San Miguel de Allende SciTechNature Zoom Get-Togethers
Tuesday, 05/17/22, 11:30am SMA time
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This Tuesday (05/17/22) - Topics sensationalized:
Crocs - Live longer through mice - Poop at leisure - Video Games=higher IQ - Phages, again - The science: Near death experiences - Algae Computer - More, and older holes at Stonehenge - Poverty Point Mound - Ancient South African Genes - Making Candy - Maple Seed Drone - Floating Beach house property value plummets - Sludge and Pee cement - It's old, it's Aliiive! - Everything you wanted to know about sink holes and Cenotes - Volcano Lightning - Flow, and more Flow - The Black Hole thingee in the center of the Milky Way, and the hype - First UFO Public hearings in 50 years - Where'0s all that H3 coming from - Stargate on Mars...or?
Today's links:
Crocodilians | Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish | The Good and the Beautiful - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgRi7h3KdyU
Larry Dworsky's latest Covid statistics:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zx-V-E1mYotj0MoXFdtNnzoJVj9x2H_u/view?usp=sharing
A Single Hormone That Can Help Increase Lifespan Has Been Identified in Mice
An Expert Explains Why You Shouldn't Hold Back Your Poo
https://www.sciencealert.com/an-expert-explains-why-you-shouldn-t-hold-back-your-poo
Playing Video Games Has an Unexpected Effect on Kids' IQ, Says New Study
https://www.sciencealert.com/video-games-could-be-able-to-boost-intelligence-in-kids
Single bacteriophage used to treat immunocompromised patient with antibiotic resistant infection
7 mins - Are near-death experiences real? Here’s what science has to say.
https://bigthink.com/series/the-big-think-interview/are-near-death-experiences-real/
Scientists Have Powered a Basic Computer With Just Algae For Over 6 Months
Several Mysterious Human-Made Pits Have Been Revealed Near Stonehenge
https://www.sciencealert.com/hundreds-of-hunter-gatherer-pits-reveal-new-features-of-stonehenge
4 mins - Mystery in Louisiana - Poverty Point - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYOe13IXO80
Genes of a Lost South American People Point to an Unexpected History
13 mins - How Hard Candy Is Made | WIRED - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MoBvV12C58
Tiny drone based on maple seed pod doubles flight time
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-tiny-drone-based-maple-seed.html
Watch A £300,000 Beach House Get Washed Away In A Storm In North Carolina
These Researchers Have Created Eco-Friendy Cement - Using Sludge And Urine
Potentially Alive 830-Million-Year-Old Organisms Found Trapped in Ancient Rock
https://www.sciencealert.com/830-million-year-old-microorganisms-found-trapped-in-australian-rock
STN member - Giant sinkhole with a forest inside found in China | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/new-sinkhole-discovered-china
2 min - 30th giant karst sinkhole discovered in south China's Guangxi - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3QTq6tQfhY&t=50s
7 mins - How Do Sinkholes Form? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-DVIQPqS8E
2 mins - How are Cenotes Formed? | Ocean Education - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7zlTAS9nJs&t=21s
Ring of Cenotes | Karst Geochemistry and Hydrogeology
https://sites.northwestern.edu/monroyrios/ring-of-cenotes/
4 mins - Skulls Found in "Evil" Maya Sinkhole | National Geographic - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVj3REMhDJ8
3 mins - How to Visit Cenotes in Tulum (Without a tour guide!) - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqa1rp3VeiM
Volcanic Lightning: The Science Behind This Spectacular Phenomenon
https://scitechdaily.com/volcanic-lightning-the-science-behind-this-spectacular-phenomenon/
13 mins - Blowing up Capacitors at 187,000FPS - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WUxgmMDts4
19 mins - Turbulent Flow is MORE Awesome Than Laminar Flow - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zI9sG3pjVU
4 mins - The Flow State
https://bigthink.com/videos/what-is-flow-state/
STN member Hameed Faridani - The supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy proves Einstein right
https://www.inverse.com/science/black-hole-milky-way-einstein
3 mins - Hype! Astronomers Reveal First Image Of Supermassive Black Hole At Milky Way’s Center - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDEAAEU4W_0
2 mins - The heretics: Black Hole or Plasmoid? | Space News - YouTube
https://youtu.be/J4NffTr_GMk?t=519
3 mins - About our Galactic 'Black Hole | S0 News May.13.2022 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olVUlG8JeBk
2 mins - Disclaimer - Authors speculation M87, a Plasmoid, NOT a Black Hole - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GejukGvybs
The U.S Congress Is Holding The First Public UFO Hearing In Over 50 Years Next Week
Scientists Have Discovered An Unexplained Abundance Of Rare Nuclear Fusion Fuel On The Earth
A Bizarre 'Doorway' Has Been Spotted On Mars In NASA Photos - And The Internet Is Exploding With Conspiracy Theories
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