Friday roundup, June 16, 2017

Friday Roundup, social media, June 16, 2017,
Bay and Albert, Toronto, 1981                                © Avard Woolaver

Friday roundup, June 16, 2017. Here are some news stories that caught my eye, and ear, on social media this week: #fbf

Robert Frank: The Man Who Saw America,

Scientists ‘extremely surprised’ after flatworm grows 2nd head in space,

Why Neil deGrasse Tyson says learning about science is more important than ever,

Coffee outlet’s Canada 150 message adds reminder about Indigenous history,

Photographs by Yuri Rasin,

Peter Lindbergh’s best photograph: the birth of the supermodels,

If you can’t explain something in simple terms, you don’t understand it,

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings feat. Serena Ryder – Black Sheep

 

Bay and Albert, Toronto, 1981, is from the Facebook series: Toronto Days

5 Comments

  1. Mark Moore said:

    Do I get a thanks shout out for Frank link. lol

    June 16, 2017
    • avardw said:

      A shout out to Mark Moore for the Robert Frank link!

      June 16, 2017
  2. Well the one that got me is the flatworms in space. What a story. What does it mean? And who thought to take flatworms into space, and why flatworms in particular?

    (I shared it to FaceBook and mentioned I had seen it here.)

    June 16, 2017
    • avardw said:

      I heard a bit of the radio story on the CBC. Apparently these worms have the capacity to grow back missing pieces.You pretty much have to crush them completely to stop them from growing back. This one was special because it grew back an extra head. I’m not sure what it all means, but I’ve heard it said that two heads are better than one!

      June 16, 2017
      • We might have to revise the desirability of two heads better than one when astronauts come back that way ?

        June 17, 2017

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