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From Keith Johnson to Everyone 11:41 AM (Tuesday)

COVID booster, astra zenica available this week at the IMSS clinic on Calzada de la Aurora (at the driveway adjacent to the clinic - this is where an ambulance may be parked). No lines, just bring your past vaccination certificates and CURP number.

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Tuesday, 04/26/22, 11:30am SMA time

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This Tuesday (04/26/22) - Topics sensationalized:

Let's hear it for Mexican Cacti - COVID won't let go - Nailing liver cancer - Old? Walk! - Old? Some fat is good - The entangled brain - Aphantasia! - Poop & Worms through the ages - Aussie greening dream - California going for clean - Drone snatcher - Non-Stick, how it's done - The guy who killed the most people - Psychedelic cave in NC - Reindeer Spiral - Longevity and Hibernation - Have Sex and GO! - More Jellyfish species - Why are the insects of the World being snuffed; report - Wrong way Venus - Chelyabinsk Meteor, where'd it come from? - Probing Uranus - Webb gettin' cool - Us and space, tough hurdles - Math has a problem - Risking life for science- Boson bust.

Today's links:

Cacti | Fun Facts About Cacti | Botany | The Good and the Beautiful - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zga1Evi2qts

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

Larry Dworsky's latest Covid statistics:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EMpNLHTT_e1S9n0L8yqZ6B5umvskyk4W/view?usp=sharing

One Grim Statistic Lays Bare The Truly Relentless Grip of Long COVID

https://www.sciencealert.com/one-grim-statistic-lays-bare-the-truly-relentless-grip-of-long-covid

Scientists Have Eradicated Liver Cancer in Rats Using Non-Invasive Sound Waves

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-used-sound-waves-to-eradicate-tumors-in-rats

Brisk Walking Is Able to Slow Down The Biological Aging Process

https://www.sciencealert.com/brisk-walking-is-able-to-slow-down-the-biological-ageing-process

Ideal BMI for older people may be higher than recommended | New Scientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2317296-people-over-80-with-overweight-bmi-may-have-lower-mortality-rates/

Innovative Brain-Wide Mapping Reveals a Single Memory Is Stored Across Many Connected Brain Regions

https://scitechdaily.com/innovative-brain-wide-mapping-reveals-a-single-memory-is-stored-across-many-connected-brain-regions/

The Eyes Can Reveal if Someone Has Aphantasia – An Absence of Visuals in Their Mind

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-eyes-can-reveal-if-someone-has-aphantasia-an-absence-of-visuals-in-their-mind

Aphantasia - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia

Study Reveals British History's Most Worm-Infested People, And It's Not Who You Think

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-british-history-s-most-worm-infested-people-and-it-s-not-who-d-imagine

10 mins - Australia’s insane plan to green the Outback - YouTube

https://youtu.be/fGrDOR7lBQ4?t=189

California Is Very Close To Achieving A 100% Clean Energy Grid

https://wonderfulengineering.com/california-is-very-close-to-achieving-a-100-clean-energy-grid/

5 mins - How It's Made: Non-Stick Cookware - YouTube

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

This New 'Drone Interceptor' Comes With Its Own Props - Including A Drone-Catching Net

https://wonderfulengineering.com/this-new-drone-interceptor-comes-with-its-own-props-including-a-drone-catching-net/

24 mins - The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA

Black Lights Turn This North Carolina Mine Into a Psychedelic Wonderland | Travel| Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/black-lights-turn-this-north-carolina-mine-into-a-psychedelic-wonderland-180979899/

Mesmerizing Reindeer Cyclone Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/mesmerizing-reindeer-cyclone/

The Salty Secrets of Extreme Longevity

https://neo.life/2022/04/the-salty-secrets-of-extreme-longevity/

Why Amazing Discoveries About Bear Hibernation May Help Improve Human Health | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-amazing-discoveries-about-bear-hibernation-may-help-improve-human-health-180979906/

This Male Spider Catapults Itself Into the Air to Avoid Sexual Cannibalism | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-male-spider-catapults-itself-into-the-air-to-avoid-sexual-cannibalism-180979966/

Distinctive New Species of Crowned Medusa Makes Experts Reevaluate Jellyfish Royalty

https://www.sciencealert.com/distinctive-new-species-of-crowned-medusa-forces-a-rethink-on-jellyfish-royalty

The Two Drivers of Massive Insect Population Die-Off Have Finally Been Identified

https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-identify-the-one-two-punch-that-s-cutting-some-insect-populations-by-half

Venus Should Be 'Locked' With One Side Facing The Sun. Here's Why It Isn't

https://www.sciencealert.com/venus-should-be-locked-with-one-side-facing-the-sun-here-s-why-it-isn-t

11 mins - Updates on the Origin of Chelyabinsk Meteor That Hit Earth in 2013 - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYFXy0QRY7o

Scientists Want To Send A NASA Probe To Uranus By 2032

https://wonderfulengineering.com/scientists-want-to-send-a-nasa-probe-to-uranus-by-2032/

21 mins - The Problem with Deep Space Travel - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk8KG1T-HZ8

14 mins - Experiments Show W Boson Mass Violates Standard Model of Physics - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYAsW8OXg7c

9 mins - James Webb Space Telescope Goes Super-Cold (-266° Celsius) to See The Birth of the First Galaxies - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV5BhH2gqYY

21 mins - Risking My Life To Settle A Physics Debate - YouTube

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

34 mins - Math's Fundamental Flaw - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeQX2HjkcNo&t=21s

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

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Keith says:From Keith Johnson to Everyone 11:41 AM (Tuesday)

COVID booster, astra zenica available this week at the IMSS clinic on Calzada de la Aurora (at the driveway adjacent to the clinic - this is where an ambulance may be parked). No lines, just bring your past vaccination certificates and CURP number.

San Miguel de Allende SciTechNature Zoom Get-TogethersTuesday, 04/26/22, 11:30am SMA time

Keith says:
From Keith Johnson to Everyone 11:41 AM (Tuesday)

San Miguel de Allende SciTechNature Zoom Get-Togethers
Tuesday, 04/26/22, 11:30am SMA time