04-09-19 R Lerner-Future of Genetic Engineering-S Goodfellow -The Origin of Consciousness

04/09/19

Welcome to SciTechNature get-togethers

(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?

https://www.wired.com/story/sea-levels-are-rising-time-to-build-floating-cities/?CNDID=36340453&CNDID=36340453&bxid=MjM5NjgxMDk0ODMwS0&hasha=c76c54f01b5b879c2f6865f9bdc3f336&hashb=65da5cd1ffcb2ce3df942f51779abc56e5633f56&mbid=nl_040519_daily_list3_p4&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20040519%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/

In ‘The Perfect Predator,’ viruses vanquish a deadly superbug

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/perfect-predator-phages-deadly-superbug?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=latest-newsletter-v2&utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=

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

https://neo.life/2019/03/the-future-of-genetic-engineering/?utm_source=NEO.LIFE&utm_campaign=b48fc9e0e8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_22_10_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_253ae8788d-b48fc9e0e8-79201347

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

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/fecal-transplants-could-help-patients-cancer-immunotherapy-drugs?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2019-04-05&et_rid=303445233&et_cid=2753133

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

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47777103

Links from Last week (04/09/19)

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SMA Science Book Club news

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