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11/17/20

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Links for this week:

STN member Hameed Faridani - 7 incredible kinetic sculptures that will trick your eye - Flipboard

https://flipboard.com/video/insider/880af49c5b


Larry Dworsky's' latest Covid statistics:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lvr0r7G_JSOdSg6Dk01LCYpzWz9omO4l/view?usp=sharing


Democracy Now 11/17/20

https://youtu.be/LtnnXf0cn-0?t=248


4 mins - Liftoff of NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 Mission - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYLhLA_sv6E&ab_channel=NASA


STN member Roger Lamont- -Rip Current Science - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ4hcaJ91TY&ab_channel=usoceangov


STN Members Rob Lerner/Denis Taylor - Green Hydrogen Nail, Meet Shale Gas Coffin (& Nuclear Could Be Next)

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/11/08/green-hydrogen-nail-meet-shale-gas-coffin-nuclear-could-be-next/


Aurora-Chasing Citizen Scientists Bring Us a Step Closer to Solving the STEVE Mystery

https://scitechdaily.com/aurora-chasing-citizen-scientists-bring-us-a-step-closer-to-solving-the-steve-mystery/


Warning: Excess Consumption of Eggs Linked to Diabetes

https://scitechdaily.com/warning-excess-consumption-of-eggs-linked-to-diabetes/


16 mins - Are Negative Ions Good For You? - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ--scjcAZ4&ab_channel=Veritasium


STN member Roger Lamont - Close Encounter With a Vampire Squid | Nautilus Live - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgR6yAffsZg&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=EVNautilus


Platypuses Glow Under Blacklight. We Have No Idea Why. - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/science/platypus-glow-ultraviolet.html?smid=em-share


Roger Lamont - "Agony of Mother Earth" site - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRX6_Cds_c54jc5E94DleIQ/videos


Mysterious 'Dark River' May Flow For 1,000 Kilometres Below Greenland, Scientists Say

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-dark-river-may-flow-for-1-000-kilometres-below-greenland-scientists-say


The Big Bang never happened but fusion will - Asia Times

https://asiatimes.com/2020/11/the-big-bang-never-happened-but-fusion-will/


Eric Lerner - Wikipedia

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


Problems With Fusion Reactors: Solution Could Fix Tokamak Flaw

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a34480396/fusion-reactor-flaw-edge-localized-modes/


19 mins - Parallel Worlds Probably Exist. Here’s Why - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTXTPe3wahc&ab_channel=Veritasium


21 mins - Brown; color is weird - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU&ab_channel=Veritasium


54 mins STN member Hameed Faridani - Farmed Norwegian Salmon World’s Most Toxic Food - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYYf8cLUV5E&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=MarcusGuiliano


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.

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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:

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