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## The steemSTEM project in a nutshell ##
At the beginning of this month, 20 days ago, we have decided to relaunch [the steemSTEM initiative](https://steemit.com/science/@steemstem/relaunching-steemstem-increasing-visibility-and-rewards-to-stem-content-on-steemit). To sum up a long story, **the steemSTEM project is a community-supported project aiming to increase the quality and the visibility of STEM** (STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) **articles on Steemit**. 

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## The 20-days status report ##

As a first step towards this aim, the steemSTEM crew has started to promote quality STEM content posted on Steemit with upvotes, comments and resteems via the @steemstem account. Moreover, an extra bonus reward in Steem Power has been sometimes given directly to the creators of well written, informative and correctly referenced STEM articles.

Do not therefore hesitate to **follow the @steemstem account for being kept up-to-date of good STEM Steemit articles**! We try to guarantee at least 5 good posts a week! 

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We show below the list of posts that we have resteemed and granted a 5SP reward to their author during the last 20 days. We have hence **redistributed a total of 155 SP to the community** (and we recall that all steemSTEM members are working freely for the beauty of the project)! 

The list also illustrates the diversity of topics that have attracted our attention.  **It is a real pleasure to encourage following those authors who create great STEM content on Steemit.**

Finally, as a Christmas present, **we have decided to increase the reward to 10 SP from now on.**

## The numbers and the list of steemSTEM-acknowledged authors ##
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| @funnyman      | [blue-brain](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@funnyman/blue-brain)|
| @dragosroua    | [til-that-antimatter-can-and-has-been-measured](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@dragosroua/til-that-antimatter-can-and-has-been-measured)|
| @krnel                |[milestone-antimatter-test-is-a-success](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@krnel/milestone-antimatter-test-is-a-success)|
| @papa-pepper          |[something-i-never-knew-about-dolphins-until-now](http://www.steemit.com/tag@papa-pepper/something-i-never-knew-about-dolphins-until-now)|
| @doitvoluntarily      |[broccoli-has-a-lot-to-offer](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@doitvoluntarily/broccoli-has-a-lot-to-offer)|
| @sykochica            |[til-archaea-extreme-extremophiles-and-more](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@sykochica/til-archaea-extreme-extremophiles-and-more)|
| @mrwang               |[til-why-my-pee-smells-skunky](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@mrwang/til-why-my-pee-smells-skunky)|
| @krnel                |[bigger-brains-bigger-burden-or-bigger-benefit-new-study-has-answers](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@krnel/bigger-brains-bigger-burden-or-bigger-benefit-new-study-has-answers)|
| @solarguy             |[cool-new-device-turns-body-movement-into-an-alternative-energy-source](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@solarguy/cool-new-device-turns-body-movement-into-an-alternative-energy-source)|
| @surfermarly          |[til-how-smart-today-s-ai-artificial-intelligence-is-the-art-of-rebuilding-human-conscious](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@surfermarly/til-how-smart-today-s-ai-artificial-intelligence-is-the-art-of-rebuilding-human-conscious)|
| @acondor              |[go-to-the-ants-an-inquiry-into-an-amazing-world](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@acondor/go-to-the-ants-an-inquiry-into-an-amazing-world)|
| @eugenia              |[til-why-do-we-have-chills-and-goosebumps-when-listening-to-music-detailed-explanation](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@eugenia/til-why-do-we-have-chills-and-goosebumps-when-listening-to-music-detailed-explanation)|
| @natord               |[the-brightest-stars-in-the-night-sky](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@natord/the-brightest-stars-in-the-night-sky)|
| @darthnava            |[top-5-galaxies-that-look-awesome](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@darthnava/top-5-galaxies-that-look-awesome)|
| @rmach                |[useless-information-24-as-if-they-weren-t-weird-enough-til-platypuses-are-also-venomous](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@rmach/useless-information-24-as-if-they-weren-t-weird-enough-til-platypuses-are-also-venomous)|
| @remlaps              |[how-do-single-celled-organisms-act-in-groups](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@remlaps/how-do-single-celled-organisms-act-in-groups)|
| @valth                |[some-harmless-animal-species-imitate-the-warning-signs-of-harmful-species-to-scare-predators-amazing-animal-adaptations-7](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@valth/some-harmless-animal-species-imitate-the-warning-signs-of-harmful-species-to-scare-predators-amazing-animal-adaptations-7)|
| @beowulfoflegend      |[tibetans-the-tibetan-mastiff-and-how-sex-with-strangers-made-both](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@beowulfoflegend/tibetans-the-tibetan-mastiff-and-how-sex-with-strangers-made-both)|
| @krnel                |[the-future-of-water-on-earth-some-countries-are-drying-up](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@krnel/the-future-of-water-on-earth-some-countries-are-drying-up)|
| @alcibiades           |[til-why-haven-t-we-created-artificial-gravity](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@alcibiades/til-why-haven-t-we-created-artificial-gravity)|
| @sykochica            |[elon-musk-and-google-open-their-artificial-intelligence-platforms-to-researchers](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@sykochica/elon-musk-and-google-open-their-artificial-intelligence-platforms-to-researchers)|
| @remlaps              |[ten-rules-for-development-of-biological-databases](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@remlaps/ten-rules-for-development-of-biological-databases)|
| @valth                |[mushrooms-can-have-4-000-different-sexes](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@valth/mushrooms-can-have-4-000-different-sexes)|
| @doitvoluntarily      |[uncovering-the-underlying-algorithm-of-intelligence](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@doitvoluntarily/uncovering-the-underlying-algorithm-of-intelligence)|
| @infovore             |[like-humans-a-look-into-how-animals-learn](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@infovore/like-humans-a-look-into-how-animals-learn)|
| @natord               |[hela-immortality-for-the-benefit-of-others](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@natord/hela-immortality-for-the-benefit-of-others)|
| @valth                |[why-many-plants-decide-to-reproduce-asexually](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@valth/why-many-plants-decide-to-reproduce-asexually)|
| @atiliog              |[english-pareidolias-have-you-seen-faces-or-figures-where-there-are-none](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@atiliog/english-pareidolias-have-you-seen-faces-or-figures-where-there-are-none)|
| @liliana.duarte       |[introduced-species-that-became-invasive](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@liliana.duarte/introduced-species-that-became-invasive)|
| @builderofcastles     |[a-solar-powered-electrical-plant-that-could-be-built-right-now-from-parts-on-alibaba](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@builderofcastles/a-solar-powered-electrical-plant-that-could-be-built-right-now-from-parts-on-alibaba)|
| @rmach                |[useless-information-15-winning-nobel-prizes-working-as-volunteers-yes-it-happened](http://www.steemit.com/tag/@rmach/useless-information-15-winning-nobel-prizes-working-as-volunteers-yes-it-happened)|
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