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10/13/20

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Links for this week:

10 mins - Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated. - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbR-5mHI6bo&ab_channel=Kurzgesagt%E2%80%93InaNutshell


Larry Dworsky's' latest Covid statistics:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UQyzNKgxR4KdAFkQLRK9oGzaPUE-y-TM/view?usp=sharing


Larry Dworsky: "Some Counterintuitive Probability Examples"

Very informally, What Is Probability:

Consider some events that vary randomly, e.g.

  • Flipping a coin

  • Rolling a pair of dice

  • The fraction of left-handed people you pass on the street...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HlLqX5Odwjbeev5vztHc_LqsIp445pEx/view?usp=sharing


13 mins - The Moon is a Door to Forever - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3X2Fv-c3Fc&ab_channel=exurb1a


New Evidence That an Ancient Earthquake Caused the Destruction of Canaanite Palace at Tel Kabri

https://scitechdaily.com/new-evidence-that-an-ancient-earthquake-caused-the-destruction-of-canaanite-palace-at-tel-kabri/


Archaeologists Just Unveiled a Fully Intact Mummy That's Been Sealed For 2,500 Years

https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-just-unveiled-a-fully-intact-mummy-that-s-been-sealed-up-for-2-500-years


Neurodegeneration - Science

https://science.sciencemag.org/


23 mins - The War on Science | Full Documentary - YouTube

https://youtu.be/Do-3WCKhdl0?t=486


‘A brutal blow’: A bill threatens dozens of trust funds that support Mexican science | Science | AAAS

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/brutal-blow-bill-threatens-dozens-trust-funds-support-mexican-science


Incog - HHMI, one of the largest research philanthropies, will require immediate open access to papers | Science | AAAS

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/hhmi-one-largest-research-philanthropies-will-require-immediate-open-access


Aaron Swartz, martyr to scientific open access - Wikipedia

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


1hr 40 mins - The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (Must Watch Documentary 2014) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q6Fzbgs_Lg&ab_channel=Documentaries


SARS-CoV-2 RapidPlex: New Sensor Rapidly Detects COVID-19 Infection

https://scitechdaily.com/sars-cov-2-rapidplex-new-sensor-rapidly-detects-covid-19-infection/


Researchers Identify Key Biomarker That Predicts Who Will Have Severe COVID-19

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-identify-key-biomarker-that-predicts-who-will-have-severe-covid-19/


As The World Focuses on Coronavirus Another Devastating Health Threat Is Brewing

https://www.sciencealert.com/as-the-world-focuses-on-coronavirus-another-devastating-health-threat-is-brewing


42 mins - Better brain health | DW Documentary - YouTube

https://youtu.be/TLpbfOJ4bJU?t=1768


44 mins - Greatest Discoveries in Medical History - Full Documentary - YouTube

https://youtu.be/zXOGrYY5AN8?t=1407


We Now Have Proof a Supernova Exploded Perilously Close to Earth 2.5 Million Years Ago

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-supernova-exploded-dangerously-close-to-earth-2-5-million-years-ago


55 mins - The Living Universe - Documentary about Consciousness and Reality | Waking Cosmos - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD4WthE414k&ab_channel=metaRising


Physicists Have Successfully Connected Two Large Objects in Quantum Entanglement

https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-push-the-limits-on-quantum-mechanics-entangling-two-very-different-objects


Melting Antarctic Snow Is Revealing The Preserved Remains of 800-Year-Old Penguins

https://www.sciencealert.com/melting-antarctica-snow-is-revealing-the-remains-of-800-year-old-penguins


51 mins - The Fascinating World of Deep Mountain Lakes - YouTube

https://youtu.be/s3646uo0Ruw?t=337


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