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12/15/20

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Links for this week:

2 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - Shapeshifting Deepstaria Jelly | Nautilus Live - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8LuZD4Klbg&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=EVNautilus

3 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - Tiny Caterpillar Makes Stunning Metamorphosis into a Garden Tiger Moth | The Dodo Little But Fierce - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTRuVIJxSOk&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=TheDodo

Larry Dworsky's' latest Covid statistics:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WHpagYtX7Vt3NHbM14LdvA2SAUepYjMT/view?usp=sharing

12 mins - STN member Rex McCaskill - Inside the Lab That Invented the COVID-19 Vaccine - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-92HQA0GcI8&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=It%27sOkayToBeSmart

SpaceX prototype Starship rocket SN8 explodes during test flight - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S0B3hnOh-U&ab_channel=SciShowSpaceSciShowSpaceVerified

6 mins - STN Member Roger Lamont - A Farewell to the Arecibo Observatory | SciShow News - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs6JHLQG_RY&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=SciShowSpace

STN member Hameed Faridani - NASA's new Hubble images will blow your mind

https://mashable.com/article/hubble-nasa-space-images/

Ancient Egyptian hoard of counterfeit 'dirty money' unearthed | Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-hoard-counterfeit-dirty-money.html

Giant Aztec skull 'tower' unearthed in Mexico | Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/aztec-trophy-skulls-mexico.html

Archaeologists find vast network of Amazon villages laid out like the cosmos | Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/clock-face-shaped-villages-amazon-rainforest.html?fbclid=IwAR3rr1i6_wI2W32lfsEhTyukEVPcZwt3GAIm73h9fp_teN68BfhvhSmlKMI

Lidar startup goes public, makes founder a billionaire | Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/12/lidar-startup-goes-public-makes-founder-a-billionaire/

4 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - 8-Mile-Long Canvas of 12,600-Year-Old Rock Art Discovered in Amazon Rainforest | Ancient Architects - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5epaq9b6Vk&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=AncientArchitects

18 mins - Ball Lightning: Weather's Biggest Mystery | Answers With Joe - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gOlQCI9Tgg&ab_channel=JoeScott

STN member Bill Warren - Toledo Zoo Discovers Tasmanian Devils That Glow : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/14/946189582/ohio-zoo-documents-1st-case-of-biofluorescence-in-tasmanian-devils

10 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - 5 Gyroscope Experiments Amazing to Watch - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6gEphTp2G4&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=TopFives

3 mins - Professor Eric Laithwaite gives a demonstration of a large gyro wheel - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRPC7a_AcQo&ab_channel=ImperialCollegeLondon

Much Criticism was made of radio host Joe Rogan while interviewing two guests discussing the 11,500 year old Göbekli Tepe , specifically political objections. I did some further research, admittedly from my own subjective point of view. If this interests you, do further research and draw your own conclusions:

Joe Rogan's Political Party: Republican or Democrat?

https://celebanswers.com/joe-rogans-political-party-republican-or-democrat/

8 mins - Joe Rogan Explains His Political Views - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBwXOEuZYB4&ab_channel=JREClips

5 mins - Krystal and Saagar REACT: The View Tries To Smear Joe Rogan As Racist, Transphobe - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRGyZtM8KsA&ab_channel=TheHill

1hr 9 mins - What explains elite contempt for Joe Rogan? - System Update with Glenn Greenwald - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0tFgPG26vA&t=476s&ab_channel=TheIntercept

The Hill - Rising, Joe Rogan

https://www.youtube.com/c/thehill/search?query=Joe%20Rogan

Links from last week

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