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04/09/19
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(Apologies for the poor audio quality for the "Future of Genetic Engineering". We'll do better this coming Tuesday. )
Presentations:
Stephen Goodfellow: "Talking trees" | "The Origin of Consciousness" | Fixing them lead pipes
Rob Lerner: "Future of Genetic Engineering - George Church\Josiah Zayner"
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
Rob Lerner's links:
MILES O’BRIEN: What’s Up with Climate Change?
https://i3sma.org/miles-obrien-whats-up-with-climate-change-april-16-2019/
SEA LEVELS ARE RISING. TIME TO BUILD ... FLOATING CITIES?
Giant viruses have weaponized CRISPR against their bacterial hosts
In ‘The Perfect Predator,’ viruses vanquish a deadly superbug
One Day There May Be a Drug to Turbocharge the Brain. Who Should Get It?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/health/klotho-brain-enhancement-dementia-alzheimers.html
The Future of Genetic Engineering
Stephen Goodfellow's links: How trees secretly talk to each other in the forest https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/decoder/00000165-61d1-d3b2-a17d-e9f9571f0000
A follow-up to the presented short primer above which was presented this Tuesday: Video: What Plants Talk About (Full Documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrrSAc-vjG4
The Origin of Consciousness – How Unaware Things Became Aware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6u0VBqNBQ8
Fecal transplants could help patients on cancer immunotherapy drugs
Earth may be 140 years away from reaching carbon levels not seen in 56 million years
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190220112221.htm
STN member Helen Rivas-Rose: What does air pollution do to our bodies? - BBC News
Links from Last week (04/09/19)
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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
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