Welcome to the 40th issue of SteemSTEM Distilled, a curation effort by the members of the 
Hive account@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.
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.
Thursday
Our famous homesteader, 
Hive account@sustainablyyours, has given us a post on many people's worst fear... spiders! Here you can learn more about the brown recluse spider and see some cool original photos!
A new entry in the #steemstem tag, 
Hive account@conficker, gives us a post on schizophrenia. Mental illness has been a taboo for years, it's time we rose awareness and educated ourselves that mental health is as important as physical health.
Friday
The most sober addict is back! 
Hive account@abigail-dantes has given us another one of her excellent posts and this time she talks about dementia. Read on to learn more about vascular, frontotemporal and Alzheimer's dementia (no, not every type of dementia is Alzheimer's).
History lovers, this is for you. In her beautiful post 
Hive account@highonthehog discusses the transition from classicism to hellenism, studying the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.
Saturday
Let's go on a trip to the stars and learn more about the "Amazing Cosmic Objects" of 
Hive account@star-vc. In this excellent post you will read about pulsars, neutron stars and magnetars.
Have you been following the episodes of 
Hive account@lordneroo's series "Introduction to Cartography"? In this post you will learn more about the four main categories of Azimuthial projections and their uses as a cartographer's tool.
Sunday
How can hormones and differences in brain "architecture" between men and women affect their overall behavior? Read another interesting and well-written post by 
Hive account@alexander.alexis. One thing is for sure, you will love his writing style.
If you like geology, you surely don't want to miss this post. Read what 
Hive account@gra has written for us and learn how to combine and evaluate spatial data in your hunt for agates.
A few words about the nomination process
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 
Hive account@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.
Authors That Received a Curie Upvote by the SteemSTEM Team
In the same spirit of being transparent about our actions that are now supported by 
Hive account@curie, we will release every week a list of authors who have caught the attention of the Hive account@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 April 1 to April 8, we rewarded 130 different authors who have written a total of 192 different articles. The authors who received both a Hive account@steemstem and a Hive account@curie vote that week are:
Hive account@acont, 
Hive account@adetola, 
Hive account@agbona, 
Hive account@akeelsingh, 
Hive account@akpos, 
Hive account@alexbeyman, 
Hive account@alexdory, 
Hive account@anaestrada12, 
Hive account@aneuktulot, 
Hive account@anomalogy, 
Hive account@antikesdenken, 
Hive account@anyes2013, 
Hive account@arkcoin, 
Hive account@azulear, 
Hive account@bitfairy, 
Hive account@bobsthinking, 
Hive account@charlesx, 
Hive account@chloroform, 
Hive account@christinaa, 
Hive account@churchboy, 
Hive account@cristi, 
Hive account@csusbgeochem1, 
Hive account@davidrhodes124, 
Hive account@davinci.times, 
Hive account@deboas, 
Hive account@dedicatedguy, 
Hive account@deholt, 
Hive account@deusjudo, 
Hive account@dexterdev, 
Hive account@djredimi2, 
Hive account@dpyroc, 
Hive account@drifter1, 
Hive account@duke77, 
Hive account@dysfunctional, 
Hive account@egotheist, 
Hive account@elemenya, 
Hive account@eleonardo, 
Hive account@eloos, 
Hive account@emiliomoron, 
Hive account@emmaculate, 
Hive account@etcmike, 
Hive account@exercisinghealth, 
Hive account@fancybrothers, 
Hive account@felixrodriguez, 
Hive account@florae, 
Hive account@frankjavier, 
Hive account@giovaabbatichio, 
Hive account@gokhan83kurt, 
Hive account@halloworld, 
Hive account@happy.food.life, 
Hive account@happydaddyfr, Hive account@highonthehog, 
Hive account@humanduck, 
Hive account@irza, 
Hive account@isacastillor, 
Hive account@issavets, 
Hive account@josalarcon2, 
Hive account@joseleogon, 
Hive account@katerinaramm, 
Hive account@kendoulou, 
Hive account@kingabesh, 
Hive account@knfitaly, 
Hive account@krnel, 
Hive account@ksolymosi, 
Hive account@lauch3d, 
Hive account@lefactuoscope, 
Hive account@leoumesh, 
Hive account@lesshorrible, Hive account@lordneroo, 
Hive account@lovejoy, 
Hive account@m3thyl, 
Hive account@mar.milano, 
Hive account@marlasworld, 
Hive account@masterwriter, 
Hive account@mcw, 
Hive account@migueldavidor, 
Hive account@moncia90, 
Hive account@mountain.phil28, 
Hive account@mountainwashere, 
Hive account@mrbreeziewrites, 
Hive account@mrgreg, 
Hive account@naturicia, 
Hive account@naturocelia, 
Hive account@nawamy, 
Hive account@nicotinamina, 
Hive account@noble-noah, 
Hive account@nsbachurin, 
Hive account@obamike, 
Hive account@opensourceuni, 
Hive account@pearlumie, 
Hive account@procrastilearner, 
Hive account@qiyi, 
Hive account@real2josh, 
Hive account@rharphelle, 
Hive account@rihanat, 
Hive account@rscalabrini, 
Hive account@saho, 
Hive account@samest, 
Hive account@samminator, 
Hive account@samve, 
Hive account@sathyasankar, 
Hive account@sigmund, 
Hive account@siniy, 
Hive account@sooflauschig, 
Hive account@soulesque, 
Hive account@spaghettiscience, Hive account@star-vc, 
Hive account@steemzeiger, 
Hive account@steepup, 
Hive account@stem-explorers, Hive account@sustainablyyours, 
Hive account@sward, 
Hive account@t4r1, 
Hive account@tensor, 
Hive account@theodora.austria, 
Hive account@thethinkingdr, 
Hive account@tibra, 
Hive account@tking77798, 
Hive account@tomastonyperez, 
Hive account@trumpman, 
Hive account@tsoldovieri, 
Hive account@valth, 
Hive account@viannis, 
Hive account@vidayaventura, 
Hive account@vinamra, 
Hive account@whileponderin, 
Hive account@willywealth, 
Hive account@yann85, 
Hive account@ydavgonzalez, 
Hive account@zija2022, 
Hive account@zonguin
All curation rewards earned will be used to fund Hive account@steemstem project functioning and activities.
See you all next Thursday!
