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.
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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
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
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
It's Clearer Than Ever – The Active Compound in Ecstasy Can Safely Assist PTSD Therapy
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
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
OneZoom Tree of Life Explorer
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!
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
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
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.
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