After a brief interruption, the Martin Gardner website is back, see martin-gardner.org and spread the word! Your one-stop site for info about his interests, writings & legacy. See what he inspired at martin-gardner.org/INSPIRATION.ht… Leave a testimonial at martin-gardner.org/Testimonials.h…

Tomorrow (Friday April 7th -- Good Friday) CBC Television will be airing David Suzuki's last program after hosting The Nature of Things for 44 years. We (Reel Time Images) were honoured that he asked us to produce "Suzuki Signs Off" and hope you will find it of interest

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David Suzuki shares insights as he retires from The Nature of Things theglobeandmail.com/arts/televisio…

Tonight, Canadian icon David Suzuki signs off after 44 years at the helm of The Nature of Things, TV’s longest-running science series. Thank you for everything Dr. Suzuki, and all the best for things to come! cbc.ca/documentaries/…

"Thank you for all of the time you spent with me." After 44 years hosting The Nature of Things, David Suzuki is signing off — but first there are some people he'd like to thank. Suzuki Signs Off is now streaming free on CBC Gem and airs tonight (Fri. Apr. 7) @ 9/9:30 on @cbc TV!

File under: Sports News? my friends who are fans and aficionados of baseball what do you say: grist.org/culture/more-h…

File under: first steps (and very competitive scientists) quantamagazine.org/primitive-asga…

Principle of Valid Action 4. Proportion. Things Are Well When They Move Together Not In Isolation. Silo _ The Inner Look

On this day in 1452 Leonardo da Vinci was born. Apparently approaching his death in 1519 he reflected: “I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.” ...Hmmm not sure where that leaves the rest of us.

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People in the Middle Ages knew the earth was round, as you can see from this 900 year old drawing. So where did the myth come from that Medieval people thought the earth was flat? Well, it was once an important part of America's national identity...

1. On March 8, @RonDeSantisFL held a press conference & insisted Florida wasn't banning books, it was simply removing PORN He based it on a survey of 23 school districts But the survey was kept secret Until now The books Florida is banning as "PORN" is absolutely wild 🧵

I know a lot of you wanted a technical breakdown of this meme so here it is! I don't think you will find this level of detail anywhere else so keep reading if you don't want to miss out.

Dust storms on Mars. These giants storms happen because of the thin air and dusty ground on Mars. When sunlight warms up the air, strong winds pick up and lift the dust high into the sky. The storms can surge to unimaginable heights, even enveloping the entire planet ... 1/

Direct Hit! Several #solarstorms are expected this week, led by this first one below. This one should hit May 10, but multiple storm hits will follow, possibly clear through May 12 before things calm down. In fact, another Earth-directed storm is launching NOW, as I write this.

Statistician here. ⚠️WARNING. This is NOT an accurate use of probability theory ⚠️ We can actually explain this one without any math so read on...

another non-human cognition article. this time about work from a major research institute, and wonder of wonders, a link to the research article. bigthink.com/life/dogs-know…

Investigations of materials in the gut, using ingestible samplers, resulted in significant observations by profiling the human intestinal environment for various physiological conditions Led by Stanford university and Envivo Bio, Inc, San Francisco, teams nature.com/articles/s4158…

DRAMATIC ERUPTION ON THE SUN: At about 06:00 UT this morning a prominence near the northern solar polar became unstable and erupted. It seemed like a whip being cracked. Note its huge size wrt the Earth (inset), also a lot of infalling material after the eruption.