08-04-20 Larry-Covid data crunch - Universe dating problems - Vacuum Catastrophe

08/04/20

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Links for this week:

STN member Roger Lamont - John Prine Lyrics to The Lonesome Friends Of Science

http://www.jpshrine.org/lyrics/songs/TheLonesomeFriendsOfScience.html

Larry Dworsky's weekly Covid data crunch

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzbWF0aGV1bml2ZXJzZXxneDoxNzVmY2QwMjA1ZTI3Mjcx

Larry Dworsky - youtube additive manufacturing - Yahoo Video Search Results

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t-s&p=youtube+additive+manufacturing#id=&vid=&action=close

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Boffin - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boffin

YouTube search: "Boffins"

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=boffins

STN Member Laurenn Rowland - A New Lyme Disease Vaccine Is Showing Promise | IFLScience

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/a-new-lyme-disease-vaccine-is-showing-promise/

Doing Science - Two Vortex Rings Colliding in SLOW MOTION - Smarter Every Day 195 - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVbdbVhzcM4

33-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery Solved? Hot “Blob” Discovered in Supernova Remnant – Not a Pulsar or Black Hole

https://scitechdaily.com/33-year-old-cosmic-mystery-solved-hot-blob-discovered-in-supernova-remnant-not-a-pulsar-or-black-hole/

How old is the universe? New studies disagree by a billion years

https://newatlas.com/space/new-studies-disagree-age-universe/

Contradictory timescales News Jul.28.2020 - YouTube

https://youtu.be/p9crVT30ZLM?t=113

3 mins - The Cosmic Timeline is Wrong - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zbRNSsWRlc

Hubble Deep Space Quest Makes Surprising Find in the Early Universe

https://scitechdaily.com/hubble-deep-space-quest-makes-surprising-find-in-the-early-universe/

Global Cooling 13,000 Years Ago Was Caused by Volcanic Eruptions, Not Meteors

https://scitechdaily.com/global-cooling-13000-years-ago-was-caused-by-volcanic-eruptions-not-meteors/

Massive Crater Discovered Under Greenland Ice - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTr3VdGlFr8

3 mins - Podcast - Large Impacts May Cause Volcanic Eruptions - Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/large-impacts-may-cause-volcanic-eruptions/

(Short Clip) from: 49 mins - The First Human Ancestor To Stand On Two Legs | First Human | Timeline - YouTube

https://youtu.be/vJybfmbrOCE?t=472

Massive Ring of Prehistoric Shafts Near Stonehenge Investigated

https://scitechdaily.com/massive-ring-of-prehistoric-shafts-near-stonehenge-investigated/

Advanced Cryo-EM Reveals Viral RNA Replication Complex Structure in “Game-Changing” Detail

https://scitechdaily.com/advanced-cryo-em-reveals-viral-rna-replication-complex-structure-in-game-changing-detail/

Does isoprophyl alcofol kill covid 19? - Google Search

https://www.google.com/search?q=Does+isoprophyl+alcofol+kill+covid+19%3F&oq=Does+isoprophyl+alcofol+kill+covid+19%3F&aqs=chrome..69i57.21474j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

23 mins - Paul E. Turner (Yale) 3: Phage Therapy - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvC8xME5Zrg

Eco-Friendly Superfood: Food-Grade Wheatgrass Variety Released for Public Use

https://scitechdaily.com/eco-friendly-superfood-food-grade-wheatgrass-variety-released-for-public-use/

Rice genetically engineered to resist heat waves can also produce up to 20% more grain | Science | AAAS

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/rice-genetically-engineered-resist-heat-waves-can-also-produce-20-more-grain

“Welcome Home, Bob and Doug!” – First Splashdown of American Astronauts in 45 Years

https://scitechdaily.com/welcome-home-bob-and-doug-first-splashdown-of-american-astronauts-in-45-years/

US Beekeepers Report Abnormally High Summer Losses After Lower Winter Losses

https://scitechdaily.com/us-beekeepers-report-abnormally-high-summer-losses-after-lower-winter-losses/

5 mins - Is it possible to create a perfect vacuum? - Rolf Landua and Anais Rassat - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rJOSDgDG0A

10 mins - Zero-Point Energy Demystified | Space Time - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh898Yr5YZ8

16 mins - The Nature of Nothing | Space Time - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5rAGfjPSWE

11 mins - The Vacuum Catastrophe | Space Time - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6jAOV7bZ3Y

...But what IF the Space Fabric can be ripped apart? A musing by Stephen Goodfellow - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVAMzfWvIjY

New current that transports water to major 'waterfall' discovered in deep ocean

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-current-major-waterfall-deep-ocean.html

STN Member Helen Rivas-Rose - Scientists bring dormant microbes to life after 100 million years on sea floor in discovery boosting life on Mars hopes | The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ancient-microbes-life-mars-south-pacific-gyre-seafloor-a9643061.html

The Majestic Valleys of Mars May Not Have Been Carved by Rivers After All

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-majestic-valleys-of-mars-may-not-have-been-carved-by-rivers-after-all

(Short Video clip) 43 mins BBC 2002 - Bacteriophages - YouTube

https://youtu.be/mQbL6zBYJBY?t=343

(Yellow Science:)

'Knowing how the universe will end is freeing' - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53607943

Deep Ocean: 10 Hours of Relaxing Oceanscapes | BBC Earth - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_S_cN2re4g

Links from last week

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Caminos de Agua

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