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- Today's date (22/02/2022) is both a palindrome AND an ambigram! It reads the same left to right, right to left, and when turned upside down.
- The moment we stopped watching Bridgerton Let us explain ... Things were going great and we were really getting into Season 3. That is until we watched this scene unfold before our eyes ....
- Replying to @Ri_ScienceYou find the number sequence and associated golden ratio/spiral peppered throughout nature. But the sequence was perhaps first noticed around 200 BC in relation to patterns in poetry, by Pingala. It was developed in Indian mathematics and introduced to Europe in 1202 by Fibonacci
- 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, who do we appreciate? Fibonacci, because it's #FibonacciDay (11/23) 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597 2584 4181 6765 10946 17711 28657 46368 75025 121393 196418 317811...
- Drumroll, please 🥁 The 2021 #XmasLectures will be led by Professor Jonathan Van-Tam! The 3-lecture series is titled: ‘Going viral: How Covid changed science forever’.
GIF - When we had a chance to send something up to @astro_timpeake on the ISS, this is what we sent. Happy #TowelDay!
GIF - DRUMROLL PLEASE 🎉 Our 2019 Christmas Lecturer is the one and only @FryRsquared! In the ‘Secrets and lies’ #XmasLectures, Hannah will unveil the hidden numbers, rules and patterns that govern our daily lives. Read all about it at @guardianscience - theguardian.com/science/2019/a…
- This is Kathleen Lonsdale's actual handwriting, NOT a digital font. We're going to go away now and feel bad about ourselves.
- DRUMROLL PLEASE Our 2020 Christmas Lecturers are Chris Jackson, Helen Czerski & Tara Shine! In 'Planet Earth: A user's guide' @seis_matters, @helenczerski & @shine_tara are teaming up to tackle climate change through earth, ocean and air #XmasLectures 🌏 rigb.org/christmas-lect…
- Replying to @Ri_ScienceIf this thread has taught us anything, it's that you shouldn't trust Bridgerton to explain heritage science. That's our job 😊 We guess we should be grateful for the mention and our 1 second of almost fame.
- Happy Fibonacci new year! 🥳 1/1/23 🥳
- That feeling when you’ve nailed 3 #XmasLectures 🥳 HUGE congrats and thanks to @FryRsquared for unveiling the mathematical patterns in life, showing everyone how cool algorithms are & inspiring a new batch of mathematicians!
- Drumroll, please... 🥁 We are excited to announce that the 2024 #XmasLectures, supported by @CGI_Global , will be presented by Dr Chris van Tulleken (@DoctorChrisVT) and will be all about food and the human body’s relationship to it!
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