05-15-18 Part II Persistent Inconsistencies Big Rewards
05/15/18
Welcome to SciTechNature get-togethers
Stephen Goodfellow presents:
Hour 1 - (Part II) Physics, Persistent Inconsistencies, Big Rewards.
Hour 2 - All about Nothing & Seeing the Unseen & The Deadliest Being on the Planet.
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
We introduce ourselves; A quick overview of weekly news in science, nature and technology.********SMA Science Book Club news( if any)
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Presentations
Stephen Goodfellow:
Hour 1 - (Part II) Physics, Persistent Inconsistencies, Big Rewards.
Hour 2 - All about Nothing & Seeing the Unseen & The Deadliest Being on the Planet.
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Links from last week: Daily solar system weather news, updates on journal publications: https://www.suspicious0bservers.org/Genetic Memory: How We Know Things We Never Learned: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/genetic-memory-how-we-know-things-we-never-learned/
Gaia creates richest star map of our Galaxy—and beyond:
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-gaia-richest-star-galaxyand.html
Large GAIA image; our MilkyWay Galaxy:
https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/hires/2018/astronomerso.jpg
Globular clusters and dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way:
Types of Stars - Population I and II Stars And Their Properties:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZGlmDgcGqQ&t=169s
New Planets May Be Forming Around Young Nearby Stars, Dusty Disks Suggest
https://www.space.com/40276-dusty-disks-planet-formation-nearby-stars.html
Plasma jets issuing from a galaxy:
https://scitechdaily.com/images/High-Speed-Jets-from-Supermassive-Black-Holes.jpg
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram and The Umpire's Nose:
http://goodfelloweb.com/nature/cgbi/stars001.html
Nice background: Almost like watching a fire in a fireplace; 1/2 hour of uninterrupted Sun activity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tmbeLTHC_0&feature=youtu.be&t=45s
Humans can develop a genetic tolerance for arsenic:
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/genetic-immunity-to-arsenic
...And speaking of arsenic, here in San Miguel, "Pollutants up 2x in municipal water"
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/pollutants-up-2x-in-municipal-water/
Regular filters can remove arsenic, but only reverse osmosis systems remove fluoride:
Gypsy Susan's link, What is GLOBAL DIMMING? What does GLOBAL DIMMING mean? GLOBAL DIMMING meaning & explanation:
The Silurian Hypothesis: Would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization in the geological record?
https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03748
Did another advanced species exist on Earth before humans?:
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/did-another-advanced-species-exist-earth-humans-ncna869856
What Would Happen If Humans Disappeared?
Earth’s magnetic field may not be flipping:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/earths-magnetic-field-may-not-be-flipping/
...Or perhaps it will:
https://youtu.be/2bjmF_5s9Bw?t=1m32s
Mercury retrograde, explained WITHOUT astrology:
The Mysterious Orbit of Mercury:
Feather & Hammer Drop on Moon:
The world's biggest vacuum chamber:
...And we will continue this coming Tuesday! Come and enjoy another mad rush around the Science, Technology and Nature Universe!
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Stephen Goodfellow