01-29-19 S Goodfellow Globular Clusters - Eclipse Flash R Lerner - Agriculture - the Banana - Gene Drive

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 Rob Lerner's last Tuesday's presentations 01/29/19:

How the world got better in 2018, in 15 charts https://qz.com/1506764/ways-the-world-improved-in-2018-in-charts/ The surprising reason why some Latin Americans have light skin https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/surprising-reason-why-some-latin-americans-have-light-skin As Seas Warm, Galápagos Islands Face a Giant Evolutionary Test https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/18/climate/galapagos-islands-ocean-warming.html Should a self-driving car kill the baby or the grandma? Depends on where you’re from. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612341/a-global-ethics-study-aims-to-help-ai-solve-the-self-driving-trolley-problem/ How Plastic Cleanup Threatens the Ocean’s Living Islands https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/ocean-cleanup-project-could-destroy-neuston/580693/ the world's largest 3D printed concrete bridge is completed in shanghai https://www.designboom.com/architecture/shanghai-3d-printed-concrete-bridge-jcda-01-21-19/?utm_source=designboom+news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the+world%27s+largest Gum disease–causing bacteria could spur Alzheimer’s https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/gum-disease-causing-bacteria-could-spur-alzheimer-s DRINKABLE ‘COCKTAIL’ STYMIES ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AT ITS START https://www.futurity.org/alzheimers-disease-cocktail-1946252/?utm_campaign=Abundance%20Insider&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68759432&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9cW-ueSfUvRGQSa1iKeUfwxiNtvAA4OH1q5AAH5cquJwWy3A85BU4C_6sjyxhb1tsWXT7mtdBLlfXkPeXAg3uRT7bqOg&_hsmi=68759432 How to fight desertification and reverse climate change (Allan Savory TED Talk) https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change Bananas! https://www.amazon.com/Banana-Fate-Fruit-Changed-World/dp/0452290082 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/2016/08/imagining-the-banana-of-the-future/

Stephen Goodfellow links last Tuesday's presentations 01/29/19:

Member Helen Rivas-Rose - San Miguel de Allende Air Quality Index (AQI) and Mexico Air Pollution

https://www.airvisual.com/mexico/guanajuato/san-miguel-de-allende

New Horizons Transmits Incredibly Clear Picture of MU69

https://gizmodo.com/new-horizons-transmits-incredibly-clear-picture-of-mu69-1832064267

More globular star clusters found at Milky Way's heart

https://earthsky.org/space/globular-clusters-milky-way-heart-bulge-camargo

Globular clusters and dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgE3bHLFqOw

Globular Cluster distribution

https://briankoberlein.com/wp-content/uploads/mwgalaxy.jpg

Globular Cluster A Swarm of Ancient Stars

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/A_Swarm_of_Ancient_Stars_-_GPN-2000-000930.jpg

Globular cluster in 3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHztrZIbc9g

Impact on the Moon during the Jan.21 lunar eclipse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=24&v=FNvfBCu-jjI

Where Did Titan's Thick, Nitrogen-rich Atmosphere Come From?

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/titan-atmosphere-organic-material/amp/

'Superbug gene' found in one of the most remote places on Earth

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-superbug-gene-remote-earth.amp

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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: