02-26-19 Phil Richardson - Leonardo and birds soaring in wind
02/26/19
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Phil Richardson, "Leonardo and birds soaring in wind"
Stephen Goodfellow, Next week, "The Big Chill" The consequences of our variable Sun
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 this week (02/19/19)
Phil Richardson's paper, "Leonardo da Vinci's discovery of the dynamic soaring by birds in wind shear" Rob Lerner's links: ‘loneliness epidemic’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/10/04/this-former-surgeon-general-says-theres-a-loneliness-epidemic-and-work-is-partly-to-blame/?utm_term=.e8cefe14e124 Alzheimer's Prevention https://www.edge.org/conversation/lisa_mosconi-alzheimers-prevention THERE'S NO GOOD REASON TO TRUST BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY https://www.wired.com/story/theres-no-good-reason-to-trust-blockchain-technology/?CNDID=36340453&CNDID=36340453&bxid=MjM5NjgxMDk0ODMwS0&hasha=c76c54f01b5b879c2f6865f9bdc3f336&hashb=65da5cd1ffcb2ce3df942f51779abc56e5633f56&mbid=nl_020619_daily_list3_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20020619%20(1)%20A&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl Gravitational-wave observatory LIGO set to double its detecting power https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00573-4??utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_campaign=2019-0218-GLOBAL-NSDAY&utm_content=NSDAY Scientists Reveal Possibility of Recent Underground Volcanism on Mars https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reveal-possibility-of-recent-underground-volcanism-on-mars/ Scientists Create DNA-Like Molecule to Search for Alien Life https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-dna-like-molecule-to-search-for-alien-life/ Plans for first Chinese solar power station in space revealed https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/plans-for-first-chinese-solar-power-station-in-space-revealed-20190214-p50xtg.html Have Dark Forces Been Messing With the Cosmos? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/science/cosmos-hubble-dark-energy.html LONGEVITY, THE GREATEST INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY OF ALL TIME https://neo.life/2018/05/longevity-the-greatest-investment-opportunity-of-all-time/
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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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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