01-08-19 S Goodfellow - Global Earthquake Map - The Great Silence-The Biohackers

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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SMA Science Book Club news

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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

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/anti-evolution-drug-vs-antibiotic-resistant-superbugs/575929/

Probiotics and Antibiotics Eradicate Drug-Resistant Bacteria

https://scitechdaily.com/probiotics-and-antibiotics-eradicate-drug-resistant-bacteria/

Antibiotic Resistance The Global Threat

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/infographics/antibiotic-resistance/antibiotic_resistance_global_threat.htm

“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

https://www.quantamagazine.org/frauchiger-renner-paradox-clarifies-where-our-views-of-reality-go-wrong-20181203/

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft discovers water on asteroid Bennu. Here's why that's a big deal.

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/nasa-s-osiris-rex-spacecraft-finds-water-asteroid-bennu-here-ncna946321

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

Previous week's links

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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:

Caminos de Agua

https://caminosdeagua.org/en/home

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Link to John Wharton's Shelter Space; an excellent source of SciTechNature trace elements:

sheltervg4.com

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http://i3sma.org/

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Stephen Goodfellow