And if that isn’t badass enough, that moment in time is known as the Zanclean megaflood 🤘 Lots of fascinating papers, a great recent one is Land-to-sea indicators of the Zanclean megaflood by A Micallef et al (2024)
It’s not a “fake diamond” it’s a REAL ZIRCON. And that is better in every way. Hadean age for a post-magma-ocean zircon confirmed by atom-probe tomography, by John W. Valley et al (2014)
While the way olive trees keep living is clearly great for longevity, the flip side is that it’s completely rubbish for getting any sort of accurate dates or true ages. So precisely HOW old these trees are is and will always be up for debate. But OLIVE them are lovely regardless 🍈 (For example) Olive Tree-Ring Problematic Dating: A Comparative Analysis on Santorini (Greece) by P. Cherubini et al. (2013)
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I bet you didn’t know how safe the British plug actually was! 🤔 #TheSecretGeniusOfModernLife #HannahFry #ModernTechnology #STEM #Demo #Plug #British #AirFryer #Science Hannah Fry takes us through the engineering genius of the British plug, which suggests how safe it really is.
This is my wonderful dad – the last of the Frys – who finally left us a few days ago. I don’t know if you can tell from the photos, but my dad was so British. He liked only fools and horses and pebble beaches and food without any flavour, like bread and butter pudding and gammon egg and chips. He spent his childhood hiding from the blitz in a cage under his kitchen table, and from teachers and policemen while playing truant from school. His youth, he spent covered in motorbike grease and oil, spray painting cars against a soundtrack of Pink Floyd. And his adulthood surrounded by women – an entire dynasty of female only descendants. Alzheimer’s isn’t the disease people like to pretend it is. It isn’t about losing your keys and thinking you’re in your childhood again. It’s so, so much crueller and more horrifying than that. But i remember him before, when my dad was smarter than at least half of the professors I’ve ever met, and more capable at building things and fixing things and inventing things than practically anyone. He was a man’s man in the quietest possible way. Not a big drinker or partier, he didn’t demand attention or make himself known. But when he had something to say, it would be razor sharp, insightful, and delivered with devastating precision. My friends called him the conversational samuri. He’d been born in the days when polio routinely robbed young men and women of their prospects. So he left school with no qualifications and ended up trapped in a blue collar job, fitting hydraulic lifts on trucks for decade after decade. Some would say it was a waste of his talent. I would say it was a waste of his joy. He came alive again once he retired. And then we had nearly fifteen years of unrelenting mischief before the Alzheimer’s took hold. Building rockets and forts and fires and dolls houses and rocking horses, watching fast cars and playing pranks and hiding and seeking and laughing and teasing and I loved every single minute of it. Goodbye dad, i had so much fun with you x 💔
This is my wonderful dad – the last of the Frys – who finally left us a few days ago. I don’t know if you can tell from the photos, but my dad was so British. He liked only fools and horses and pebble beaches and food without any flavour, like bread and butter pudding and gammon egg and chips. He spent his childhood hiding from the blitz in a cage under his kitchen table, and from teachers and policemen while playing truant from school. His youth, he spent covered in motorbike grease and oil, spray painting cars against a soundtrack of Pink Floyd. And his adulthood surrounded by women – an entire dynasty of female only descendants. Alzheimer’s isn’t the disease people like to pretend it is. It isn’t about losing your keys and thinking you’re in your childhood again. It’s so, so much crueller and more horrifying than that. But i remember him before, when my dad was smarter than at least half of the professors I’ve ever met, and more capable at building things and fixing things and inventing things than practically anyone. He was a man’s man in the quietest possible way. Not a big drinker or partier, he didn’t demand attention or make himself known. But when he had something to say, it would be razor sharp, insightful, and delivered with devastating precision. My friends called him the conversational samuri. He’d been born in the days when polio routinely robbed young men and women of their prospects. So he left school with no qualifications and ended up trapped in a blue collar job, fitting hydraulic lifts on trucks for decade after decade. Some would say it was a waste of his talent. I would say it was a waste of his joy. He came alive again once he retired. And then we had nearly fifteen years of unrelenting mischief before the Alzheimer’s took hold. Building rockets and forts and fires and dolls houses and rocking horses, watching fast cars and playing pranks and hiding and seeking and laughing and teasing and I loved every single minute of it. Goodbye dad, i had so much fun with you x 💔
