which includes the genus or genera name and then the species name. For example, modern humans are…
Photorespiration - Metabolic Engineering
In a previous post in this series (Photorespiration - Prelude), I calculated that C3 plants lose about 23% of their carbon due to photorespiration when grown at 25oC at sea level. Could this be an erroneous output of my computations? I doubt this because others have reported losses of a similar…
Now I'm Hungry
The Ultimate Chocolate Avocado Tart "Quick & Easy" VIDEO
by @cookntell
I remember I'd sneak out one night just so I can eat M&M candies even if I have the pain from swollen tonsils. My mom would always warn me to not to but I can't help myself. I can't control myself back then. Not until I was advised to undergo tonsillectomy at age 24. To make the story short, I…
Curation
Sustainability Curation Digest #3 🌸🍄🌹 by Carpedimus - MSP
by @carpedimus
Every week I will be making a list of my favorite post from the week on the subject of sustainability, eco-friendly solutions, permaculture, recycling, alternative energy, recycling, homesteading...or anything else that might help us all live in a more sustainable, eco-friendly world.
Homesteading
Making A Complete Beehive With Scrap Pallets Series; Part 3 - Beehive Bottom Board
by @llfarms
We are continuing with our series on how to make a beehive out of pallet wood today. We do apologize that there is so much time in between each of these posts, but we are actually building five complete hives out of nothing but pallet wood, and want to show you each piece as we complete it. The…
Do you grow? Cutting Costs with a Greenhouse Inside My High Tunnel
by @karenfoster
We created 2 "heat sinks" with these old pool sand filters. They are 250L and are dark, so no alge problems. One positioned in front of the heater is doing a great job, but we added a second in the outer area just in case. There is a thermostat in the heater that kicks on when the temp drops to 13°…
Steem itself
Steemit and the Fractal Society
The discussion was triggered by what appeared to some as "hijacking" of the Trending page by posts reaching that position through extensive use of paid votes from bots. The position of the author and a group of other people was that because the rewards seem exaggerated, people should flag those…
Update to Steem tip #3: Do NOT send encrypted messages from any other apps than Steemit.com!
by @valth
I think it was a good plan and useful to test the limits of the blockchain @valth. This is how discoveries are made. I can see an application of scientific method and deductive reasoning. You found a way to encrypt a message on Steemit. You applied it to another site using Steem and found that it…
Misc poo
Just Another Shitpost!
by @trumpman
For starters, I got a new job three days ago! And a good one that is. It's in one of the biggest companies in Greece in the food sector and I will be one of the two top heads in the quality control department. These three days have been quite stressful as there is a shit ton of duties and skills to…
So, what's all this then?
My goals here are to foster interaction on steem and provide visibility for good content.
Why not just resteem
This is basically a UI issue; I've noted in my feed that some great accounts which resteem dozens of times a day tend to drown out other posts. Until there's a way to separate author-content from resteems in there general steem-verse (i.e. on Steemit), I don't like resteeming much.
Criteria and format
The only real criterion I have is that the article should be something I was happy to have read. Ideally, it would be recent enough to still be active for 3 to 4 days after I post. A few other other things:
- There's no restriction on category, though I tend to read more STEM/nerdy stuff
- The list is not exhaustive
- If I left you off, it's not because I don't think your post was worth reading
- I'm still figuring out how to arrange topics
- Post order is like the point system on 'Whose Line Is It Anyway' - meaningless
- If you're a prolific author, I might only list one post in full format, then mention others.
- If I post your stuff a lot, I may leave you out from time to time to make room for others.
- If time allows, I may provide commentary on posts, but right now I'm letting them stand on their own merits.
- Artists! I'm trying to post your art in such a way that people can see enough of it to know if they want to follow the link. I definitely don't want to just repost your stuff in full resolution. Let me know what makes you happy.
Call to Action
I enjoyed compiling this list and you can do it, too. Even if your vote counts for nothing and you have 3 whole followers, start keeping track of what you actually liked reading and let the world know about it. I don't think there's a relevant tag yet, so let's go ahead and use #readinglog. If there is a better tag out there, let me know.
Remember, a community without interactions is just a bunch of people. Comment, vote, promote, even resteem!
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Thanks for this recognition!
Well done @efforex. I am glad you found my post worth reading. I hope you enjoyed it?
Absolutely, I'd never even heard of that equipment before.
Thanks for stopping by.. I haven't heard of it till i came across it in a book. We keep getting knowledge daily.
Nice list, got some cool ones today!
Thank you very much for choosing my post for your reading log! :)
Thank you for mentioning my post ! I'm honored to be in such good company, if only I had as much time as I wanted to read them all ! :-)
Wow what a diverse list! If I didn't know any better I'd have guessed they were probably all randomly picked. You sir, have quite an expanse of interests.
I've been fortunate in finding a lot of curation trails, and yeah, I've got pretty eclectic interests.