04-03-18 McClintock Electric Power Revolution
04/03/18
Welcome to SciTechNature get-togethers
Presentations:
David McClintock: "The Evolving, "Revolutionized Electric Power" & Doug Wind: "Confessions of a failed Beekeeper"
Location & Time:
Tuesdays, 11:30am to 1:30pm
Quinta Loreto Hotel, Cjon. de Loreto 15, Centro, Zona Centro, 37700 San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
From Cjon. de Loreto, enter the Mercado de Artisanias alley (East, going up-hill) about twenty yards and turn to your left into the Hotel Quinta Loreto compound.
The community center is on the Southeast side of the little central park. If you are coming by car, there is a parking lot within the compound.
(The community center is in the same location as the Philosophical get-together which is held on Fridays.)
A 50 pesos donation is suggested.
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Introductions/News:
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This week's Presentation,
Hour 1 - David McClintock: "The Evolving, Revolutionized Electric Power"
Hour 2 - Doug Wind: "Confessions of a failed Beekeeper"
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Links from last week:
Undiscovered fish found in 'Twilight Zone' area of ocean
Video - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Explainer
Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic
Cockroach Genome Shows Why They Are Impossible to Kill
NASA already working on ideas to deflect asteroid that could hit Earth in 2135
HORNY TRICERATOPS: DINOSAURS DEVELOPED FRILLS AND HORNS TO WOO A MATE
Ancient Human Groups Mated With the Mysterious Denisovans at Least Twice
Rob Lerner's links:
Suggestible You
Legacy of Stephen Hawking
https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/09/25/stephen-hawking-made-simple-animation/
Tartigrades
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-species-tardigrade-lays-eggs-covered-doodads-and-streamers
https://www.livescience.com/57985-tardigrade-facts.html
Self-domesticating mice
Photosynthesis Began a Billion Years Earlier Than Originally Believed
https://scitechdaily.com/photosynthesis-began-a-billion-years-earlier-than-originally-believed/
Giant viruses
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/meet-giants-among-viruses
Hangover-less synthetic alcohol
https://medium.com/neodotlife/synthetic-alcohol-no-hangovers-alcarelle-and-alcosynth-444dc06df9d
CRISPR explained
https://www.wired.com/video/2017/12/crispr-gene-editing-explained/
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/upgrade-makes-genome-editor-crispr-more-muscular-precise
CRISPR to manage invasive species, by Emma Marris (great read!)
https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-eradicate-invasive-species/
Gene Editing Technique Suppresses Malaria Infection in Mosquitoes
https://scitechdaily.com/gene-editing-technique-suppresses-malaria-infection-in-mosquitoes/
The silent microbiome crisis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/02/26/microbes/?utm_term=.368e23b19b63
HOW DIRT COULD SAVE HUMANITY FROM AN INFECTIOUS APOCALYPSE
https://www.wired.com/story/how-dirt-could-save-humanity-from-an-infectious-apocalypse/
“Game Changing” Antibiotic is Capable of Killing Superbugs
https://scitechdaily.com/game-changing-antibiotic-is-capable-of-killing-superbugs/
Anti-Bacterial Virus Discovered in a Lake Successfully Treats Antibiotic-Resistant Infection
Researchers Create Engineered Particles that Kill Harmful Bacteria
https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-create-engineered-particles-kill-harmful-bacteria/
Human skin bacteria have cancer-fighting powers
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/human-skin-bacteria-have-cancer-fighting-powers
New Vaccines Eradicate Large Tumors and Tumor Metastases
https://scitechdaily.com/new-vaccines-eradicate-large-tumors-and-tumor-metastases/
Treasure from the deep
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/deep_sea_mining
Scientific Studies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rnq1NpHdmw
The Inside Story Of How An Ivy League Food Scientist Turned Shoddy Data Into Viral Studies
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