Dan Falk
@danfalk.bsky.social
Hi! I write about #science for Smithsonian, Discover, Quanta, Nautilus, Undark, National Geographic, CBC Radio, & many other outlets. Books include The Science of Shakespeare and In Search of Time. Co-host of BookLab podcast. 🔭🪐⭐️⚛️
An excellent talk by @robertjsawyer.com, titled “New Life and New Civilizations: A Science Fiction Perspective on Exobiology,” at Mississauga RASC (at UTM) on Friday evening. 🪐👽🐉
January 24, 2026 at 5:39 AM
An excellent talk by @robertjsawyer.com, titled “New Life and New Civilizations: A Science Fiction Perspective on Exobiology,” at Mississauga RASC (at UTM) on Friday evening. 🪐👽🐉
Enjoying Episode 2 of you know what. 🎸🎶
January 22, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Enjoying Episode 2 of you know what. 🎸🎶
It’s 2026, so I guess let’s take St. Joseph’s levitations seriously
January 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
It’s 2026, so I guess let’s take St. Joseph’s levitations seriously
Here’s another snippet from @jjvincent.bsky.social ‘s excellent @harpers.bsky.social feature on humanoid robots:
January 3, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Here’s another snippet from @jjvincent.bsky.social ‘s excellent @harpers.bsky.social feature on humanoid robots:
Frozen pond scene, Halifax, NS, a couple of days ago: ( #winter #photography )
January 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Frozen pond scene, Halifax, NS, a couple of days ago: ( #winter #photography )
I’m enjoying @danielwhiteson.bsky.social ‘s book — but I’m not sure how much that looks like @seanmcarroll.bsky.social ? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
January 1, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I’m enjoying @danielwhiteson.bsky.social ‘s book — but I’m not sure how much that looks like @seanmcarroll.bsky.social ? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
New Years Eve (afternoon), Black Rock Beach, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax:
December 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New Years Eve (afternoon), Black Rock Beach, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax:
To think that I missed this back in 2021
December 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
To think that I missed this back in 2021
Reflection of the former Saint Mary's Boys and Girls School (1521 and 1531 Grafton Street), Halifax, this afternoon:
December 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Reflection of the former Saint Mary's Boys and Girls School (1521 and 1531 Grafton Street), Halifax, this afternoon:
Toronto scene (a few days ago). #Toronto #photography
December 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Toronto scene (a few days ago). #Toronto #photography
Revolution number 9; Love Potion number 9; and
December 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Revolution number 9; Love Potion number 9; and
December 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Episode 40 of BookLab is now up! It's a roundup of Dan and Amanda's picks for the top science books of the past year, featuring new books by Sam Kean, Dagomar Degroot, Lynn Gamwell, Pria Anand, David Baron, and many more!
booklabpodcast.com/booklab-040-... #science #books
booklabpodcast.com/booklab-040-... #science #books
December 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Episode 40 of BookLab is now up! It's a roundup of Dan and Amanda's picks for the top science books of the past year, featuring new books by Sam Kean, Dagomar Degroot, Lynn Gamwell, Pria Anand, David Baron, and many more!
booklabpodcast.com/booklab-040-... #science #books
booklabpodcast.com/booklab-040-... #science #books
Just by way of a recap, the solution to yesterday's Revealed puzzle was Quentin "Taratino" 🤨🙄😐
December 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Just by way of a recap, the solution to yesterday's Revealed puzzle was Quentin "Taratino" 🤨🙄😐
Please enjoy today's Quirks & Quarks, in which you'll hear my "mini book reviews," along with Bob's interviews with authors who wrote science books in 2025. :) (If you're not near your radio... well, you can catch the podcast or just listen anytime at this link: www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks... )
December 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Please enjoy today's Quirks & Quarks, in which you'll hear my "mini book reviews," along with Bob's interviews with authors who wrote science books in 2025. :) (If you're not near your radio... well, you can catch the podcast or just listen anytime at this link: www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks... )
A few scenes from the Algonquin Radio Observatory (November 2025): #astronomy #radioastronomy #science #history #histsci #Ontario #Canada
December 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A few scenes from the Algonquin Radio Observatory (November 2025): #astronomy #radioastronomy #science #history #histsci #Ontario #Canada
December 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Happy 60th to this landmark album! ❤️🎶
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Happy 60th to this landmark album! ❤️🎶
A snippet from Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia.” In act One, Scene One, Thomasina, a young girl, is learning about Fermat’s Last Theorem from her tutor, Septimus. But she is distracted because she recently overheard someone saying that they saw Mrs. Chater in “carnal embrace”:
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A snippet from Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia.” In act One, Scene One, Thomasina, a young girl, is learning about Fermat’s Last Theorem from her tutor, Septimus. But she is distracted because she recently overheard someone saying that they saw Mrs. Chater in “carnal embrace”:
I've been pondering the relationship between Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and Bobby Sands' "Back Home in Derry" -- which appears to be sparking some confusion... #music
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I've been pondering the relationship between Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and Bobby Sands' "Back Home in Derry" -- which appears to be sparking some confusion... #music
Happy "Lights All Askew" Day to all who celebrate! (Headline in the New York Times from Nov. 10, 1919, brings Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity -- along with its alleged incomprehensibility -- to the public.) 🪐🔭🧠📰 #physics #science #histsci #lightsallaskew
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Happy "Lights All Askew" Day to all who celebrate! (Headline in the New York Times from Nov. 10, 1919, brings Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity -- along with its alleged incomprehensibility -- to the public.) 🪐🔭🧠📰 #physics #science #histsci #lightsallaskew
1/2 English astronomer, mathematician and physicist Edmond Halley was born #OTD in 1656. Pix of his house in Oxford, and the plaque in Westminster Abbey are by me from 2023. (cont'd)
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
1/2 English astronomer, mathematician and physicist Edmond Halley was born #OTD in 1656. Pix of his house in Oxford, and the plaque in Westminster Abbey are by me from 2023. (cont'd)
Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie, known as Marie Curie, was born #OTD in 1867. Curie was the 1st person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and remains the only person to have won it in 2 scientific fields ( #physics and #chemistry ). I took these photos of her birthplace (now a museum) in #Warsaw in 2018.
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie, known as Marie Curie, was born #OTD in 1867. Curie was the 1st person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and remains the only person to have won it in 2 scientific fields ( #physics and #chemistry ). I took these photos of her birthplace (now a museum) in #Warsaw in 2018.