SteemSTEM Distilled #36

Welcome to the 36^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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Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports: The Human Growth Hormone, WADA, and Permissiveness

The Human Growth Hormone or HGH or somatotropin) is the main topic of @vanessahampton's extensive post. The chemistry, the physiology and the use as a performance enhancer are all presented here.

Desertification - And yet another barren land.

How does the planet slowly turn to barren land? What are the causes and effects of desertification? Which great and well-known deserts were once greenlands? Read @logic42's post to find out.

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Friday

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Between Vegans and Meat-Eaters, Which is the Healthier Lifestyle?

What would your answer to the title's question be? Is a meat-containing diet bad for you? Can a vegan diet offer you all the nutrients your body needs? Read this wonderful post from @bitfairy and you might be surprised with the conclusion.

Nucleation process in crystallization technology;polymorph preparation.#4

A post concerning polymorphs in the pharmaceutical industry by @steepup. If you want to learn more about the crystallization process, don't miss it!

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Saturday

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Sex Differences: Do females and males have different brains?

The series on sex differences just got a third "episode" out! Follow @alexander.alexis as he digs deep into the biological differences between men and women. This time he talks brains!

The math of connecting galaxies in an efficient way

Math-geeks have you heard about @mathowl? Read this witty post of his to get an idea of how "intergalactic highways" are built ;)

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Sunday

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Top 5 Evidences for Evolution by Natural Selection

A list of five strong arguments supporting the theory of evolution is here by @alexbeyman. How do we know life originated from other, different life forms? Read this post to find out!

DTube #6: Why do things have COLOUR?

Do you know why objects have colors? Do you know why Steemit's logo looks green? And why cherries look red? If you don't or if you just need to freshen up your knowledge take a look at this video-post from @mystifact.

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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 March 18 to 25, we rewarded 170 different authors who have written a total of 253 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@abumaryam, @addempsea, @adeangelis, @adebayopaul, @adetola, @agbona, @ajkapss, @ajpacheco1610, @akeelsingh, @alexaivytorres, @alexander.alexis, @alexdory, @altobee, @amavi, @anna.urbanska, @annieben, @anomalogy, @anyes2013, @ari16, @arrrados, @bachuslib, @bala41288, @benainouna, @bitfairy, @bjtcoin, @casweeney, @charlesx, @chidiebere, @chloroform, @christinaa, @churchboy, @corsica, @cristi, @cryptogee, @csusbgeochem1, @cuarzo05, @daedevils, @darkiche, @davidrhodes124, @dbddv01, @deboas, @dedicatedguy, @deepculture, @deholt, @dennis.bacchus, @deusjudo, @dexterdev, @djredimi2, @dkmathstats, @drdawud, @drifter1, @duke77, @dysfunctional, @effofex, @egotheist, @eleonardo, @eliaschess333, @elith, @elvigia, @elyvelasquezleon, @emily61, @etcmike, @exercisinghealth, @felixrodriguez, @filotasriza3, @florae, @flurgx, @fololade, @giornalista, @giovaabbatichio, @gokhan83kurt, @greylml, @happy.food.life, @henrychidiebere, @herpetologyguy, @holothewise, @irelandscape, @irza, @issavets, @jasonbu, @jfermin70, @josalarcon2, @jsxchemistry, @justyy, @katerinaramm, @kedi, @keephy, @kharrazi, @kingabesh, @knfitaly, @ladaural, @latm, @lawrencef, @leczy, @lefactuoscope, @lordneroo, @markovicmarko, @maurelvys, @mawarmerah, @mayrie28, @mayterevilla, @mcassani, @mcw, @merlinrosales96, @mes, @migueldavidor, @mirkon86, @mittymartz, @moncia90, @mountain.phil28, @mountainwashere, @mrbreeziewrites, @msfrozendust, @muphy, @mystifact, @nedspeaks, @neiraurdaneta, @noble-noah, @oendertuerk, @oluwabori, @paaddor, @pacheco05, @pangoli, @pearlumie, @physics.benjamin, @pikkio82, @polaleye50, @procrastilearner, @proteus-h, @real2josh, @rharphelle, @robotics101, @rscalabrini, @saho, @sakura1012, @samest, @samminator, @scienceangel, @scipio, @serylt, @sheglow, @sogless, @solomon5037, @sooflauschig, @spaghettiscience, @stabilowl, @steep2308, @steepup, @superoo7, @sustainablyyours, @t4r1, @temitayo-pelumi, @tensor, @terrylovejoy, @tfcoates, @thatsweeneyguy, @theprinc, @tkappa, @tomastonyperez, @trumpman, @valth, @vanessahampton, @viannis, @vinamra, @whalhesa, @whytepresh, @yann85, @ydavgonzalez, @yusvelasquez, @zija2022, @zkalemiss

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

See you all next Thursday!