<b>Welcome to the 80<sup>th</sup> issue of SteemSTEM Distilled, a curation effort by the members of the @steemstem team.</b> 

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SteemSTEM aims to make Steem a better place for STEM, a task which we believe crucial for the long-term development of the blockchain. Our goals consist in invigorating and inspiring the minds of a community of STEM aficionados on Steem, targeting on the long-term the upgrade of SteemSTEM as a real platform for science communication. In the meantime, this goes through the support of quality, interesting and cutting-edge STEM content.

For more details, a recent update on the SteemSTEM project is available [**here**](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@steemstem/steemstem-summer-2018-project-update). If you want to discuss with us, please do not hesitate to join the [**steemSTEM discord server**](https://discord.gg/9c7pKVD).

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In order to support the best STEM content on Steem, our team scours the blockchain and read more than a couple of  thousands of STEM-related posts per week. We hence support about **200 of these posts**, and present in this distilled our **top 8 handpicked choices** for the last Thursday-Sunday period.
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## <center><b>Monday - Wednesday</b></center>
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### [A Life Story #2 – Prokaryotes, eukaryotes and other stories [ENG/ITA]](https://steemit.com/ita/@spaghettiscience/a-life-story-2-prokaryotes-eukaryotes-and-other-stories-eng-ita)

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Our week begins with an amazing post on the origins of life by @spaghettiscience. Read about the first life forms, prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and get ready before taking the leap from single-cell to multi-cell formations!

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### [How to Cope with Stress (Part 2)](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@insight-out/how-to-cope-with-stress-part-2)

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@insight-out with some psychology is coming next. Read a fantastic, well-written post that promises to help you deal with a modern "pandemic"... stress!

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## <center><b>Wednesday - Friday</b></center>
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### [Animal Photography - Wolves](https://steemit.com/ita/@lycos/animal-photography-wolves)

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Another bilingual post makes it to our Distilled this week! Check @lycos' fantastic work with wolves and learn more about those fierce animals!

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### [Werewolves: The Beginning of a Myth & its Scientifical Explanation](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@deholt/werewolves-the-beginning-of-a-myth-and-its-scientifical-explanation-f35741ce24de8est)

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And after the wolves come... the werewolves! We got a great post by @deholt for you, demystifying those dark creatures and exposing them under the microscope of science.


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## <center><b>Saturday - Sunday</b></center>
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### [Classification of stars according to spectral lines, H-R diagram and it's applications in astrophysics](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@rifkan/classification-of-stars-according-to-spectral-lines-h-r-diagram-and-it-s-application-in-astrophysics)

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From dark legends and fantasies, we're raising our eyes to the stars and present you with a wonderful and explanatory post by @rifkan on star classification. Those of you interested in astrophysics will surely love it!

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### [Writing a simple Compiler on my own - Semantics Examples [C][Flex][Bison]](https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@drifter1/writing-a-simple-compiler-on-my-own-semantics-examples-c-flex-bison)

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How about some programming before our weekly issue closes? Our @drifter1 speaks the language of programming and is nailing it in a post where he shows us how he's writing his own compiler!

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<b><center>A few words about the nomination process</center></b>
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For some time, the editorial team behind this distilled series is made of a one-woman-team, @ruth-girl, and she chooses her favorite posts (potentially discussing with other curators and/or the management). Posts written by the SteemSTEM team are excluded from the nomination process.

Please do not be discouraged if you did not make it on this issue. We are picking up in total 6 posts a week out of more than 150-200. The chances are thus low ;) 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 could be more effective. 

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<b><center>Authors upvoted by the SteemSTEM team</center></b>
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In the spirit of being transparent about our actions that are now supported by **@utopian-io**, **@curie**, our **delegators**, our **trailers** and our **manual curator supporters**, we release every week the list of authors who have caught the attention of the **@steemstem** curation team. 

From October 14 to October 21, we rewarded **86** different authors who have written a total of **104** different articles. The **66** authors who received votes from @steemstem, @utopian-io and @curie all together that week are:

@abdulmath, @alexaivytorres, @alexdory, @anaestrada12, @ancolie, @antigenx, @ari16, @astromaniac, @azulear, @btoye, @chappertron, @chloroform, @conficker, @cryptogee, @cryptoitaly, @cyprianj, @delpilar, @discovery-it, @djredimi2, @dysfunctional, @ebvalaim, @egotheist, @eniolw, @erh.germany, @felixrodriguez, @funmiakinpelu, @geekpowered, @gianluccio, @hillaryisidore, @insight-out, @iptrucs, @iradyjr, @ivymalifred, @joelagbo, @joseangelvs, @kenadis, @kingswisdom, @lawkay, @lordneroo, @lorenzor, @lupafilotaxia, @lycos, @magicmonk, @marjanko, @markgritter, @miroslavrc, @moncia90, @mr-aaron, @msjsch, @n4zrizulkafli, @nature.alchemist, @nelinoeva, @olasamuel, @paololuffy91, @phage93, @ray.arteaga, @reconnectnature, @reinaseq, @samminator, @scienceblocks, @serlanvet, @serylt, @soy-venezuelien, @spectrumecons, @steemit-italia, @terrylovejoy, @tsoldovieri, @ubaldonet, @ufv, @valth, @viannis, @zen-art, @zonguin, @zoricatech

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

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See you all next MonTuesday for Distilled #81!

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