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02/23/21 - Lucid Dreaming, the science - Perseverance - Guitars & Climate change

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Links for this week:

5 mins - 350 DAYS OF HIKING THROUGH CHINA - The Longest Way 1.0 Timelapse - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ky6vgQfU24


Larry Dworsky's' latest Covid statistics:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12oDMU04e3f0D9ARi6PVAQKb4U7cgQ7_P/view?usp=sharing


First shipment of Sinovac vaccines arrive in Mexico - World - Chinadaily.com.cn

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202102/21/WS60320f82a31024ad0baa9fd4.html


UK Coronavirus Variant May Be Up to 70% Deadlier, New Evidence Suggests

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-uk-coronavirus-variant-could-be-more-lethal-new-study-suggests


STN member Laurenn Rowland - Opinion | A Dismal Spring Awaits Unless We Slow the Spread of Covid-19 - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/opinion/covid-19-precautions.html?fbclid=IwAR3nkc_tl-_z0z89trvjAH58tN7ejSuuRPb0F5MS2FQ8_ZIyI6ocegQa7qg


STN member Laurenn Rowland - A COVID-Vaccinated Summer Could Be Wonderful - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/02/summer-2021-pandemic/618088/


Scientists Achieve Real-Time Communication With Lucid Dreamers in Breakthrough - VICE

https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/4admym/scientists-achieve-real-time-communication-with-lucid-dreamers-in-breakthrough?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR2QbBiBzh7LXC09Hqf27qkAEZbuJf1upK6uRc5gbodcyQUG9XglWYMhips


3 mins - Perseverance Rover’s Descent and Touchdown on Mars (Official NASA Video) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czjS9h4Fpg&feature=emb_logo


10 mins - Mars High Resolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEyAs3NWH4A&feature=emb_logo


Earth's Magnetic Field Flipped 42,000 Years Ago. The Consequences Were Dramatic

https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-s-magnetic-field-flipped-42-000-years-ago-with-dramatic-consequences


10 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - Second Trojan Of Earth Just Discovered By an Amateur Astronomer! - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3B20EqtgY&feature=emb_logo


Planet Nine Might Be a Giant Illusion, Scientists Say, And Here's Why

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-paper-extreme-solar-system-objects-contain-no-evidence-of-planet-nine


Nix Planet X | Dark Matter? No, plasma - | S0 News Feb.20.2021 - YouTube

https://youtu.be/XbMsl5Ss3M0?t=78


1 min - STN member Roger Lamont - Vacuum Implosion - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS6IckF1CM0&feature=emb_logo


Intriguing Remains of a Rare Stellar Explosion Discovered in Milky Way Center

https://scitechdaily.com/intriguing-remains-of-a-rare-stellar-explosion-discovered-in-milky-way-center/


[Clip] Stellar Explosion | S0 News Feb.9.2021 - YouTube

https://youtu.be/yivlyAtzRHo?t=139


[Clip] Implosions under water at 27,450 frames per second - YouTube

vhttps://youtu.be/cp5gdUHFGIQ?t=271


STN member - Hameed Faridani - Climate Change Could Shred Guitars Known for Shredding - Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/climate-change-could-shred-guitars-known-for-shredding/


7 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - How Ice Ages Happen: The Milankovitch Cycles - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA788usYNWA&feature=emb_logo


55 mins - Dan Britt - Orbits and Ice Ages: The History of Climate - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yze1YAz_LYM&list=FLNBqKYb7-xr6B3ZszxkCZkA&index=6&t=0s


3 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - What Does the Polar Vortex Have to do with Climate Change? I NOVA I PBS - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MdVFAM-Bpc&feature=emb_logo


3 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - Why Do Electric Plugs Have Holes? Answered - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db-dt5U3MCc&feature=emb_logo


Scientists One Step Closer to Cracking Minoan Linear A Script | Archaeology, Linguistics | Sci-News.com

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/minoan-linear-a-script-09329.html


Scramjet programs - Wikipedia

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


Scramjet - Wikipedia

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


10 mins - Ramjets and Scramjets Explained - Mach 14 - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpOa3B03gYg


13mins - STN Roger Lamont - Noether's Theorem and The Symmetries of Reality - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ERSb06dOg&feature=emb_logo


Science Tech Nature member Zoom text chats from this week:
12:16:20 From Paul Christopherson to Everyone : Some NHL players seem to grow that much bead in a week during the Stanley Cup

12:17:04 From Paul Christopherson to Everyone : The pattern on the shute spells out "Dare Mighty Things" in code. JPL's motto.

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Links from last Session

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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