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11/24/20

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Links for this week:

Rotary Speaker: Dr. Werner Ricardo Gordillo - Stem Cell Therapy - ROTARY MEETING ONLINE VIA ZOOM

Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - 9:30 AM (San Miguel Time)
Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 822 6292 441 Password: 542474

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82262924413?pwd=Si9GTzM3cXRUeXBwOTNpZXlHZ3V6QT09


6 mins - The secret superpowers of jellyfish - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-irjnOIjNcs&ab_channel=Quartz


Larry Dworsky's' latest Covid statistics:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V5BbIXCkhtwqhbEGrCyzijbW9AB5O_wa/view?usp=sharing


Here’s why COVID-19 vaccines like Pfizer’s need to be kept so cold | Science News

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-why-vaccines-cold-freeze-pfizer-moderna


Oxford, AstraZeneca say COVID-19 vaccine up to 90 percent effective | Science News

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-effective


13 mins - How Gene Editing Is Curing Disease - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezfwqmKC9Uc&ab_channel=RealScience


Hyperbaric oxygen treatment: Clinical trial reverses two biological processes associated with aging in human cells -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201120150728.htm


'This is wild': mysterious monolith found in Utah desert - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU0i9VvPmoY&ab_channel=GuardianNews


Laser fusion reactor approaches ‘burning plasma’ milestone | Science | AAAS

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/laser-fusion-reactor-approaches-burning-plasma-milestone


8 mins - You (Probably) Don't Exist - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kX62n6yNXA&ab_channel=exurb1a


50 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field was tied to extinctions | Science News

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/50-years-ago-scientists-earth-magnetic-field-suspect-extinctions


Light-controlled nanomachine controls catalysis: A molecular motor enables the speed of chemical processes to be controlled using light impulses -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201120113852.htm


27 mins - Why China's Largest Volcano Is So Unusual - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C2HVOB-g5s&ab_channel=DeepDive


Engineers put tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on a single chip: The design could advance the development of small, portable AI devices -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200608132518.htm


Early big-game hunters of the Americas were female, researchers suggest: Challenges age-old 'man-the-hunter' hypothesis -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201105083724.htm


Parental restrictions on tech use have little lasting effect into adulthood -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201118141726.htm


Screen time can change visual perception -- and that's not necessarily bad -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200930144422.htm


New test reveals AI still lacks common sense -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201118141702.htm


Douglas, the latest step toward realistic AI, is unsettling

https://mashable.com/article/douglas-realistic-ai-unsettling/


Scientists create millibots by coating tiny objects with magnetic spray

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/magnetic-spray-turns-tiny-objects-into-millirobots


18 mins - Elevation documentary: how drones will change cities - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0osJnSWxt8&ab_channel=Dezeen


Being a selfish jerk doesn't get you ahead: Study -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200831154408.htm


STN member David McClintock - Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxzdsFd4RN__qr5p_7U0ikA


NSF says Arecibo telescope will be dismantled | Human World | EarthSky

https://earthsky.org/space/arecibo-telescope-to-be-decommissioned


4mins - STN Member Roger Lamont - Alaska's Glaciers Take Up More Space Than All of West Virginia - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlZn62ZCR1w&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=SmithsonianChannel


4 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - Photo Evidence: STN member Roger Lamont - Glacier National Park Is Melting Away | National Geographic - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur4I8tYnxP4&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=NationalGeographic


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