Welcome to
San Miguel de Allende SciTechNature
Get-Togethers
01/05/21 - Rocks - Bitcoin -Pedophilia
Scroll down for today's links. See you every Tuesday at 11:30am (Central Daylight Time)
passcode (if required): 652662
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82668788731?pwd=bVcvRnJQSGpJcHIveEl3STJQZFZpUT09
Never joined a Zoom meeting before?
It's simple, it's easy, it's free. Click here to learn how.
A Zoom link access will be sent to your email on Tuesday mornings at around 9:00am - click on the link at 11:30am - that's when the meeting begins - just like our pre-pandemic meetings did.
Click the Zooom link when it's Tuesday at 11:30am Central time, 1:30pm EST
Passcode (if needed): 652662
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82668788731?pwd=bVcvRnJQSGpJcHIveEl3STJQZFZpUT09
********
Links for this week:
3 mins - Nature Growth Time lapse - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCBSOZ18wZg&ab_channel=Meditation%26MindPowerbySonyJ.
Larry Dworsky's' latest Covid statistics:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N0dh_NMg_qjH9Gk5ZqRQJU9LDMeGdqKY/view?usp=sharing
STN Member Hameed Faridani - SELECTED DEATHS VS COVID-19 WORLD
https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/selected-deaths-vs-covid-19-world
Published data from Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial show 94.1 percent efficacy
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-12-published-moderna-covid-vaccine-trial.html
New mutations in malaria parasite encourage resistance against key preventive drug
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-12-mutations-malaria-parasite-resistance-key.html
Organic meats found to have approximately the same greenhouse impact as regular meats
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-meats-approximately-greenhouse-impact-regular.html
AI-controlled vertical farms promise revolution in food production
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-ai-controlled-vertical-farms-revolution-food.html
The Biggest Science News of 2020
https://gizmodo.com/the-biggest-science-news-of-2020-1845972904
Chinese mission returned nearly 4 pounds of lunar samples – Spaceflight Now
https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/01/01/chinese-mission-returned-nearly-4-pounds-of-lunar-samples/
16 mins - Our Solar System's Planets: Saturn | 4K - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F_A4gMxsfE&ab_channel=britishtvloverbritishtvlover
These are the space missions to watch in 2021 | Space
https://www.space.com/space-missions-to-watch-in-2021
Researchers achieve sustained, high-fidelity quantum teleportation
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-sustained-high-fidelity-quantum-teleportation.html
Stretching diamond for next-generation microelectronics
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-diamond-next-generation-microelectronics.html
Remains of 10,000-year-old woolly mammoth pulled from Siberian lake | Fossils | The Guardian
Siberia permafrost yields well-preserved ice age woolly rhino | Fossils | The Guardian
Stone found in Israel is oldest known tool in world used for 'delicate' abrading | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/stone-found-in-israel-is-oldest-known-tool-used-for-delicate-abrading/
20 mins - Rock and Mineral Identification - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MvXv66b5h4&ab_channel=SSFCstudybuddy
Bitcoin price today: XE: Convert XBT/USD. BTC to United States Dollar
https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=XBT&To=USD
26 mins - But how does bitcoin actually work? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4&ab_channel=3Blue1Brown
Fish sex organs boosted under high CO2
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-fish-sex-boosted-high-co2.html
1 hr - Are All Men Pedophiles - True Story Documentary Channel - YouTube
https://youtu.be/JIGUBcr0ZBk?t=193
Here's How Long You Actually Need to Break a Habit, According to Science
https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-long-you-actually-need-to-break-a-habit-according-to-science
53 mins - PBS Nova Secret Mind of Slime (Documentary 2020) - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBRoYOlj7jM&ab_channel=NatureDocumentaryNerd
1 hr - Magic Mushroom Medicine - True Story Documentary Channel - YouTube
https://youtu.be/6UX8HMXZVbA?t=3052
1 hr - WATERHOLE: AFRICA'S ANIMAL OASIS | Ep01 | BBC Natural History Documentary | 2020 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOAxmjeKYG0&ab_channel=WhyteMajicLanternHD
Links from last Session
********
********
The SciTechNature get-together is also on Facebook.
********
SMA Lifelong learning program
http://instituto-allende.edu.mx/en/lifelong-learning-program/
********
...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.
********
Best,
Stephen Goodfellow