San Miguel de Allende SciTechNature Zoom Get-Togethers
Tuesday, 05/24/22, 11:30am SMA time
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Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82668788731?pwd=bVcvRnJQSGpJcHIveEl3STJQZFZpUT09
This Tuesday (05/24/22) - Topics sensationalized:
Oldest critters - Two years on, still suffering from COVID, Arthritis=Liver Disease - Hugs? Women only - Infected makes you more attractive - Monkeypox - Herpes = Diabetes - Cancer-Killing Virus on the loose - Eyeglasses Curing Myopia And Hyperopia - Stem Cells treat Brain Cancer - Dental Nanobots Kill Bacteria - Chinese Invasion Of Taiwan?Drone Swarm - 7 Strange Drones - Blockchain - Tunnel Connecting San Diego And Tijuana found - Bread - Footprints from the Past - Mississippian Metropolis Mounds - Gobekli Tepe? Now Karahan Tepe - Fight against the Norm! - Octopus sex guilt? - Dolphins and Pee - Ocean Warming and big Extinction - Visiting Jupiter's icy moons - Weird plane wings - Boeing Starliner Makes it into Orbit - Awesome Sun pictures - Webb, locked and loaded - Bizarre Behavior of Rotating Bodies - NASA Space Suits? Fill 'em up! - Chinese say water on mars lingered longer - Parallel Worlds Exist? Probably - Baking Soda, How It's Made - 96,000,000 Black Balls!
Today's links:
3 mins - The World's Oldest Known Mollusc Was 507 Years Old Until Scientists Did This... - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv1qu_aIQEk
3 mins - Oldest Shark in the World - 512 Year Old Greenland Shark - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz2HBk5sKlc
Astronomer Bernie Reim gives us his monthly heads-up for June. Go to this delicious mind-candy:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gC5NP2KvFU4E1F32sAuDyCVmypaqCLl8/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107459814145367317425&rtpof=true&sd=true
Larry Dworsky's latest Covid statistics:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AW1RCL4WjYOj5Nj6qSKayZ2eLjr6zJo_/view?usp=sharing
Two Years After Infection, Half of People Hospitalized With COVID-19 Still Have at Least One Symptom
Mind-Altering Parasite May Make Infected People More Attractive, Study Suggests
Herpes Virus Infection May Increase the Risk of Developing Diabetes
https://scitechdaily.com/herpes-virus-infection-may-increase-the-risk-of-developing-diabetes/
Crucial Link Found Between Arthritis, Serious Liver Disease and a Common Genetic Condition
Monkeypox Cases Have Now Been Reported In More Than 10 Countries - And The WHO Is Scrambling
The Very First Patient Has Received An Experimental Cancer-Killing Virus As Human Trials Commence
This Japanese Company Has Created Smart Eyeglasses That Cure Both Myopia And Hyperopia
“Off the Shelf” Engineered Stem Cells Created To Treat Aggressive Brain Cancer
These New Dental Nanobots Can Kill Bacteria By Using Heat
https://wonderfulengineering.com/these-new-dental-nanobots-can-kill-bacteria-by-using-heat/
The Very First Patient Has Received An Experimental Cancer-Killing Virus As Human Trials Commence
This Japanese Company Has Created Smart Eyeglasses That Cure Both Myopia And Hyperopia
“Off the Shelf” Engineered Stem Cells Created To Treat Aggressive Brain Cancer
These New Dental Nanobots Can Kill Bacteria By Using Heat
https://wonderfulengineering.com/these-new-dental-nanobots-can-kill-bacteria-by-using-heat/
A One-Week Break From Social Media Can Improve Your Health, According To A New Study
STN member Hameed Faridani - Tehran and much of Iran slowly sink as water tables lower - Los Angeles Times
Researchers Conducted War Games In Case Of A Chinese Invasion Of Taiwan - And A Massive Drone Swarm Proved Decisive
The Great Equalizer: Blockchain Will Liberate the Digital World | The National Interest
A Drug Tunnel Connecting San Diego And Tijuana Has Been Found - Complete With Electricity And Ventilation
7 mins - 7 STRANGEST New Drones -2- - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuS_fvji0Lc
In Defense of Bread – The “Staff of Life” Throughout History
https://scitechdaily.com/in-defense-of-bread-the-staff-of-life-throughout-history/
8 mins - Footprints from the Past - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qigC4yWaSeM
45 mins - Cahokia: Mississippian Metropolis - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iciOvaIm51M
26 mins - Karahan Tepe Archaeological Discovery of 21st Century
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Z-Dqljv5c
Fight against the Norm!
https://bigthink.com/series/collective-illusions/cultural-norms/
Octopuses torture and eat themselves after mating. Science finally knows why. | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/why-octopus-moms-self-destruct
Dolphins Keep Tabs on Each Other by Tasting Pee, Especially if It's Pee From a Friend
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-dolphins-taste-friends-pee-to-check-if-they-re-around
The Current Rate of Ocean Warming Could Bring the Greatest Extinction of Sea life in 250 Million Years - Inside Climate News
Juice mission is almost ready to explore Jupiter's icy moons | Digital Trends
https://www.digitaltrends.com/space/juice-fully-integrated/
17 mins -Best STOL Wing Design Ever?!? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc7PcmAl7Ag
The Boeing Starliner Finally Made It To Orbit - After Two Of Its Engines Failed
Breathtaking Images From The Solar Orbiter Reveals ‘Curious Patch Of Spikes’ Called ‘Hedgehog’
The Sun’s active regions: coronal rain and solar moss - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZuUGul-Zzw
Webb Nearly Set to Explore the Solar System – James Webb Space Telescope
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/05/19/webb-nearly-set-to-explore-the-solar-system/
15 mins - The Bizarre Behavior of Rotating Bodies - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VPfZ_XzisU
NASA Astronauts' Suits Keep Filling Up With Water - And It Has Them Alarmed
Chinese rover's surprise discovery about liquid water on Mars - Big Think
https://bigthink.com/hard-science/chinese-rover-water-mars/
20 mins - Parallel Worlds Probably Exist. Here’s Why - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTXTPe3wahc
6 mins - How It's Made: Natural Baking Soda - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm8e9oF9zQY
12 mins - Why Are 96,000,000 Black Balls on This Reservoir? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPdPpi5W4o
Astronomer Bernie Reim gives us his monthly heads-up for June. 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