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06/23/20
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This week:
The Sun, eye-candy/Larry's latest Covid figures/Covid and your blood type/When we met other species/The Denisovan in you/Webb Telescope update/Microplastics/The Cambrian/Plastic rain/The other Humans/New discovered mass extinction/Member links...and more.
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Links for this week:
Eye candy: Helios [ 4K ] - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSL_3_Cq6AI
Larry's latest Covid Pandemic update
You and Your Blood Type
https://obi.org/blood-donation/scientific-facts/
6mins. STN member Roger Lamont - Does Blood Type Matter for Coronavirus (COVID-19)? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFamzSTQXsw
Watch 13 mins - When We Met Other Human Species - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYwMLSNHnU
The Far-Reaching Realms of Denisovan Ancestry Stretch to Iceland | Ancient Origins
Denisovans: Our Mysterious Cousins That Made Us Better - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytktpNIN3OM
What Happened Before History? Human Origins - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGiQaabX3_o
The Best VPN in 2020? Ultimate VPN Comparison - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsH-JC4BzGI
FULL StrongVPN Review 2020 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6nq5MSj_TQ
STN member Helen Rivas-Rose - Microplastics are piling up in national parks at more than 1,000 tons a year - The Washington Post
STN member Carol Whitlow - Plastic rain is the new acid rain | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/plastic-rain-is-the-new-acid-rain/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
A little humor to brighten the previous two articles on the predominance of plastic in the environment... George Carlin: Earth with Plastic - YouTube
https://youtu.be/rld0KDcan_w?t=84
We know so little, we speculate so much...
Standard Model of Universe Wrong? New Precision Distance Measurements Inconsistent With Theory
Due to incessant delays, will be launched in 2058 (Just kidding)
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Successfully Extends Deployable Tower Assembly
As if we didn't have enough mass extinctions...
STN member William Warren - Researchers unearth 'new' mass-extinction: New analysis brings total of species extinctions to six -- ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190909105555.htm
During this epoch, life verity exploded in the oceans, but not on land. Why?
Cambrian - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrian
2 mins - Cambrian Sea - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUP4kcZcLk8
11 mins - From the Cambrian Explosion to the Great Dying - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDQa0okkpf0
The Cambrian Period: What You Need to Know About The Explosion of Life
https://www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com/cambrian_period.html
Speculation: Could it be that the Earth's protective magnetic shield was weaker than it is now? That the harder radiation continuously sterilized the land masses, but life in the oceans was possible due to the protection below the water surface? Furthermore, that the radiation that did impact the oceans gave rise to greater chance of mutation which would have accelerated evolution? Just a thought.
2 mins - Earth's Magnetic Shield - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URN-XyZD2vQ
With a Gamer's view of Cambrian life:
Watch 7 mins - STN member Ari Goodland - When Earth Was In Beta - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h1kDYFMCVA
...More 'fight for survival' comparisons from the same source:
STN member Ari Goodland - TierZoo - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHsRtomD4twRf5WVHHk-cMw/videos
1 hr long - "The Cambrian Explosion" - First Life With David Attenborough - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v54wGHZh56A
Links from last week
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