03-10-20 Irving Kirsch-The Wonderful World of Placebo
03/10/20
The Coronavirus: Further Tuesday SciTechNature meetings are called off until further notice. We're working to bring you online presentations every Tuesday until we can resume get-togethers. Stay healthy, everyone!
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This coming Tuesday: Virtual presentation
Stephen Goodfellow
Some news bites
Presentation
More Killer Balloons
WWII - We talked about the Japanese using balloon bombs and the Jet Stream as a weapon against the United States...well, the British used the same concept against the Germans!
Presentation
Meet Mr One
Could this be THE Cancer Killer?
Terra Mizwa:
News bites
Irving Kirsch
Presentation
The Wonderful World of Placebo
Admin's note: Irving gave a presentation last year, which was very well received
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Links:
NEW! Links from STN Members
STN member Bill Krajec - Eureka! Physicists accidentally stumble upon mind-blowing new material that could upend physics as we know it https://www.rt.com/news/481962-new-state-matter-materials-science/
STN Member Helen Rivas-Rose - Maybe someone can recommend a household purifier at least for when we sleep.https://scitechdaily.com/the-world-faces-an-air-pollution-pandemic-far-greater-scale-than-wars-smoking-malaria/
Links from Terra Mizwa:
Radio Burst Pattern Discovered
Planet growth suffers widely as atmospheric changes bite
New Scientist 24 August/2019
This material will self-destruct
New Scientist 31 August /2019
Radio waves slow roach body clocks
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, doi.org/dbn9
Odd forms of plastic pollution turn up in the Mediterranean
bioRxiv, doi.org/dd8k
Link to Irving Kirsch's presentation
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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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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