Welcome to the New Year! San Miguel de Allende SciTechNature Zoom Get-Togethers
Tuesday, 01/18/22, 11:30am SMA time
Due to Omicron, meetings at the Hotel Quinta Loreto community center are temporarily suspended.

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This Tuesday (01/18/22) - Topics sensationalized:

Fish at the Wheel - Starlink; and we thought is was for better internet. Wrong. It's for cats - Watch out! Fish driving! - Omicron; falling rates in the UK? - Headway against Multiple Sclerosis - All the light the shrimp can see - Plankton - News from the Deep - Ichthyosaur, an' it's a BIG 'un! - Snail, and it's a small 'un! - China's plasma fusion world record - Quantum Tornados - The Giant Void - A dance in our Galactic center - Humans, back in time - The Tyranny of the Map

Links for today:

Outdoor Cats Are Using $500 Starlink Satellite Dishes as Self-Heating Beds | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/outdoor-cats-are-using-500-starlink-satellite-dishes-as-self-heating-beds-180979401/

This Robotic Aquarium Allows Fish To Drive Around On Roads

https://wonderfulengineering.com/this-robotic-aquarium-allows-fish-to-drive-around-on-roads/

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

Larry Dworsky's latest Covid statistics:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bmsQUf0le1AjEd7BPyAMACK9SvsatnHN/view?usp=sharing

Covid-19 news: Falling cases in UK suggests omicron wave has peaked | New Scientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237475-covid-19-news-falling-cases-in-uk-suggests-omicron-wave-has-peaked/

Multiple sclerosis: Best evidence yet that condition is caused by Epstein-Barr virus | New Scientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2304340-strongest-evidence-yet-that-ms-is-caused-by-epstein-barr-virus/

The Weirdest Eyes in The Animal Kingdom See a World We Can't Imagine

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-weirdest-eyes-in-the-animal-kingdom-see-a-world-we-can-t-imagine

4 mins - True Facts About The Mantis Shrimp - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5FEj9U-CJM

Sponge Bob - Plankton:
https://youtu.be/NZ6UVdgW0lM

Planktonium: the microscopic beauty of plankton – and their predators | New Scientist
https://www.newscientist.com/video/2303460-the-microscopic-beauty-of-plankton-and-their-predators/

The microscopic beauty of plankton – and their predators - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Me-I1RAV8&t=8s

10 mins - Copepods: The Diatom-Devouring King of Plankton - YouTube

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

Rare observation of a female blanket octopus in the wild

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-rare-female-blanket-octopus-wild.html

Scientists Find the World's Deepest-Dwelling Squid | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-find-the-worlds-deepest-dwelling-squid-180979338/

Microbes: Ocean-dwelling species produces oxygen in a way we have never seen before | New Scientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2303644-ocean-microbes-produce-oxygen-in-a-way-we-have-never-seen-before/

Ichthyosaur: Huge 'sea dragon' fossil dating back 180 million years found in UK reservoir - CNN

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/10/uk/uk-sea-dragon-ichthyosaur-scli-scn-intl-gbr/index.html

World's smallest snail: Newly discovered land snail could fit inside a grain of sand | New Scientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2303772-worlds-smallest-land-snail-could-fit-inside-a-grain-of-sand/

STN member Hameed Faridani - China's 'Artificial Sun' Just Broke a Major World Record For Plasma Fusion

https://www.sciencealert.com/china-s-artificial-sun-just-broke-a-major-world-record-for-plasma-fusion

Physicists Observe Incredible 'Quantum Tornados' Formed From Ultra-Cold Atoms

https://www.sciencealert.com/ultracold-atoms-form-tiny-tornadoes-as-classic-physics-gives-way-to-quantum-behavior

The Solar System Exists Inside a Giant, Mysterious Void, And We Finally Know Why

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-solar-system-floats-in-a-void-now-we-know-how-that-void-triggered-the-formation-of-stars

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

3 mins - Star Dances Around Black Hole - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arszJgVnI58

East Africa's Oldest Modern Human Fossil Is Way Older Than Previously Thought | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/east-africas-oldest-modern-human-fossil-is-way-older-than-previously-thought-180979384/

20 mins - Humanity 100,000 Years Ago - Life In The Paleolithic - YouTube

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

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

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

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

Welcome to the New Year! San Miguel de Allende SciTechNature Zoom Get-TogethersTuesday, 01/18/22, 11:30am SMA timeDue to Omicron, meetings at the Hotel Quinta Loreto community center are temporarily suspended.

Welcome to the New Year! San Miguel de Allende SciTechNature Zoom Get-Togethers
Tuesday, 01/18/22, 11:30am SMA time
Due to Omicron, meetings at the Hotel Quinta Loreto community center are temporarily suspended.