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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.
San Miguel de Allende SciTechNature Zoom Get-Togethers
Tuesday, 04/26/22, 11:30am SMA time
A Zoom link access will be sent (if you are on the email list) to your email on Tuesday mornings at around 9:00am - Click the link when it's Tuesday at 11:30am (San Miguel de Allende Time), 12:30pm EST
Passcode (if required): 652662
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82668788731?pwd=bVcvRnJQSGpJcHIveEl3STJQZFZpUT09
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
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
Aphantasia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia
Study Reveals British History's Most Worm-Infested People, And It's Not Who You Think
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
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
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
This Male Spider Catapults Itself Into the Air to Avoid Sexual Cannibalism | Science| Smithsonian Magazine
Distinctive New Species of Crowned Medusa Makes Experts Reevaluate Jellyfish Royalty
The Two Drivers of Massive Insect Population Die-Off Have Finally Been Identified
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.
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