Science in the News
http://edu-observatory.org/olli/SciNews/index.html


Mike Meetz and Sam Wormley team up to provide a lively
discussion with OLLI members about Science In The News.
A deep understanding of science is not required to share
and discuss recent Science In The News.

Science News Sources
  http://edu-observatory.org/media/Science/index.html#LATEST









A Field Guide to Critical Thinking
  A_Field_Guide_to_Critical_Thinking.pdf

In Theory
  Life, the Universe, and Everything   

Climate
  Understanding Global Climate Change             
  Heat Wave: Cause and Survival                      
  Water, water, everywhere (from Air)               
  Personal Transportation Without Gasoline 
  Corporate Leadership Toward a Zero Carbon Footprint
  Can Our Power Grids Survive a Major Solar Outburst?

Relativity
  Beautiful, Simple and Profound 
  An Illustrated Guide to Relativity           
  Gravitational Waves: A New Era of Astronomy Begins
  The Prediction, Discovery, and Confirmation of Black Holes

Alan Lightman On Richard Feynman's Amazing Mind, Or How 
"Hawking Radiation" Could Well Be "Feynman Radiation"   (6+ min)
  https://player.vimeo.com/video/104516539
  http://edu-observatory.org/olli/BH/index.html

Quantum Mechanics
  Spooky Action at a Distance and Quantum Technology

The Physicist Who Bets That Gravity Can't Be Quantized | Quanta Magazine
  https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-physicist-who-bets-that-gravity-cant-be-quantized-20230710/
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkRbNXILroI

Astronomy
  Overview of Astronomy (Papa Joe)
  Voyages of Discovery: Copernicus to the Big Bang
  Tests of Big Bang Cosmology                       

  

  

 

  
  
  


  
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