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Links for this week:
6 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - Sleep is Just Death Being Shy - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mu780uB7mI&feature=emb_logo
Larry Dworsky's' latest Covid statistics:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L81S2Jjx9ddpCkJa-7s1ZfTxzXtL7fZG/view?usp=sharing
Scientists identify more than 140,000 virus species in the human gut: Study opens up new research avenues for understanding how viruses living in the gut affect human health -- ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210218142739.htm
2 min - Landeta, San Miguel de Allende - Cowbird murmuration
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qUSi1Np8uvCM4urQ9
13 mins - Modeling Murmuration - Smarter Every Day 234 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LWmRuB-uNU
4 mins - Bird Taking Off at 20,000 fps (213 milliseconds) - Smarter Every Day 197 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVKdU_OmsaU
32 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - Stephen Axford: How fungi changed my view of the world - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYunPJQWZ1o&t=5s
4 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - What is the BULBOUS BOW for? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FrCusDG41U&feature=emb_logo
10 mins - Ramjets and Scramjets Explained - Mach 14 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpOa3B03gYg
The US Air Force wants to develop a hypersonic cruise missile
Ramjet - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramjet
Scramjet - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramjet
Scramjet programs - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramjet_programs
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
13 mins - Fusion Has Major Problems That No One Is Telling You About - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrUWoywZRt8
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
STN member Roger Lamont - Neanderthals could speak, new study claims to prove - Archaeology - Haaretz.com
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/neanderthals-could-speak-new-study-claims-to-prove-1.9581958
Neanderthals could speak like modern humans, study suggests - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-25465102
10 mins- STN member Roger Lamont - A System with Most Planets Has Been Discovered. Kepler-90 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k1H7kGVL4g
STN member Roger Lamont - Hubble Solves Mystery of Monster Star’s Dimming – Red Hypergiant Is As Bright as 300,000 Suns
13 mins - STN member Roger Lamont - NASA's Mega Hubble - The Roman Space Telescope - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNO_ofQijbY
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Laurenn's link to SMA statistics
13:19:33 From Laurenn to Everyone : smafaq.com
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Chat comments from this session
11:24:43 From Stephen Goodfellow to Everyone : Excellent Earth Weather site:
https://earth.nullschool.net/
11:45:32 From Stephen Goodfellow to Everyone : Will research Sleep
11:46:53 From Richard to Everyone : I prefer the French 'le petit mort'.
11:59:28 From Richard to Everyone : As a point of interest, the vaccine does not prevent one from catching the virus. Instead it reduces the severity of ones response to being infected.
12:56:11 From Pat Sommer to Everyone : sound stopped awhile back. do have sound on other apps
12:56:49 From Mike to Everyone : Got sound
Links from last Session
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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:
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