04-23-19 Rob Lerner - NASA twins study and EHT black hole imaging - virus news
04/23/19
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Presentations:
Due to a family emergency, Lawrence Dworsky will be postponing his presentation, "Part II - The physics of light and the human eye's response to light wavelengths as Color is discussed, along with color perception of transmitted and reflected light, color inference by the brain, and fake color perception. Sources of light and their color properties is presented.
Rob Lerner: NASA twins study and EHT blackhole imaging - plus viruses and other news"
Stephen Goodfellow: News items & "The Crisis in Cosmology"
Also: Articles, of the week, Terra Miswa// Stephen Goodfellow
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 (04/23/19)
Rob Lerner's Links:
The most effective ways to curb climate change might surprise you https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/04/specials/climate-change-solutions-quiz/index.html 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming https://www.drawdown.org/ Astronomers Capture First Ever Image of a Black Hole https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/science/black-hole-picture.html?emc=edit_sc_20190412&nl=science-times&nlid=7039500020190412&te=1&login=email&auth=login-email How They Took the First Picture of a Black Hole https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/10/science/event-horizon-black-hole-images.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_sc_20190412&nl=science-times&nl_art=2&nlid=70395000emc%3Dedit_sc_20190412&ref=headline&te=1 ARE HUMANS FIT FOR SPACE? https://www.wired.com/story/are-humans-fit-for-space-a-herculean-study-says-maybe-not/ Scott Kelly Spent a Year in Orbit. His Body Is Not Quite the Same. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/science/scott-mark-kelly-twins-space-nasa.html
Stephen Goodfellow's links: (not presented, but still worth a gander)
San Miguel de Allende en vivo; live video stream with audio of the Parroquia square, seen from the NorthWest side:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9DPPn2B7Xs
Defying the laws of physics? Engineers demonstrate bubbles of sand
https://phys.org/news/2019-04-defying-laws-physics-sand.html ...Bubbles of sand Video:
Neonics hinder bees' ability to fend off deadly mites, study reveals
https://phys.org/news/2019-04-neonics-hinder-bees-ability-fend.html
STN member Helen Rivas-Rose: BBC - Future - How air pollution is doing more than killing us
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190415-how-air-pollution-is-doing-more-than-killing-us
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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