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01/08/19
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Presentations
Submitted to the group by Michael T. Hertz: "ClimateFacts: Ocean Dead Zones"
Stephen Goodfellow: "Global Earthquake Map", "The Great Silence",
"The Vacuum Catastrophe", "Aliens under the Ice", "The Biohackers"
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 the last get-together: From Rob Lerner's Presentation: Placebos:
https://qz.com/emails/quartz-obsession/1497718/?utm_source=email
Is There an Optimal Diet for Humans?:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/well/eat/is-there-an-optimal-diet-for-humans.html
Why the world’s recycling system stopped working:
https://www.ft.com/content/360e2524-d71a-11e8-a854-33d6f82e62f8
YOUR POOP IS PROBABLY FULL OF PLASTIC:
https://www.wired.com/story/your-poop-is-probably-full-of-plastic/
What if Number 2 Makes You Number 1?
https://medium.com/neodotlife/athletes-and-microbiome-55d8112c5645
The Latest Biotech Growth Market Might Be Crap
https://medium.com/neodotlife/the-latest-biotech-growth-market-might-be-crap-4bfcdee22e83
ANTIBIOTICS MAY SOON BECOME USELESS. NOW WHAT?
https://www.wired.com/story/antibiotics-resistance-useless-paratek-pharmaceuticals/
A Bold New Strategy for Stopping the Rise of Superbugs
Probiotics and Antibiotics Eradicate Drug-Resistant Bacteria
https://scitechdaily.com/probiotics-and-antibiotics-eradicate-drug-resistant-bacteria/
Antibiotic Resistance The Global Threat
“Little ogres”: A scientific discovery has unearthed a new kingdom of life
https://qz.com/1467662/a-scientific-discovery-has-unearthed-a-whole-new-kind-of-creature/
Deep Earth Is Teeming with Mysterious Life
https://gizmodo.com/the-inside-of-earth-holds-up-to-23-billion-tons-of-life-1831051954
Inside the Race to Build Life From Scratch
https://medium.com/neodotlife/inside-the-race-to-build-life-from-scratch-ebc65f7a2018
Synthetic biology, explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlOFE9-3CN0
Stephen Goodfellow's links: "Global Earthquake Map"
An unusual side event that has yet to be explained: Volcano Anomaly
https://youtu.be/2Vw6xrQARpU?t=41
Reminds us yet again that the Solar System is a dynamic entity within which there is much to be discovered: Saturn Ring Loss
https://youtu.be/n7YAZPct3hk?t=43
Frauchiger-Renner Paradox Clarifies Where Our Views of Reality Go Wrong
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft discovers water on asteroid Bennu. Here's why that's a big deal.
New device could help answer fundamental questions about quantum physics
https://phys.org/news/2018-12-device-fundamental-quantum-physics.html
Living IoT: A Flying Wireless Platform on Live Insects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_i0K3jcp8Y
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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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The SciTechNature get-together is also on Facebook.
Best,
Stephen Goodfellow
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