Welcome to the 75^th issue of SteemSTEM Distilled, a curation effort by the members of the @steemstem team.

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). ![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mjifaKa9hEw/Wcfnw9LxF-I/AAAAAAAAMtI/jXT86uHth0kPt_O4Q2ilwkfLnknf1bHNQCLcBGAs/s1600/STEM_Distillation.jpg) ___ 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. ___ ## Monday - Wednesday ___

### [Lab Diaries #7 - Creating Your Own Super Cool ̶K̶i̶l̶l̶e̶r̶ ̶M̶u̶t̶a̶n̶t̶ Safe to Use Virus From Scratch - Part I](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@scienceangel/lab-diaries-7-creating-your-own-super-cool-strikekiller-mutant-strike-safe-to-use-virus-from-scratch-part-i)

@scienceangel and her "Lab Diaries" open our week this time. An amazing and interesting biology post that can teach you how to make your own virus... Don't get any crazy ideas after reading this one!

### [Are You Stuck With 'Being Yourself'?](https://steemit.com/psychology/@dysfunctional/are-you-stuck-with-being-yourself)

@dysfunctional and psychology is coming up next! Another great piece that discusses how it is possible to change your personality. You will definitely enjoy this one as much as we did!

___ ## Wednesday - Friday ___

### [Let's talk about Xenobiotics, biotransformation, Drug Synergism and the Placebo effect](https://steemit.com/stemng/@cyprianj/let-s-talk-about-xenobiotics-biotransformation-drug-synergism-and-the-placebo-effect)

An excellent post on the chemistry of drugs by @cyprianj will teach you a lot about terms like biotransformation and drug synergism. You should read it!

### [Physics - Electromagnetism - Antenna Radiation Patterns](https://steemit.com/busy/@drifter1/physics-electromagnetism-antenna-radiation-patterns)

Our physics-math-programming guy is here with an amazing post on electromagnetism. Read what @drifter1 has given us on antenna radiation patterns!

___ ## Saturday - Sunday ___

### [Session 1 - A Brief History of Money [MOOC 10 By UNIC]](https://steemit.com/blockchain/@mscdigital/session-1-a-brief-history-of-money-mooc-10-by-unic)

The university of Nicosia has published a great post on the History of money. Read what @mscdigital has written in this amazing piece!

### [There Are Too Many Jesuses; What About Delusion Of Grandiose?](https://steemit.com/steemstem/@n4zrizulkafli/there-are-too-many-jesuses-what-about-delusion-of-grandiose)

And the last piece for our week is written by @n4zrizulkafli and talks about the delusion of grandiose. A post you will definitely find very interesting!

___ A few words about the nomination process ___ 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. ___ Authors upvoted by the SteemSTEM team ___ 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 September 2 to September 9, we rewarded **100** different authors who have written a total of **125** different articles. The **80** authors who received votes from @steemstem, @utopian-io and @curie all together that week are: @abdulmath, @abigail-dantes, @agbona, @alexdory, @amestyj, @anaestrada12, @anevolvedmonkey, @angiej09, @answerswithjoe, @ari16, @astromaniac, @astrophoto.kevin, @azulear, @bojana.m95, @chloroform, @cristogd, @delpilar, @dkmathstats, @donefezy, @drifter1, @duke77, @effofex, @egotheist, @emiliomoron, @emperorhassy, @erickyoussif, @everett57, @felixrodriguez, @florae, @fran.frey, @ftxft, @geadriana, @hidden84, @highonthehog, @hillaryisidore, @ikchris, @inphiknit, @issavets, @joseangelvs, @josedelacruz, @kafilat, @lawkay, @lordneroo, @luiscd8a, @lupafilotaxia, @macchiata, @markgritter, @masterwriter, @mike961, @miroslavrc, @moncia90, @n4zrizulkafli, @nonzerosum, @oluwoleolaide, @osmy07, @pagliozzo, @phage93, @photo-it, @psicoluigi, @raulj.garcias, @rifkan, @robotics101, @romulexx, @rscalabrini, @samminator, @sbarandelli, @scienceblocks, @sebbbl, @starrichie, @steemit-italia, @stefanyo, @sunkanmi02, @svemirac, @teemike, @tsoldovieri, @tychoxi, @ubaldonet, @ulisesfl17, @viannis, @writeit, @yann0975, @ydavgonzalez, @yhubi, @yreudy, @yvesoler, @zen-art ___

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

See you all next MonTuesday for Distilled #75!