Stemng Digest: Week #8

Here we go again on yet another week of the Hive account@stemng digest. Today we present the eighth-week posts that stand out from the Hive account@stemng tag, a sub-community of Hive account@steemstem.

As a reminder, stemng is a sub-community of steemSTEM, a community-driven project which seeks to promote well-written and informative Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics posts by Nigerians on Steemit. The project involves submitting quality STEM-related posts to the steemSTEM management for upvoting and resteeming where applicable.

More information about stemng activities can be found here, while guidelines of what it means to be part of steemSTEM can be found here as well.

Here are the excellent posts of the last seven days.

Saturday: WHAT I LEARNT LAST WEEK #1: CRISPR gene-editing technology, tardigrades possible future of deep space travel, Superbugs-the microscopic enemy, 4 new elements added to the periodic table& Male redback try to escape cannibalism by mating with immature female

The post is like an action movie thriller pack of scientific breakthroughs of epic proportions.

There are the CRISPR gene-editing tools that enable scientists to make a cell more resistant to cancer. The tardigrades, the microscopic James Bond; very hard to kill and could survive in extreme temperatures that exceed boiling temperature. For more of this, check the blog post by Hive account@florae.

Sunday: What I Learnt Last Week 14: Noise and The Brain, Your phone as a microscope, Osteoporosis' treatment, Ebola Vaccines, & The Lips movement and hearing

Steemit makes studying lucrative. This week Hive account@pearlumie has one thing or two to share on our perception of noise and how sensitive some of us are to it. The smartphone which we all love, could be much smarter and turn to a tiny useful microscope. All that is needed is a clip-on device and viola a scientific microscope is in our pockets! Exciting, I know. For more exciting science stuff like this one, do check out the link.

Monday: Pressure and our atmosphere. --- Variation of pressure with Altitude!

We live in a world of pressure. Thank you Hive account@pangoli for reminding us of this fact. Not the pressure of life, but the pressure that makes inflated tires possible, and even give aeroplanes the capability of soaring in the skies. The post can be readily understood by a lot of people. We implore you to not take our words for it, just click the link and confirm the accuracy of this assertion.

Tuesday: Temperature, Heat and Air Conditioning

Africa is a tropic region, and something Hive account@churchboy could relate to is the temperatures which most times are very high. With a little help from physics, Hive account@churchboy was able to break down the basics of the airconditioning systems that keep us cool when we needed it. A visit to the blog above will reveal more of this excellent article.

Wednesday: WHAT IS A BLACK HOLE? CAN WE CREATE ONE??

The subject of the black hole, a favourite subject of many Hollywood science fiction movies. Three day ago Hive account@agbona took us at a journey into the black hole. It is a void where everything that enters never come out. Should we create one? Read the post and decide.

Thursday: Orofacial Cleft: What you need to know!

Every parent wants a healthy baby. But most times their wishes do not come true. This article by Hive account@drkomoo shines a light on the congenital disorder known as the orofacial cleft. The post is worth a read as it is packed full of vital information regarding this congenital disability.

...and finally the last post for this week's digest;

Friday: Application of science in settling paternity/maternity disputes

Often we may read in the paper about disputes on paternity. These disputes are usually settled by a visit to the DNA test centres. The post by Hive account@hadji shows the science behind it.

About the selection process

The post for each day was selected based on consensus between the stemng management, in persons of Hive account@greenrun and Hive account@gentleshaid. This week's selections were made by Hive account@gentleshaid.

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See you next Saturday!

Thank you.