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Welcome to the 52nd 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,

Whether the water emptying from a basin flows in a hemisphere-dependent direction has been the topic of much interest since talk of the Coriolis effect, often credited for the phenomenon, breached popular

From celebration to conversation to commiseration, most of us have no trouble rationalising the occasional drink. Whatever your brand of alcoholism, scientific curiosity, like most cognitive functions,

In spirit of Curie's mission to promote undiscovered but exceptional content, we wish to use this weekly section to provide an author showcase for some of the outstanding authors who received Curie upvotes

As a nascent academic scientist, one recurring problem I've noticed is authorship. Publications are the currency of academic science. Without authoring publications, one cannot graduate from their Ph.D.

OCD DAILY - Issue #156 Welcome to the 156th issue of @OCD Daily! Issue #156 highlights content from ten (10) Steemit Content Creators! The OCD team continues it's search throughout Steemit to find you

Hello everyone, we at steemSTEM have a message for you This post is designed for both newcomers and to the aspiring members of the steemSTEM community. We are going to address important aspects regarding

Electricity separates man from ape. The fruits of mankind's greatest intellectual labours have granted us the ability, unique to the animal kingdom, to harness energy. Humanity wields energy like a weapon

OCD INTERNATIONAL DAILY - Issue #71 Welcome to the 71st issue of @OCD international Daily! Issue #71 highlights content from seven(7) fantastic Steemit Content Creators in seven different languages! The

Few inventions have had an impact on everyday life like the microwave; tried and tested by the tight-scheduled, impatient and downright lazy, it has become a modern-day kitchen mainstay. Yet the workings

Welcome to the second 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

If you've ever received a shock from a metal object like a shopping trolley or doorknob then you've encountered the phenomenon behind lightning, Van de Graaff generators and slide-induced bedhead: the

Welcome to the first 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,

The average human produces a litre of sweat every day, so in a world of ever-mounting social pressures it's no surprise that, since the first commercial deodorant in the late 1800's, personal hygiene

In the most basic sense, glue 'sticks things together'. Children come to terms with the idea of stickiness at a very young age, and most quickly come to associate stickiness with glue - in the form of

Many useful substances discovered by humans throughout history have proven a poisoned chalice - we've already looked at one such material, asbestos. Another handy metal whose practicality belies its danger

At first thought, it seems unremarkable that bodies of water freeze from the top down; after all, why wouldn't they? Surely the surface layer is closest to the cold air and should freeze in place first?

Chances are you've come across the old wives' tale that 'buttered toast always lands face down'. This gloomy adage likely represents a metaphor for Murphy's Law (or Sod's Law to us here in the UK), which

Here in the UK, snowfall is a relatively rare occurrence. When we finally do get our white Christmas, it wreaks havoc on the unprepared transport system, providing a convenient excuse for many 'not to

Even the best works of science-related cinema ask that you suspend your disbelief from time to time, with entertainment often delivered at the expense of accuracy. While these sci-fi slip-ups often represent