<b>Welcome to the 17<sup>th</sup> issue of SteemSTEM Distilled, a curation effort by the members of the @steemstem team.</b> 

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.

## <b>For more details click [**here**](https://steemit.com/science/@steemstem/an-update-on-the-steemstem-project) and [**here** for information of what it means to be part of steemSTEM](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@steemstem/being-a-member-of-the-steemstem-community).</b>

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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 **200** that we deemed to be worthy,  we proudly present you our top 7 handpicked choices:
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## <center><b>Monday - [Geospatial Big Data: The Magic of Maps and Money](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@edumurphy/geospatial-big-data-the-magic-of-maps-and-money#@edumurphy/re-lemouth-re-edumurphy-geospatial-big-data-the-magic-of-maps-and-money-20180108t232902246z)</b></center>

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Big data is very important today on many different aspect. But what can we exactly do with data. @edumurphy is letting us know.

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## <center><b>Tuesday - [Becoming undead - How zombie cells make you older](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@aboutcoolscience/becoming-undead-how-zombie-cells-make-you-older)</b></center>

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Zombies do exist, at least in biology. Cells known as senescent cells are a class of cells that do not divide, but that do not die as well. Zombie cells in short. More about that is detailed by @aboutcoolscience.


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## <center><b>Wednesday - [Trehalose, a common food additive, may have fueled worldwide Clostridium difficile outbreaks](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@tking77798/trehalose-a-common-food-additive-may-have-fueled-worldwide-clostridium-difficile-outbreaks)</b></center>

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Want to know about a special sugar, this post of @tking77798 is for you. The author details what trehalose is and how it could potentially facilitate outbreaks.

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## <center><b>Thursday - [#11 IQ overload: Wolfgang Pauli](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@jakipatryk/11-iq-overload-wolfgang-pauli)</b></center>

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All you wanted to know about the life of Wolfgang Pauli is detailed in this post of @jakipatryk who manage a series about known scientists of the last century.

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## <center><b>Friday - [Journal of Unpublished Results – A case for the validity of scientific research (Part II)](https://steemit.com/tag/@replichara/journal-of-unpublished-results-a-case-for-the-validity-of-scientific-research-part-ii)</b></center>

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Check out  what beautiful things @replichara does in his lab, experimenting with carcinogenic genes. Follow him step by step and watch him "disarm" those evil cells!   

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## <center><b>Saturday - [How are traits inherited across generations?](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@hadji/how-are-traits-inherited-across-generations)</b></center>

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From albinism, peas, to incest, this post by @hadji is quite the educational trip on genetics and inheritance. Just how are traits passed on to future generations anyhow? Well, take a dive into this post and you just might learn the answer. 

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## <center><b>Sunday - [Super Bugs - What is antibiotic resistance and how we are fighting it](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@tfcoates/super-bugs-what-is-antibiotic-resistance-and-how-we-are-fighting-it)</b></center>

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The discovery of antibiotics was one of immense importance, one which has allowed the human race to fluorish to new heights. However, bacteria were not going to go down with out a fight, and some have developed resistances to our chosen antibiotic compounds. Here @tfcoates breaks down what it means to be one of these 'super bugs' and what we intend to do to fight them back.

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<b><center>A few words about the nomination process</center></b>
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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 @justtryme90, @lemouth and @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**](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@steemstem/helpful-guidelines-for-crafting-steemstem-content) for extra tips on how your writing can be more effective. 
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<b><center>Authors That Received a Curie Upvote by the SteemSTEM Team</center></b>
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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 channel**](https://steemit.chat/channel/steemSTEM) on the Steemit chat or to follow [our curation trail on Streemian](https://streemian.com/profile/curationtrail/trailing/564). If you are not on Streemian, we have a plan B through a homemade voting bot. You can contact us on the chat in order to be added to its trail.

From January 1 to January 8, we rewarded **112** different authors who have written a total of **185** different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@abigail-dantes, @adi-mac, @afifa, @agbona, @alexander.alexis, @alexbeyman, @alexipapa, @alexs1320, @altherion, @amavi, @answerswithjoe, @asbonclz, @bikkichhantyal, @blessing97, @carloserp-2000, @churchboy, @cjrc97, @constantinep, @crt, @dber, @diana1, @dinodoc, @dysfunctional, @ememovic, @erh.germany, @erodedthoughts, @ertwro, @etcmike, @exercisinghealth, @fancybrothers, @filotasriza3, @floxxy, @fmlpanda, @frankjavier, @fredrikaa, @greenrun, @guga34, @hadji, @illuminatus, @jajdgenius, @jakipatryk, @jorge150785, @joseferrer, @justyy, @kaydee, @keephy, @kenadis, @kerriknox, @kharis, @kryzsec, @laylahsophia, @leczy, @lefactuoscope, @lesshorrible, @lordkingpotato, @loveisintheair, @marxrab, @masterwu, @maticpecovnik, @maurelvys, @mcw, @medhead, @mes, @mountain.phil28, @mountainwashere, @mrs.nobody, @munawar1235, @muphy, @myego13, @mystifact, @nedspeaks, @neyi24, @nitesh9, @noble-noah, @nonationnoborder, @ojay, @oluwabori, @onyemacourage, @pearlumie, @physics-o-mania, @plotbot2015, @proteus-h, @real2josh, @replichara, @rickie, @ruelrevales, @samminator, @samve, @saunter, @sc-steemit, @scalextrix, @scienceangel, @sco, @simplifylife, @siniy, @slapbox, @soleil-research, @spectrumecons, @stephennevets, @sulaimon, @sustainablyyours, @tachiosbag, @tensor, @terrylovejoy, @theodora.austria, @thequantumknight, @thescienceguy, @tsoldovieri, @turpsy, @ufv, @valth, @wilians, @zest, @zonguin, @zouxx

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

See you all next Monday!

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