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01/14/20

Welcome to SciTechNature get-togethers

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Terra Mizwa:

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We welcome Maryn McKenna will be giving her presentation at i3 on Antibiotic Resistance - A Global Health Threat

Rob Lerner:

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Stephen Goodfellow

"M87 - Black Hole - was the Sensation of the year Good Science?"

(due to time limitation, this presentation will be first up next week.)

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Stephen Goodfellow

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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:

Wearable patch gives sense of touch

Nature,

doi.org/dfk3

Stressed plants let out ultrasonic squeals

BioRxiv,

doi.org/dgkq

App designed to spot winter vomiting bug

New Scientist, 31/08/2019

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2213995-a-smartphone-app-can-detect-tiny-amounts-of-norovirus-in-water/

Static electricity may pull dust together to make planets

Nature physics,

doi.org/dgrt

Links from Rob Lerner:

The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, but Should We?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/magazine/gene-drive-mosquitoes.html?te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20200114?campaign_id=34&instance_id=15183&segment_id=20307&user_id=c76c54f01b5b879c2f6865f9bdc3f336&regi_id=7039500020200114

Quest to use CRISPR against disease gains ground

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03919-0?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=b79f3da95c-briefing-dy-20200107&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-b79f3da95c-44314145

The Plastics Pipeline: A Surge of New Production Is on the Way

https://e360.yale.edu/features/the-plastics-pipeline-a-surge-of-new-production-is-on-the-way

History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin. It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/20000-feet-under-the-sea/603040/

Submitted link from STN member Susan Neubeck:

Disc over meaningful facts

Become aware of the world. Yourself. And your potential. Find facts to support a meaningful life.

https://www.theworldcounts.com/

Links from last week

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SMA Science Book Club

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/scitechnature/

The SciTechNature get-together is also on Facebook. ********

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:

Caminos de Agua

https://caminosdeagua.org/en/home

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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