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12/11/18
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Rob Lerner: "Science Fair" - A documentary
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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Links from Tuesday´s presentations:
Rob Lerner's presentation: Preview of The International Science and Engineering Fair 2018:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArcZ-8trrMM
Stephen Goodfellow's links:In a conversation with friends this week, we drifted into the subject of the Younger Dryas, which reminded me of this recent article of an ancient impact crater found under the Greenland ice pack. Could the events be related? As you can see from the proceeding video which I found with a little research:
"Geologists Find Massive Impact Crater in Greenland Under a Mile of Ice"
Thin, circumstantial evidence at this point, but further data may clarify the observation.
...Then the conversation drifted into the comet airburst (similar to the Tunguska event in 1908, but much larger,) over the Middle East that might have obliterated life in that area:
https://www.livescience.com/64179-ancient-cosmic-airburst-middle-east.html
...That would be around 1680 BC - Which doesn't really fit the 1200 BC Bronze Age economical collapse. However, it DOES coincide with the Theran Eruption that pretty much wiped out the Minoan Civilization sometime around 1640 BC. One thing leads to another? That kind of impact near the Mediterranean subduction zone; it seems entirely likely it could trigger a volcanic eruption on the Ring of Fire:
...Again, speculation - but intriguing, no? Other links of interest:
Scott Mills found this: Yes, the Octopus Is Smart as Heck. But Why? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/science/animal-intelligence-octopus-cephalopods.html?em_pos=large&emc=edit_sc_20181204&nl=science-times&nlid=61319964edit_sc_20181204&ref=headline&te=1
Did our ancient sun go on a diet? Bands of martian rock could solve the ‘faint young sun’ paradox
Physicists Keep Trying — and Failing — to Find Dark Matter in Dark Places
https://amp.livescience.com/64258-dark-matter-search-failed.html
Space travel does not damage a major part of the human immune system, new study says
Should we be happy? Should we be sad?
Largest continuous oil and gas resource potential ever
Scientists Reveal a Massive Biosphere of Life Hidden Under Earth's Surface
Interactive Map of Active Volcanoes and recent Earthquakes world-wide
https://earthquakes.volcanodiscovery.com/
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SMA Lifelong learning program
http://instituto-allende.edu.mx/en/lifelong-learning-program/
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...Because the acquisition of clean water in our town is not only a science, but a necessity, especially in the San Miguel de Allende area:
Link to John Wharton's Shelter Space; an excellent source of SciTechNature trace elements:
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Coming up: The next event is Vicente Fox on Nov. 12th at 5 pm at real de Minas
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SMA Rotary Club rests upon a foundation of compassion and science, so it too gets a heads up from SciTechNature.
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Best,
Stephen Goodfellow
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