This is my wonderful dad – the last of the Frys – who finally left us a few days ago. I don’t know if you can tell from the photos, but my dad was so British. He liked only fools and horses and pebble beaches and food without any flavour, like bread and butter pudding and gammon egg and chips. He spent his childhood hiding from the blitz in a cage under his kitchen table, and from teachers and policemen while playing truant from school. His youth, he spent covered in motorbike grease and oil, spray painting cars against a soundtrack of Pink Floyd. And his adulthood surrounded by women – an entire dynasty of female only descendants. Alzheimer’s isn’t the disease people like to pretend it is. It isn’t about losing your keys and thinking you’re in your childhood again. It’s so, so much crueller and more horrifying than that. But i remember him before, when my dad was smarter than at least half of the professors I’ve ever met, and more capable at building things and fixing things and inventing things than practically anyone. He was a man’s man in the quietest possible way. Not a big drinker or partier, he didn’t demand attention or make himself known. But when he had something to say, it would be razor sharp, insightful, and delivered with devastating precision. My friends called him the conversational samuri. He’d been born in the days when polio routinely robbed young men and women of their prospects. So he left school with no qualifications and ended up trapped in a blue collar job, fitting hydraulic lifts on trucks for decade after decade. Some would say it was a waste of his talent. I would say it was a waste of his joy. He came alive again once he retired. And then we had nearly fifteen years of unrelenting mischief before the Alzheimer’s took hold. Building rockets and forts and fires and dolls houses and rocking horses, watching fast cars and playing pranks and hiding and seeking and laughing and teasing and I loved every single minute of it. Goodbye dad, i had so much fun with you x 💔
Big BIG news people. HUGE! An idea that’s about two years in the making, I’ve joined the team @goalhanger for a brand new always-on podcast: The Rest Is Science⭐️ It’s a podcast for people who like things both absurdly deep and deeply absurd. Science, but not in the way youve ever seen it before. Swipe for the trailer: 👉 My cohost is the inimitable Michael Stevens of Vsauce fame. I’ve been a fan of his for about fifteen years, and if you know his work, you’ll understand why I’m so giddy i get to work with him. And if you’ve somehow missed him, buckle up – or at least find something to hold on to. Our first episode is coming next week. Prepare your neurons accordingly..
Big BIG news people. HUGE! An idea that’s about two years in the making, I’ve joined the team @goalhanger for a brand new always-on podcast: The Rest Is Science⭐️ It’s a podcast for people who like things both absurdly deep and deeply absurd. Science, but not in the way youve ever seen it before. Swipe for the trailer: 👉 My cohost is the inimitable Michael Stevens of Vsauce fame. I’ve been a fan of his for about fifteen years, and if you know his work, you’ll understand why I’m so giddy i get to work with him. And if you’ve somehow missed him, buckle up – or at least find something to hold on to. Our first episode is coming next week. Prepare your neurons accordingly..
Big BIG news people. HUGE! An idea that’s about two years in the making, I’ve joined the team @goalhanger for a brand new always-on podcast: The Rest Is Science⭐️ It’s a podcast for people who like things both absurdly deep and deeply absurd. Science, but not in the way youve ever seen it before. Swipe for the trailer: 👉 My cohost is the inimitable Michael Stevens of Vsauce fame. I’ve been a fan of his for about fifteen years, and if you know his work, you’ll understand why I’m so giddy i get to work with him. And if you’ve somehow missed him, buckle up – or at least find something to hold on to. Our first episode is coming next week. Prepare your neurons accordingly..
