09/27/17
Stephen Goodfellow: Earth's Shrinking Magnetic Field
Doug Wind: Alternative Gravitational theory, Particle Physics
This Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 @ 11:00am to 1:00pm Community Room, Puente Viejo on Calzada de la Aurora #52
Puente Viejo is a gated community, but the guard typically lets you walk or drive through. If not, sign in.
Any problem, have them call David McClintock - 415-112-5202 News links from last week: Impressive global weather layer overlay: https://earth.nullschool.net/
Sleep deprivation is an effective anti-depressant for nearly half of depressed patients, study suggests: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170919140416.htm
Sun Erupts With Significant Flare:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/active-region-on-sun-continues-to-emit-solar-flares
Solar Storm of 1859:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859
Telegraphs Ran on Electric Air in Crazy 1859 Magnetic Storm:
https://www.wired.com/2009/09/telegraphs-ran-on-electric-air-in-crazy-magnetic-storm-150-years-ago/
What Was the Carrington Event? - The Most Powerful Solar Storm on Record:
Rob Lerner's Last week's news links and announcements:
From Rob Lerner:Join mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events from i³: Ideas that Inform and Inspire.
Event Friday Sept 29: Food Evolution, the movie. Tickets available at the Biblioteca, or online here.
Tech note on designing plants that make their own fertilizer:
https://www.wired.com/story/with-designer-bacteria-crops-could-one-day-fertilize-themselves/
TED Radio Podcast that was the basis of what I shared, including links to TED Talks within:
http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/545024014/hardwired?showDate=2017-08-25
And a link to Robert Sapolsky:
http://www.beinghuman.org/mind/robert-sapolsky
The SciTechNature get-together is also on Facebook.
Best,
Stephen Goodfellow