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This Tuesday (12/21/21) - Topics sensationalized:

Fishy with transparent head - Covid Omicron is rapidly spreading - Amazing eyedrops - Brain and Clitoris - Rats play Doom - Phages, taking over where Antibiotics fail? - Microbes around the World are taking a fancy yo plastics - Attenborough, state of the planet - The Tree if Life, interactive - Einstein's theory passes muster - 'Out there' thoughts on Black Holes, and more - Aliens? Perhaps let's not look for them - Standard Cosmology model in trouble - Webb launch date...definitely!...perhaps - Logfire Sun - Pictures from the Sun - Tyranny of the Map - AI does Art - Pregnancy, the journey.

Links for today:

Scientists Have Captured Footage Of A Rare Fish That Can See Through Its Own Transparent Head

https://wonderfulengineering.com/scientists-have-captured-footage-of-a-rare-fish-that-can-see-through-its-own-transparent-head/

Astronomer Bernie Reim gives us his monthly heads-up on in January. Go to this delicious mind-candy here on our site.

Larry Dworsky's latest Covid statistics:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kKLwQW5bDWmBDAltcQ5uqQKpq_-miqcS/view?usp=sharing

Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of new US COVID cases
https://www.yahoo.com/news/omicron-sweeps-across-nation-now-224124094.html

STN member Laurenn Rowland - These FDA-approved eyedrops offer an alternative to reading glasses | The Optimist Daily

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2021/12/these-fda-approved-eyedrops-offer-an-alternative-to-reading-glasses/

For The First Time, Scientists Map Brain Regions Responding to The Clitoris

https://www.sciencealert.com/science-has-located-the-brain-region-that-responds-to-the-clitoris

Deep Conversations With Strangers Can Have Surprising Results, Study Shows

https://www.sciencealert.com/sharing-deep-conversations-with-strangers-can-yield-surprising-results-study-shows

It's Clearer Than Ever – The Active Compound in Ecstasy Can Safely Assist PTSD Therapy

https://www.sciencealert.com/ecstasy-compound-shows-promise-for-treating-ptsd-alongside-psychotherapy

STN member Laurenn Rowland - The innovative technology that powered the Inca - BBC Travel

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211212-the-innovative-technology-that-powered-the-inca

STN member Bill Warren - This 3D-Printed Chicken Breast Was Cooked With Frickin’ Lasers | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/3d-printed-chicken-breast-cooked-with-lasers/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IpqV15frb4

This Hungarian Neurologist Who Taught Rats To Play Doom II Might Start Streaming Their Gameplay On Twitch

https://wonderfulengineering.com/this-hungarian-neurologist-who-taught-rats-to-play-doom-ii-might-start-streaming-their-gameplay-on-twitch/

1 min - T4 Phage attacking E.coli - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V73nEGXUeBY

14 mins - The Virus That Kills Drug-Resistant Superbugs - YouTube

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

STN member Bill Krajec - Microbes Around The World Are Evolving To Eat Plastic, Study Says

https://wonderfulengineering.com/microbes-around-the-world-are-evolving-to-eat-plastic-study-says/

10 mins - Sir David Attenborough Presents: Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet | Doc Preview - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jq23mSDh9U

Explore Evolution on Earth in The Most Comprehensive Tree of Life Ever Created

https://www.sciencealert.com/explore-evolution-on-earth-in-the-most-comprehensive-tree-of-life-ever-created

OneZoom Tree of Life Explorer

http://www.onezoom.org/

STN member Bill Krajec - Einstein's theory passes rigorous 16-year tests (Update)

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-einstein-theory-rigorous-year.html

STN member Mike Pore - We're Living in a Gigantic Higher Dimensional Black Hole

https://themindunleashed.com/2019/06/universe-higher-dimensional-black-hole.html

Abstractions on Nautilus: Gravitational Waves Should Permanently Distort Space-Time

http://abstractions.nautil.us/article/747/gravitational-waves-should-permanently-distort-space-time

12 mins - Why We Should NOT Look For Aliens - The Dark Forest - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAUJYP8tnRE

11 mins - New Evidence against the Standard Model of Cosmology - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JETGS64kTys

NASA Just Confirmed The James Webb Space Telescope Is Definitely Launching This Week!

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-confirms-much-delayed-james-web-space-telescope-will-launch-on-christmas-eve

Cosmic FIREPLACE - 12 Hours of SUN with Solar Om Soundtrack | 4K - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXnwyTkIux8

This Footage From The First-Ever Probe to Touch The Sun Will Leave You Speechless

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-footage-from-the-first-spacecraft-to-fly-through-the-sun-s-corona-is-insane

The Deepest Images Yet of The Galactic Center Reveal a Beautiful Cosmic Dance

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-deepest-images-yet-of-the-galactic-center-reveal-a-beautiful-cosmic-dance

11 mins - Tyranny of the Map: Crash Course Geography #35 - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDi-Lo0xOr8

STN member Hameed Faridan - AI Generated Art Scene Explodes as Hackers Create Groundbreaking New Tools CLIP+VQ-GAN

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7bqj7/ai-generated-art-scene-explodes-as-hackers-create-groundbreaking-new-tools

20 mins - Pregnancy - How a Wonder is Born! (Animation) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izOa3-AX8zQ

Astronomer Bernie Reim gives us his monthly heads-up on in January. Go to this delicious mind-candy here on our site.

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Links from last Session

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SMA Science Book Club (Presently closed)

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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:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scitechnature/

The SciTechNature get-together is also on Facebook.

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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

Greetings fellow awe-seekers, SciTechNature begins again January 11th. Hoping you are all having a splendid holiday season! Here is Larry's Covid date for this week(Dec. 6th):https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HljXsNwaLznXp_gUK7XKZrgPcpTADFVP/view?usp=sharing

Previous get-together:Welcome to San Miguel de Allende SciTechNature Zoom Get-TogethersTuesday, 12/21/21, 11:30am SMA timeMeetings at the Hotel Quinta Loreto community center temporarily suspended - Delta Covid rise.

Greetings fellow awe-seekers, SciTechNature begins again January 11th. Hoping you are all having a splendid holiday season! Here is Larry's Covid date for this week(Dec. 6th):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HljXsNwaLznXp_gUK7XKZrgPcpTADFVP/view?usp=sharing

Previous get-together:
Welcome to San Miguel de Allende SciTechNature Zoom Get-Togethers
Tuesday, 12/21/21, 11:30am SMA time
Meetings at the Hotel Quinta Loreto community center temporarily suspended - Delta Covid rise.