Big BIG news people. HUGE! An idea that’s about two years in the making, I’ve joined the team @goalhanger for a brand new always-on podcast: The Rest Is Science⭐️ It’s a podcast for people who like things both absurdly deep and deeply absurd. Science, but not in the way youve ever seen it before. Swipe for the trailer: 👉 My cohost is the inimitable Michael Stevens of Vsauce fame. I’ve been a fan of his for about fifteen years, and if you know his work, you’ll understand why I’m so giddy i get to work with him. And if you’ve somehow missed him, buckle up – or at least find something to hold on to. Our first episode is coming next week. Prepare your neurons accordingly..
I would also like to hear from anyone that has also heard of this remedy. If only to satisfy that tiny niggling feeling that my ‘good authority’ maybe just wanted me to sniff their head….
What a powerhouse woman! 🔥🧠 #TheSecretGeniusOfModernLife #HannahFry #ModernTechnology #STEM #Plug #Demo #CarolineHaslett #WomenInEngineering #AirFryer #Science We learn all about the feminist engineering icon, Caroline Haslett, and how she changed the future of modern technology. Especially… the British plug! Hannah Fry also takes us through the engineering genius of the British plug, which suggests how safe it really is.
I was trying to think of a clever pun on “livestream” but was just floundering. If you think of a good one, let minnow. @visdeurbel
(I’m not actually suggesting this is Atlantis, btw. This is way better.) Also, Fun Fact! a ‘dogger’ is an old Dutch fishing boat. Among other things. A great wave: the Storegga tsunami and the end of Doggerland? by J Walker, V Gaffney, S Fitch, M Muru, A Fraser, M Bates and R Bates (2020)
There’s actual science behind why you are, the way you are. 🤔 #TheSecretGeniusOfModernLife #HannahFry #ModernTechnology #STEM #Plug #Demo #WomenInEngineering #Rollercoaster #Science #GForce #Design #Test #ThemePark Thrill seeking isn’t for all of us. There are two types of people in the world, and half of us love the head-rush and heart racing sensations of the biggest rollercoasters in the world, and others… not so much. Hannah explains what is actually happening in our brains.
I’d obviously be red all over. 😏 #TheSecretGeniusOfModernLife #HannahFry #ModernTechnology #STEM #Demo #Science #Doorbell #Camera #Video #Heat Hannah Fry takes apart a camera doorbell to show off how it detects heat, which is all thanks to the passive infrared sensors, or PIR.
Would you buy this drone for inside your house? #TheSecretGeniusOfModernLife #HannahFry #ModernTechnology #STEM #Demo #Science #Doorbell #Camera #Video #FutureTech #Doorbell #Drone Chief Executive Officer of Ring, Liz, shows us the inside drone prototype, and how it works. It has one flaw though… it’s not designed for when pets are home.
Coming April 10th – new episodes of Google DeepMind: The Podcast! ✨ Join host Professor @fryrsquared as she explores: 🧪 How AI-powered science could revolutionize medicine 🤖 Cutting edge robotics 🗺️ The limitations of human-generated data And much more. Subscribe now via the link in bio 🔗
Is saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to AI just polite manners – or could it get you better results too? Our Principal Scientist Murray Shanahan shares insights into the art of “prompt whispering” on our latest podcast episode, with host Professor @fryrsquared. Watch our podcast now via the link in bio, or listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧
Human generated data has fueled incredible AI progress, but what comes next? 📈 On the latest episode of our podcast, @fryrsquared and David Silver, VP of Reinforcement Learning, talk about how we could move from the era of relying on human data to one where AI could learn for itself. Watch now via our link in bio 🔗
Human generated data has fueled incredible AI progress, but what comes next? 📈 On the latest episode of our podcast, @fryrsquared and David Silver, VP of Reinforcement Learning, talk about how we could move from the era of relying on human data to one where AI could learn for itself. Watch now via our link in bio 🔗
Can you measure love? Love is in the air as Dara and Hannah investigate what happens to the brain when feeling ‘in love’ by exploring how an individual’s pain threshold may increase because of the release of beta endorphins. Curious Cases | Listen on BBC Sounds
