08-07-18 Rob Lerner Fermi Paradox and news

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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News

SMA Science Book Club news

Presentations

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Links from last week:

I (Stephen Goodfellow,) wasn't here last week due to a cold and I didn't want to give it to anybody. However, it didn't stop me from my endless search for juicy SciTechNature news...

Jupiter's Moons Leave Signature Spots in Its Aurorae

https://gizmodo.com/jupiters-moons-leave-signature-spots-in-its-aurorae-1827363383/amp

Ghostly neutrino caught in South Pole ice ushers in a new astronomy | Human World

http://earthsky.org/space/icecube-observatory-detects-neutrino-blazar-source

Radiolab: mantis shrimp

https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/podcasts/2

The Octonion Math That Could Underpin Physics

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-octonion-math-that-could-underpin-physics-20180720/

We now have official high-resolution maps of Pluto and Charon

http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/we-now-have-official-high-resolution-maps-of-pluto-and-charon

Zooming in on the Horsehead Nebula (3D)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PQpNb_yJVE

First confirmed image of newborn planet caught with ESO's VLT: Spectrum reveals cloudy atmosphere

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180702094040.htm

Rob Lerner's links:

Growing Artificial Meat

https://medium.com/neodotlife/meat-on-a-leaf-glenn-gaudette-9b2765a861f0

CRISPR CAN SPEED UP NATURE—AND CHANGE HOW WE GROW FOOD

https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-tomato-mutant-future-of-food/

What Is a Genetically Modified Crop? A European Ruling Sows Confusion

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/science/gmo-europe-crops.html

Rivers in the Sky: How Deforestation Is Affecting Global Water Cycles

https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-deforestation-affecting-global-water-cycles-climate-change

Engineers Create Sustainable Concrete That Reduces Energy Demand, Greenhouse Emissions

https://scitechdaily.com/engineers-create-sustainable-alternative-to-traditional-concrete/

NEXT-GEN NUCLEAR IS COMING—IF SOCIETY WANTS IT

https://www.wired.com/story/next-gen-nuclear?mbid=nl_072418_daily_list1_p4&CNDID=36340453

THE STRANGE AND CURIOUS CASE OF THE DEADLY SUPERBUG YEAST

https://www.wired.com/story/the-strange-and-curious-case-of-the-deadly-superbug-yeast/

Ghostly particle caught in polar ice ushers in new way to look at the universe

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/ghostly-particle-caught-polar-ice-ushers-new-way-look-universe?utm_campaign=news_daily_2018-07-12&et_rid=383361826&et_cid=2178830

AN ASTRONOMER EXPLAINS BLACK HOLES AT 5 LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY

https://www.wired.com/story/an-astronomer-explains-black-holes-at-5-levels-of-difficulty/

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The SMA Rotary Club rests upon a foundation of compassion and science, so it too gets a heads up from SciTechNature.

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...Because the acquisition of clean water in our town is not only a science, but a necessity: