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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
Archaeologists Just Unveiled a Fully Intact Mummy That's Been Sealed 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
Incog - HHMI, one of the largest research philanthropies, will require immediate open access to papers | Science | AAAS
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
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
Melting Antarctic Snow Is Revealing The Preserved 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 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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Stephen Goodfellow