@sundogplanets

Congratulations! 👏
We are big Bob McDonald fans in this house..

#quirksandquarks #cbc

Listening to #CBC #Quirksandquarks 50th anniversary ep.
@perimeterinstitute.ca ‘s cosmologist @astrokatie.com on dark matter and dark energy. Deep!

You’ve heard the affable CBC #QuirksAndQuarks host on the radio, now come listen to him in person! Bob McDonald is our #TalkAndTea speaker tomorrow 2-4pm.

He’ll talk on his book, #JustSayYes, and how he became #Canada’s favourite science-explainer!

$10 cash at door.

#LogCabinMuseum #yyjevents

Climate scientists brace for deep cuts, anti-DEI policies run amok, Great Lakes under threat and asserting our | CBC Radio Politically-driven chaos disrupting U.S. scientific institutions is creating challenges for science in Canada. In this special episode of Quirks & Quarks, we explore what Canadian scientists are doing...

Scientific Sovereignty on CBC #QuirksandQuarks It's our own responsibility to make sure that we have a strong science capacity so we have access to the experts we need, when we need them www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks... (the whole episode is worth it; my interview #BouchardReport is at min 43:39/54:00 )

Screenshot of the paragraphs from the linked document describing the segment "Eradicating diseases — Can we wipe out ancient and modern plagues forever?" and mentioning the involvement of Stan Houston

Early Father's Day shout-out to the old man for making an appearance on CBC's #QuirksandQuarks this week, for the segment "Eradicating diseases — Can we wipe out ancient and modern plagues forever?" 👍www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/jun-7-eradi...

Discussing role of clouds & aerosols on record warmth of 2023/24 with #CBCRadio #QuirksandQuarks Bob McDonald who also talks with @kornhuber.bsky.social about how extreme heatwaves are outpacing expectation:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Papers:

doi.org/10.1088/1748...

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

@penahay.bsky.social 🙏✊✌️
Two of the stories/segments in #CBCRadio #QuirksandQuarks show linked there:
-"Watching planets form in a baby solar system"
-"The underground economy: Fungi and plants trade have a network under our feet"
"Remote sensing" & how do any learn, & to "take-in" "the data", eh?
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Hosted by the legendary Bob McDonald, the show has won over 80 national and international journalism awards, including the prestigious Walter Sullivan Award (twice!) and the Science Writing Award from the American Institute of Physics (twice!).

#SaveTheCBC #QuirksAndQuarks

#COVID19 #CoronaVirus #LongCovid
#QuirksAndQuarks

Listening to #CBC science show #QuirksandQuarks and realizing that over the years they've probably interviewed thousands of researchers at US government agencies and universities. How many of them have been laid off or defunded?

Ant on a compass (Photo by Robin Grob)

🤩 Today on air: Bob McDonald interviewed me for the #CBC science program 🧪📻 #QuirksAndQuarks about our recent finding that #DesertAnts have a #PolarityCompass that we published in @currentbiology.bsky.social 🧭🐜 Check it out: ↘️ www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks... ↙️ @sfb1372.bsky.social @neuroethology.org

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Some groups are petitioning now to get rid of DST. Some jurisdictions already have. Saskatchewan doesn't make the switch. Neither do several other places scattered across Canada, like Fort Nelson and East Kootenay region in B.C. & Quebec's North Shore. #quirksandquarks
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

In new memoir, Bob McDonald reveals he was sexually abused as a child | CBC Radio WARNING: This article contains details of abuse. In his new memoir Just Say Yes, Quirks and Quarks host Bob McDonald charts his path from an unhappy and sometimes abusive home to Canada's foremost explainer of all things scientific.

👇🇨🇦"In new memoir, Bob McDonald reveals he was sexually abused as a child" #BobMcDonald #CBC
#QuirksAndQuarks

COVID infections are causing drops in IQ and years of brain aging, studies suggest | CBC Radio Researchers are trying to understand the profound effects of COVID-19 on the brain, looking at how it disrupts the blood-brain barrier, how it affects brain volume, and showing that even a mild case of COVID can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging.

It happens to be my favorite science show on #CBCradio in 🇨🇦, I have been listening to him since I was a teen. Also on Sirius radio. #Quirksandquarks
#bobmcdonald
#covidinfections
#dropIQ
#brainaging

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

theconversation.com/mounting-res...

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