Since your usual one-man distilled team is tied to a chair, hanging off the roof of some evil genius' penthouse balcony, this week's 116th distilled will be authored by me (Could be anyone).
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Before moving on with the two best posts that have been selected by 
Hive account@lemouth and 
Hive account@mobbs (from all the posts found by our curators last week), here are a few of the most supported posts (of last week):
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Our top choices
Here, 
Hive account@egotheist discusses the recent distrust of climate science as a result of inaccurate p predictions - and why that is irrelevant. Using examples of complex systems, he makes the argument that predictions - right or wrong - have an extremely vital place in our consciousness and they should not be dismissed. Read on to find out why!
Hive account@lupafilotaxia takes a deep look into the water coin, a plant often used medicinally around the world which has the added benefit of functioning as a bioindicator of pollutants. How? Find out by clicking the link! You'll be introduced to an intimate introduction to this powerfully invasive and prolific species, getting a microscopic window into the plant's very soul.
Statistics
SteemSTEM offers support to anyone using our app, steemstem.io. We recall that:
- Posting an article through the app automatically yields a 5% stronger upvote at curation time.
- Posting a reply to an article (or to another reply) from the app can sometimes yield some SteemSTEM support.
- Setting
Hive account@steemstem as a beneficiary to the post automatically yields a stronger upvote (up to 5%).
Last week, the SteemSTEM curator teams have supported 43 posts written by 31 authors. 13 of these posts have been posted through the app (and got a 5% stronger upvote). Among these 43 posts, we find:
- 16 small upvotes (less than 20%)
- 15 medium upvotes (in the 20%-50% range)
- 12 large upvotes (larger than 50%)
In addition, we have upvoted 8 comments posted through the app, written by 4 authors.
The list of upvoted post authors, potentially getting some extra support from 
Hive account@curie, is:
Hive account@abigail-dantes, 
Hive account@abneagro, 
Hive account@afifa, 
Hive account@amestyj, 
Hive account@anaestrada12, 
Hive account@azulear, 
Hive account@capp, 
Hive account@carlos84, 
Hive account@cecilian, 
Hive account@cervantes, 
Hive account@chappertron, Hive account@egotheist, 
Hive account@ericet, 
Hive account@faltermann, 
Hive account@felixrodriguez, 
Hive account@fregonzalez, 
Hive account@jd4e, 
Hive account@loveforlove, Hive account@lupafilotaxia, 
Hive account@magicmonk, 
Hive account@mattgroening, Hive account@mobbs, 
Hive account@newton666, 
Hive account@ozelot47, 
Hive account@ozricho, 
Hive account@renataboreal, 
Hive account@sincroniadivina, 
Hive account@stem-espanol, 
Hive account@susiejob, 
Hive account@ycam, 
Hive account@yonnathang
The upvoted comments have been written by: Hive account@abigail-dantes, 
Hive account@agmoore2, Hive account@lupafilotaxia, 
Hive account@scienceblocks
All curation rewards earned are used to fund Hive account@steemstem project functioning and activities.
See you all next MonTuesday!
