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Edmonton, Alberta
Joined November 2009
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Great show this week on Quirks, with guest host @DrTorahKachur from @UAlberta - falcon hunting, bacteria that eat metal, brown dwarf storms
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There's mystery, adventure and science in Monte Reel's new book. And I just got to interview him. Tune in on Saturday to @CBCQuirks
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What superpower would you have? #Kapow
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Have you seen @ScienceinSecnds yet? Short blogs & videos on all things science, founded by our former board pres @RootMeanSquared
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A reconstructed Watson and Crick DNA model (with some of the original metal plates) is on display in the Museum today ow.ly/i7My2
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Bugs Bunny isn't a rabbit - he's a hare.
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Today is Feb 11.For #math #mathed buffs:11=6^2-5^2.Similarly 1111=56^2-45^2, and 111,111=556^2-445^2, and so on.
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@ScienceinSecnds I nominate we just send them this photo instead.
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All the proof you need that bloodthirsty dinosaurs live among us on.io9.com/UU0KVUz
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@ScienceinSecnds #nerdpickuplines "If you were a metal, and I were a ligand, I'd like to make a complex with you."
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Let's make this viral. No books, no fucking. fb.me/tC5NayDW
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We used jargon instead of plain English to prove that a decade of grad school and postdoc made us smart. #overlyhonestmethods
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How to fraction freeze your #beer to make it stronger ow.ly/1R0xZI via @PopSci #craftbeer
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GM opponents need to focus on destructive patents, not unsubstantiated "health concerns": slate.me/T9P9Qe
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We lost Carl Sagan 16 years ago today – remember him with this stunning animated adaptation of Pale Blue Dot j.mp/RJm9Lj
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Three expeditions are underway to detect microbial life beneath Antarctic ice on.natgeo.com/UPsqsd
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Cleopatra owned one of the world's first vibrators. It was a small container filled with buzzing bees
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Coming up on the 10,000th follower - the one who hits the mark gets a Quirks e-book cbc.ca/quirks/books/
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If geeks ruled the world, we'd solve International crises overnight. But we might spawn new arguments about Kirk vs Picard.
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