Welcome to the fifth 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.

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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:

The first choice of the week is a beautifully written tribute to ladybugs by @sustainablyyours.This is your chance to learn some really interesting facts, including why they are actually called.."lady" bugs

Ever wondered how 3D printing works? This workflow overview by @jefpatat will solve many of your questions.

There are many problems a future manned mission tp Mars will have to face.. In this series, #pratik27 will cover these problems along with some potential solutions. In this first part, he covers what is probably the most important problem future Mars-colonizers will have to face; breathing!

Humanity has been turning to alternative sources of energy. An idea with great potential is the ITER project that aims to create energy from fusion reaction. Supported by seven nations, if successful ITER promises to put an end on the energy debate. Read @physics-o-mania's post for more!

Climate change and who is to blame? Is the greenhouse effect only man-made or the planet heats up itself? @gra gives a wonderful presentation of this topic on his post, don't forget to give it a read!

Time crystals are a relatively new discovery that have the amazing ability to re-arrange their structure over time. If I got you confused, read @mcfarhat's post to learn more about them!

You have probably heard the myth saying that urine is always sterile and safe for consumption in case of emergency... But is that really true?

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 @ruth-girl & @trumpman. A special mention goes to @locikll for helping with the markdown coding.

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 @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 on the Steemit chat or to follow our curation trail on Streemian. 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.

On week-41,from October 9 to October 16, we rewarded 63 different authors who have written 126 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@a-random-person, @abigail-dantes, @altherion, @apsu, @asbonclz, @aximot, @busser, @carloserp-2000, @corsica, @crazy-daisy, @cristi, @damzxyno, @dana-edwards, @dber, @dean101, @elpatito, @ertwro, @fabulousfungi, @freddbrito, @fredrikaa, @fugetaboutit, @fulsketch, @gra, @herpetologyguy, @holbein81, @howo, @irime, @jakipatryk, @jamhuery, @janusface, @jedigeiss, @jefpatat, @justyy, @keuudeip, @kharrazi, @kuku12170, @laylahsophia, @mcfarhat, @mcw, @mes, @mountain.phil28, @n3bul4, @nitesh9, @paikan, @ragepeanut, @raviyanda, @samminator, @sc-steemit, @shehzad, @shellany, @simplifylife, @steelwings, @steeminator3000, @sweetpea, @tanata, @techmojo, @teukumukhlis, @tingargiola, @tolulope.tolu, @valth, @vannour, @zest, @zycr22

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

See you all next Monday!