04 -10-18 Doug Wind - Confessions of a failed Beekeeper
04/10/18
Welcome to SciTechNature get-togethers
Presentations:
Doug Wind: "Confessions of a failed Beekeeper" Allan Rydberg: "Engineering Autopsies, 9/11, Building 7"
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 - Doug Wind: "Confessions of a failed Beekeeper"
Hour 2 - Allan Rydberg: "Engineering Autopsies, 9/11, Building 7"
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Links from last week:
Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof. Published through peer review, but will be more believable if a second site is found, no doubt archaeologists will be looking for an additional one now...
A 130,000-year-old archaeological site in southern California, USA
Related article, this one with an explaining video: Mastodon bones place humans in America 130,000 years ago
From the late Stephen Hawking:
No Black Holes Exist, Says Stephen Hawking—At Least Not Like We Think
Under the heading 'Tech' in SciTechNature:
Watch YouTube Videos Without Ads for Free With This Android App
This is really great news. The initial publication suggested that the CRISPR Cas9 editing tool may have been rendered all but useless:
Nature journal retracts controversial CRISPR paper after authors admit results may be wrong. David McClintock's links are so extensive, they need their own web page!
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