STEMsocial Distilled #15

Tough times, tough times, and so the distilled is late. However, better late than never, and here is our 14^th distilled of the best articles posted within the STEMsocial community. We encourage our readers to take a look and comment on any of the best-selected articles of last week. As usual, if you use our app, your comments are eligible for a small upvote. However, as our developer Hive account@lemouth is trapped in a void for some more months to come, it may not be functional in the new Hardfork until he can return!

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Before moving on with the three best posts that have been selected (by Hive account@jsalvage) from all the posts found by our curators last week, here are the most supported ones:

Author	Title
Hive account@juecoree	Household energy and covid19 (an audit case study)
Hive account@gentleshaild	Phytochemical contents of African chewing gum
Hive account@cyprianj	Bio 101 origin of life concluding part

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Our top choices

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BIO 101: Origin of Life (concluding part)

The chemosynthetic theory of the origin of life hypothesized that life arose from a chemical soup, also known as the primordial soup. The theory whose major proponent is Alexander Oparin hypothesized the primitive earth's atmosphere as being hot and dense with gases such as methane, water vapour, hydrogen, and ammonia due to high volcanic activities that are characteristic of the planet back then. More information is in the post!

Household Energy and COVID-19 ( An energy audit case study)

An energy audit is a dynamic review of the energy use of a building to find clues to optimize utilization. It involves several steps of inspection, data analysis, and evaluation, but these steps vary depending on the audit strategy.

Phytochemical Contents of African Chewing Gum Plant

The plant commonly known as African chewing gum, locally known in northern Nigeria as 'Goron tula' and scientifically known as Azanza garckeana belongs to a family of angiosperm known as Malvaceae. It is widely distributed locally in Nigeria, specifically in Tula, Kaltungo Local Government Area of Gombe State, and in Michika in Adamawa State. ref. Beyond the shores of the country, Goron tula grows from Sudan down to South Africa and the local name given to the plant varies accordingly

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