San Miguel de Allende SciTechNature Zoom Get-Togethers
Tuesday, 07/26/22, 11:30am SMA time.

Today's links:
7 mins - Superstition - Why our minds crave the supernatural

https://bigthink.com/

Astronomer Bernie Reim gives us his August heads-up

Larry's COVID data crunch:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ik57PnlaRHi1GJ9EUuFSe1If0CZ1Uu2K/view?usp=sharing

Eclipse at the poles viewed through a telescope...really? - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM0PK_GokWA

NASA's James Webb Telescope May Have Just Found The Oldest Known Galaxy

https://wonderfulengineering.com/nasas-james-webb-telescope-may-have-just-found-the-oldest-known-galaxy/

10 mins - James Webb Just Found The Most Distant Galaxy Ever Without Even Trying - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF3wF21fkRc&t=404s

Big Bang Evolution

https://news.mit.edu/sites/default/files/download/201802/MIT-Cold-Hydrogen-04-PRESS.jpg

SciTechNature - Webb Telescope - I'll Eat my Hat

https://sites.google.com/site/scitecnature/files/webb-telescope-ill-eat-my-hat

These Amazing New JWST Images of Spiral Galaxies Are So Beautiful We Could Cry

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-webb-images-of-spiral-galaxies-are-so-beautiful-we-could-cry

Astronomers Watched a Black Hole Shred a Star – But Surprisingly Little Was Devoured

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-star-came-too-close-to-a-black-hole-but-scientists-were-surprised-at-the-outcome

Scientists Have Developed a New Way to Measure The Ever-Elusive Gravitational Constant

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-gravitational-constant-has-been-re-measured-with-incredible-precision

12 mins - What Is It That So Many People Have Seen? | Ball Lightning - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9XwHUCMXPI

My Ball Lightning data collector
http://goodnessgraciousgreatballsoffire.com/

4 mins - Mystery in Louisiana - Poverty Point - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYOe13IXO80

12 mins - Watson Brake ~ Louisiana's 5,400 Year Old Mystery Site - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2vL9803wdA

Watch A Guy Riding A Huge Drone Wipe Out After Trying to Shoot A Basketball Hoop

https://wonderfulengineering.com/watch-a-guy-riding-a-huge-drone-wipe-out-after-trying-to-shoot-a-basketball-hoop/

Watch A Massive Tidal Wave Crashing Over A 2-Story Condo In Hawaii

https://wonderfulengineering.com/watch-a-massive-tidal-wave-crashing-over-a-2-story-condo-in-hawaii/

There's Growing Evidence That Insects Feel Pain, Just Like Us

https://www.sciencealert.com/insects-probably-do-feel-pain-similar-to-how-we-do-scientists-argue

10 mins - STN member Susan Neubeck - True Facts: The Beaver - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2YXFeraM8I

Having a Pet Dog Could Protect You Against Crohn’s Disease and Improve Your Intestinal Health

https://scitechdaily.com/having-a-pet-dog-could-protect-you-against-crohns-disease-and-improve-your-intestinal-health/

Dogs Might Actually 'See' Through Smells, Brain Scans Suggest

https://www.sciencealert.com/dogs-smell-is-tightly-linked-to-the-visual-parts-of-their-brain

Dogs Could Have Joined Humans More Than Once, Ancient Wolf DNA Has Revealed

https://www.sciencealert.com/ice-age-wolf-dna-reveals-the-origins-of-dogs-may-be-more-scattered-than-we-thought

A Large Part Of Southwestern Europe Is Burning - With Over A Thousand Deaths Caused By The 'Heat Apocalypse'

https://wonderfulengineering.com/a-large-part-of-southwestern-europe-is-burning-with-over-a-thousand-deaths-caused-by-the-heat-apocalypse/

This Historic Bridge In London Has Been Wrapped In Foil To Protect From The Devastating Heatwave

https://wonderfulengineering.com/this-historic-bridge-in-london-has-been-wrapped-in-foil-to-protect-from-the-devastating-heatwave/

9 mins - There’s only one way to stop megafires | Hard Reset - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7V13ZL-ysE

Watch A Wind Turbine Catch On Fire And Create A Mesmerizing Spiral Smoke Pattern

https://wonderfulengineering.com/watch-a-wind-turbine-catch-on-fire-and-create-a-mesmerizing-spiral-smoke-pattern/

China’s powerful sun-gazing telescope ready for launch | South China Morning Post

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3185303/chinas-powerful-sun-gazing-telescope-ready-launch

China wants to build a mega spaceship that’s nearly a mile long | Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/mega-spaceship-china-proposal.html

China Is Building The World's Most Far-Reaching Radar System - For Planetary Defence

https://wonderfulengineering.com/china-is-building-the-worlds-most-far-reaching-radar-system-for-planetary-defence/

Researchers Have Set A New Quantum Entanglement Distance Record - With Over 20 Miles

https://wonderfulengineering.com/researchers-have-set-a-new-quantum-entanglement-distance-record-with-over-20-miles/

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