04-02-19-Mike Pore-Decision Theory-Stephen Goodfellow-The Big Freeze Part II

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 (04/02/19) Mike Pore's link:

Game Theory: The Science of Decision-Making

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHS-htjGgSY

Stephen Goodfellow's links:

Continual play: 30 Minutes of Our Sun

https://youtu.be/9tV1X-LQo2U?t=57

By request: Your daily Solar Weather, earthquakes, storms, science papers:

http://suspicious0bservers.org/

Frost fairs and the Little Ice Age

https://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/2017/frost-fairs-and-the-little-ice-age/

Paintings created during the Maunder Minimum - Google Search

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&authuser=0&biw=1274&bih=587&tbs=isz%3Alt%2Cislt%3Asvga&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=-0SQXLK0O8WEsAWC8YG4Ag&q=Paintings+created+during+the+Maunder+Minimum&oq=Paintings+created+during+the+Maunder+Minimum&gs_l=img.3...4668.19872..21435...0.0..2.1314.3334.3j14j7-1......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......35i39.rnQMTt5cWBA#imgrc=_

Is an Ice Age Coming?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztninkgZ0ws&t=616s

The Maunder minimum and the Little Ice Age: an update from recent reconstructions and climate simulations | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

https://www.swsc-journal.org/articles/swsc/full_html/2017/01/swsc170014/swsc170014.html

How the Little Ice Age Changed History | The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/01/how-the-little-ice-age-changed-history

Posted back in 2017, but always a good reminder: Is Most Published Research Wrong?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42QuXLucH3Q

Rob Lerner´s links:

THE FIRST GENE-EDITED FOOD IS NOW BEING SERVED https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-gene-edited-food-is-now-being-served/?CNDID=36340453&CNDID=36340453&bxid=MjM5NjgxMDk0ODMwS0&hasha=c76c54f01b5b879c2f6865f9bdc3f336&hashb=65da5cd1ffcb2ce3df942f51779abc56e5633f56&mbid=nl_032019_daily_list3_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20032019%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl Bus-size robot set to vacuum up valuable metals from the deep sea https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/bus-size-robot-set-vacuum-valuable-metals-deep-sea?utm_campaign=news_daily_2019-03-14&et_rid=383361826&et_cid=2715844 Researchers embrace a radical idea: engineering coral to cope with climate change https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/researchers-embrace-radical-idea-engineering-coral-cope-climate-change Government announces vaquita strategy but critics say it falls short https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/government-announces-vaquita-strategy/?utm_source=Mexico+News+Today&utm_campaign=8d3e4ff5b3-MNT+mar22-2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1536a3787-8d3e4ff5b3-349567273 An Elusive Whale Is Found All Around the World https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/science/omuras-whales-habitat.html A CLEVER NEW STRATEGY FOR TREATING CANCER, THANKS TO DARWIN https://www.wired.com/story/cancer-treatment-darwin-evolution/?CNDID=36340453&CNDID=36340453&bxid=MjM5NjgxMDk0ODMwS0&hasha=c76c54f01b5b879c2f6865f9bdc3f336&hashb=65da5cd1ffcb2ce3df942f51779abc56e5633f56&mbid=nl_032519_daily_list3_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20032519%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl Giant viruses have weaponized CRISPR against their bacterial hosts https://www.newscientist.com/article/2197422-giant-viruses-have-weaponised-crispr-against-their-bacterial-hosts/

Links from last week

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SMA Science Book Club news

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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: