10-08-19 R Lerner-the future of Cannabis - D Wind-Facts about Fact Checking
10/08/19
Welcome to SciTechNature get-togethers
|Intros | News | Presentations|
Terra Mizwa:
News and updates.
Rob Lerner:
Presentations
"The gut-brain connection" (30 min.)
"What’s the deal with CBD, and the future of Cannabis?" (30 min.)
News from the cosmos—a few articles and YouTubes (30 min.)
New clues on the origins of life on Earth (15 min.)"a TED talk by Matt Walker, author of Why we sleep.
Doug Wind:
Presentation
The Facts about Fact Checking: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information
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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: Terra Mizwa's links:
Mushroom Movie Trailer
Doug Wind's links:
The Facts about Fact Checking: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information
Rob Lerner's links: In a climate crisis, is geoengineering worth the risks?
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-crisis-geoengineering-worth-risks
Planet Earth has 9 safety limits and we’ve already exceeded 4 of them
Congratulations, You Survived Black Hole Week
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/science/black-hole-week.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Take Control of Your Brain’s Destiny
https://scienceofprevention.com/?cookieUUID=afea6893-6107-48af-b9dd-3fa4f3b18264
How what you eat directly influences your mental health
Here’s the truth about CBD, from a cannabis researcher
https://ideas.ted.com/heres-the-truth-about-cbd-from-a-cannabis-researcher/
Links from last week
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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:
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