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03/09/21 - The science of Murmuration -Stephen Axford: Fungi - Scramjets - Kepler-90

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

https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2020/04/30/the-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

https://scitechdaily.com/hubble-solves-mystery-of-monster-stars-dimming-red-hypergiant-is-as-bright-as-300000-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 Science Book Club

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