Ira Flatow
@iraflatow
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Host of @scifri Science Friday on Public Radio, awful poker player, slightly better at tennis, great with orchids, sourdough challenged. Too many dad jokes.
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Joined October 2008
“Silence like a cancer grows” - Paul Simon. VOTE dammit.
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Shorter news stories won’t solve public radio’s problems https://t.co/RQJkMmWiwz via @ericnuzum
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As Matthew McConaughey’s character says in “True Detective,” "Time is a flat circle." It’s not a content strategy.
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Praying Manis lowered into water to entice out the parasite within! 🪱😱
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Mount Saint Helen's euption obtained by upscaled 4K pictures with advanced AI interpolation. https://t.co/dG5pk1R9je
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How can we NOT go there...
An incredibly detailed image of Mars captured by ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, from the north polar ice cap, to the cloud covered Hellas Planitia in the south, the largest impact crater on Mars. 📸: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
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Man. What would Carl be saying today...well...he said it yesterday.
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true. - Carl Sagan
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For a second, I thought it was the Mars Rover.
K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. https://t.co/DXvrvyjBRM
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The clearest picture that was ever taken of the surface of Venus...
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Dave Scott performed one of the most legendary experiments: the galilean 'hammer & feather' held on the Moon, 53 years ago #Today
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Sure miss those drums and bugles of classic Olympic theme. #Olympics2024
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Did you know? A new ocean is forming in Africa along a 35-mile crack that opened up in Ethiopia in 2005. The crack, which has been expanding ever since, is a result of three tectonic plates pulling away from each other. It’s thought that Africa’s new ocean will take at least
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