I had a fab time last week in York attending at my first @big-stem-network.bsky.social BIG Event! Great time running a session with @lizahaart.bsky.social with so many fun and creative outputs from everyone! Incredible community and inclusive conference #bigevent26 #stem #scicomm #sciart 🧪 🐡

We’re ready for our session at @big-stem-network.bsky.social ! @scarlettlw.bsky.social

Feeling really honoured to have my artwork included in this First Nations News piece. I created it during my time working on a SciArt project with the Australian Centre of Astrobiology, and it is wonderful to see it being used in this context. firstnationsnews.com.au/words-do-mat... 🐡 🧪 🎨 #language

Words do matter - honouring Malgana language in naming of new species - First Nations News

The stromatolites of Western Australia are part of Malgana heritage and the use of Malgana language in describing them is important

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Highly recommend visiting the International Centre for Life 🧬 Fab examples of inclusive, creative & immersive science engagement. They have put a lot of work into making it accessible. Highlights: Relaxed Sunday, planetarium, fossil show (included shadow puppets!), and hands-on experiments. 🧪 🐡

New publication out! 🎉 mted.merga.net.au/index.php/mt... #maths #mathematics #academia #mathseducation #teaching #teachercpd

Spreading the word 🏛️ - science & discovery centres in the UK are facing a lack of financial support. The ASDC are calling on the Government to implement policy changes that safeguard the sector's future. Find out more & sign the open letter⬇️ www.sciencecentres.org.uk/openletter20... 🐡🧪🧬

Association for science and discovery centres open letter 2025

This open letter is part of the campaign 'Science Centres for our Future: Supporting engagement, education and diversity in STEM for the next 25 years' calling on the Department for Science, Innovatio...

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I'm so proud to announce my most ambitious pin to date: a miniature guide to the trees of Britain (and lots of Europe)! Available now from my Etsy: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4386...

For over 25 years, science and discovery centres have been at the heart of inspiring millions of people to explore, question, and be part of UK science and technology. But they're seriously under threat… 1/3

Autumn is coming 🎃 🍁 #CatsOfBluesky 🐈‍⬛ #cat

Thank you to our patron @profaliceroberts.bsky.social for sharing our open letter. Science and discovery centres are facing a lack of financial support. We are calling on the Government to implement policy changes that safeguard the sector's future. Sign it ⬇️ www.sciencecentres.org.uk/openletter/

Science Centres for our Future Open Letter

Science Centres for our Future Open Letter

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For over 25 years, science and discovery centres have been at the heart of inspiring millions of people to explore, question, and be part of UK science and technology. But they're seriously under threat… 1/3

This was a truly collaborative effort spanning multiple labs and institutions….many hands picking the Asgard fruit. Recognising Indigenous knowledge and culture from #SharkBay in the naming of novel organism. Brief summary and shout out to @scarlettlw.bsky.social for some cool stromatolite art...

Watching this last night at the Pheonix Cinema & Art Centre moved me (and the stranger next to me) to tears. I cannot recommend watching this enough - powerful documentary with Attenborough I will be waiting to see the outcomes of the June UN Ocean Conference in a few weeks! #scicomm #fish 🧪 🐡

Happy (very belated) tardigrade day! Completely forgot to post on actual tardigrade day - but better late than never! Resharing this blog I wrote and illustrated for the National Space Centre on this fantastic little creatures: www.spacecentre.co.uk/news/space-n... #scicomm #sciart 🧪

Tardigrades – The Ultimate Survivors?

These small earth-dwelling creatures can out-survive us in many apocalyptic scenarios, and might unlock the code to our space survival.

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I was lucky enough to be invited on a tour with some other Cambridge SciComm folks over the weekend to the Down House - the home of Charles #Darwin! I saw where he did some experiments in the house & in the garden 🪴, as well as the bedroom he died in! Highly recommend visiting! #scicomm 🧪

These two had the right weekend vibe last night #cats #catsofbluesky 🐈

So very hyped that @nature.com made a video about our study on microplastic in caddisfly casings! 😱🎥 Watch it preferably next to a creek... some of them might want to tune in too. 🍿🐛

Microplastic pollution found in insect casing from 1971

YouTube video by nature video

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Spotted this fence skink on a fence! Fun fact (source in replies)! 🕷️ A recent study found these skinks, Cryptoblepharus virgatus, are considered low quality prey for redback spiders… #SciComm #wildlife #photography 🧪

A Grey-headed Flying-fox I spotted in a Sydney park! Couple fun facts (sources & info in replies) 🦇They are one of Australia's largest bats 🌿 They play an important role in pollination & seed dispersal, connecting forest fragments & help with forest regeneration #SciComm #wildlife #photography 🧪

Went to Nice in France last month & had a little museum & gallery crawl. This is a great small archaeological museum (name in image), and is a site-museum! Great displays on the historical timelines of the site, and loved the hologram projection - great tool for #scicomm visual storytelling!🧪 🐡

Went to Bradgate Park over the weekend and loved their new information instillations & displays around the park! These boards tell the history of the ruins using fantastic engagement elements - like this turning photo wheel that utilises the spring sunshine! It has given me a new #scicomm idea! 💡🐡

Had a fab time today visiting IOPPN King’s College London for the first time! Got some filming & interviewing done 🎥 for a video project I’ve been working & collaborating on the last few months (stayed tuned!). Even got some rare sunshine ☀️ #scicomm 🧠

I have a little plea and it's this: please keep posting about things that aren't The Horrors. I am not saying to not look at or be informed about The Horrors. What I am saying—what I am genuinely kind of begging you to do—is keep posting about books and movies and sunsets and pets and joy. Please.

Had a great time doing shrub removal at Stonesby Quarry for the LRWT Wildlife Trust 🦡 yesterday! This site is known for wildflowers, butterflies & glowworms! LRWT Team Wilder resources has great tips for helping UK wildlife 🐝 🦡 & the planet 🌏: www.lrwt.org.uk/actions #conservation #scicomm

The risks of ‘space junk’ are clear: what goes up, might well come back down on top of you | Patrick Schröder

The risks of ‘space junk’ are clear: what goes up, might well come back down on top of you | Patrick Schröder

As commercial space activity ramps up, detritus from launches poses a risk to active satellites and those of us down on Earth Last month, people in a small village in Kenya looked to the sky and saw a red glowing ring slowly descending. The half-tonne…

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She’s finally finished! A portrait I’ve been working on whilst commuting - belated gift for a family member! #dog #art 🐶

Came across this game over the holiday season…turns out I don’t know my trees as well as I should… but great #SciComm 🧪 gift!! 🐡 Found it in my local @waterstones.bsky.social! Credits/details of the game in comments (bc ran out of characters)!

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Starter packs

BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...

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Looking cute and cuddly ❄️ (after ripping up the carpet) 🐈 #Cat #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky

Been away for a while but back to BlueSky with a chonky squirrel & some spooky fog pictures from my walk this Saturday - because why not? #sqrlpix #squrrielofbluesky

Disinformation and Misinformation shared by Steven Bartlett in his so-called health podcast has multiple dubious claims, debunked ‘experts’ including Malhotra and people with stakes in wellness including the host who also makes £££ from the podcasts. 😡😡😡🧪

Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO podcast

Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.

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