Phew, if only you folks knew what I had to go through to get this post out! I lost my fingers to frostbite, and paid $50 for the trouble. That being said, any lateness is entirely out of my responsibility.
Now, as I type with my surprisingly dexterous toes, it's time for me to introduce you to this week's five posts which will take you into a a really, really broad range of topics, from sleep troubles to neutrinos, and motion capture. If I can find some clever segues to connect the three, I deserve a payraise.
Well, let's get to it - nobody wants to hear me (@mobbs) blabber on all day!
Notes from @lemouth: As now done for a month, I have selected five posts amongst our most supported posts, and among those that have attracted the highest level of engagement. Note that we veto any single author to appear in more than one edition of the STEMsocial Distilled for three consecutive weeks.
Our top choices
The Science behind your Sleep Habit
significant. I think everybody has some issues with sleep (except me), be it as common as sleep apnea, or as bizarre as narcolepsy. Make yourself feel normal by reading more here.What better way to start that to make you feel very restless. Wouldn't want you sleeping halfway through this week's STEMsocial! Here @oluwatobiloba takes a look at a variety of sleep issues that people might fall victim to. This is particularly of interest to me because A) I sleep better than anyone else I've ever known and B) I know someody recently who had zero sleep for up to 2 weeks and the repercussions were
Space chameleons or space cowboys - neutrinos and their mysteries
Our in-house physicist @lemouth is at it again but taking on something a little different this week: neutrinos.
Like most things at the frontier of science, neutrinos in principle have been known about for decades, but it was only until recently they were... 'discovered', and yet more answers remain even to this day. Apparently, 3 different flavours of neutrinos can all exist in one place? I'm not sure if I should compare that to a Neapolitan Ice Cream or not.
This blog also acts a little like a taster for next week's, which promises to go deeper into the mysterious realms of neutrinos. So if you wanna read that, start here and get a better understanding of physics than comparisons to frozen desserts!
New breakthrough could accelerate development of green fuel cells
The third selected post of this week is from @emiliomoron discussing a breakthrough that could transform how to convert our energy into something much more efficient and emission-less. Naturally, there's still a battle with some caveats, but there are also solutions to those problems to this solution to green energy. Still with me?
This blog runs you through the ins and outs of the researcher's complex problems as well as alternative uses beyond a new type of battery, such as carbon capture technology in spacecraft. Curious what the future may hold? Look no further.
PLASK.AI Review | Motion capture accessible for everyone
We're now on blog number 4 and we're hitting something else entirely different: Motion Capture. Such a technology and technique is usually out of the hands of the ordinary you & me, but a @enzor introduces us to Plask.Ai, which aims to bring such tech to the everyday human, using the ever-scary artificial intelligence. Enzor shows us some self-made examples, impressed by the minimal effort needed to get a legitimately hollywood-esque job done! Wanna give it a try?
When spleen is surgically removed (splenectomy): what could be the faith of covid 19 patient
I decided to end on a potentially grim note, as we look at removing human organs from humans, compliments of @hillaryisidore.
Some people think the spleen is vestigial, as one can remove it and continue not dying, however, hillaryisidore shows that, although it is possible to remove when necessary, it's certainly not adviseable. That being said, the spleen can succumb to several conditions making it more trouble than it's worth, such as cancers, diseases and more.
Made worse, it's time to finally mention the omnipresent CoViD-19, which could be a much greater risk to those sans-spleen, as they may be immunocompromised! Thinking of removing your spleen? Check this out to get a more informed opinion!
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Deftly written. Sorry about your fingers @Mobbs
Congratulations to all the featured authors. The posts in the community seem to be getting better and more interesting by the days.
I think it is about time to pull out some statistics again, to see how the community grows, how engagement grows, etc. I may consider doing this one of these evenings, if not too busy (well...).
That would be awesome
I'm really excited about it if you are able to so, I love data 😌
@mobbs needs to share his sleep secrets with us.
Step 1: Learn to truly detach bedtime from everything else; work, passions, people, future woes. Leave nothing except 'nothing' in their wake
Done =)
I guess there's no hope for me.
As for @alexanderalexis, there is no hope for me too... I have physics in mind from breakfast onward... until the next breakfast ;)
I feel so good right now, thank you so much for finding my post good enough to be here. Have a great weekend.
You too! Please enjoy the end of this week-end ! ^^
What a wonderful compilation. Every articles tempts me (even the one about spleen removal).Hello @mobbs,
Thank you for this. I will catch up this time. Of course, I did read @lemouth's article with great care. That is my weekly physics lesson:)
Hope your fingers feel better soon.
Thanks for passing by. You can trust me, all the articles are really interesting one, and very diverse in topics (which is one of the things what makes this community cool, IMO).
I've started catching up:)
I forgot to mention it when releasing this distilled, but congrats to everyone. Every single featured post is definitely worth to read, and I am sure the authors will be very happy to see any little extra bits of engagement.
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