Many thanks to Dr Parry Hashemi from Imperial College for a fascinating talk. PubSci is taking a break in August but will be back on 16th September with a talk on 2,000 years of engineering history by the wonderful Laurence Scales of www.laurenceswalks.co.uk

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Not just a cracking @pubsci.bsky.social with Dr Parry Hashemi this month, on measuring seratonin. But an actual musical performance from it too, live(ish) from the brain and gut. Encore!

Very sad to hear Welsh vocal powerhouse, Bonnie, Tyler has died. We nearly put her 80s power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in the latest Science Show episode, which is a bit of an eclipse special (qv) 🧪 In the end, The Beatles and Carly Simon won the day 🌙 Will think of her on 12th August 🌑

Wonderfully powerful, beautifully simple citizen science.

David Blanchflower BSc@davidbflower.bsky.social · 4w ago

How beachgoers are turning snaps into science. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

July's episode of The Science Show 🧪 broadcast on Monday and is now available to stream on Mixcloud. In this show, we look into the science news, interview ecologist Rebecca Nesbit, recommend things to do this summer, and take a deep dive into eclipses. Enjoy! tinyurl.com/TheScienceSh...

The Science Show #9 | Eclipses; El Niño; Alpine Sourdough; plus Rebecca Nesbit (6 July 2026)

The Science Show is a playful miscellany of news, events, art/culture crossovers, interviews, and fascinating random walks through science and science culture — plus excellent music! This month Georg...

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PubSci returns to the Old King's Head post-World Cup. Don't miss Dr Parastoo Hashemi on The Sound of Serotonin, Wednesday 22nd July. As usual it's pay-what-you-can (bring cash or contribute when booking) because PubSci keeps live science real — and accessible. pubsci-july2026.eventbrite.co.uk

22nd July: The Sound of Serotonin | Dr Parry Hashemi (Imperial College)

Discover the true role of serotonin in mood and depression, and hear how a neural engineer monitors it in live cells to make brain music.

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When you have @pubsci.bsky.social at 7 and England at 9. Top organising all round in the Old Kings Head.

📜 Archives help safeguard rights, strengthen accountability, and preserve our shared histories. Today, on INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES DAY, learn more about #IAW2026 and its theme, #ArchivesForJustice: Rights, Memory & Futures. Details ⤵️ www.ica.org/internationa...

The_Science_Show is the highest rated science podcast you've never heard of — and I'd like to fix that! 🧪 After its radio broadcast on the first Monday of the month, episodes become a chart-topping podcast featuring science news, discussion, humour and *great* music. www.mixcloud.com/The_Science_...

Really important editorial summarising the multiple threats to science, funding and even development of new therapies by the Trump administration. Still time to act as public comments on the multitude of draconian changes suggested are open. If this bill passes US science will be so damaged

Another red alert for American science

Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...

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At June's event we take a look at the science behind official drugs policy, consider the real-world harms of different recreational drugs, and ask why the law isn't always scientifically-based... and what risks that may carry. 🧪 The Drugs {Laws} Don't Work, 17/6/26 pubsci-june2026.eventbrite.co.uk

The Drugs {Laws} Don't Work – Drug Toxicity vs Drug Policy

A leading expert examines whether official policy reflects the true dangers of recreational drugs, both legal and illegal.

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"Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why." The latest on the impact of the catastrophic funding cuts to UK astrophysics, by me, in @natastron.nature.com 👩‍🔬🧪🔭 ✒️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you haven't already, please support our campaign by writing to your MP to tell them that funding fundamental physics is crucial and important for both science and the economy. 🔭 ℹ️: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

Many thanks to Pankaj Chandak for a fascinating and very moving talk on organ transplantation. Now, if you're looking for something to listen to while lazing in the sun this weekend, may I recommend The Science Show podcast? 🧪 It's #1 in the Mixcloud science chart! tinyurl.com/TheScienceSh...

Last few tickets remaining – don't miss out

PubSci (Science in the Pub)@pubsci.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🧪 On 20th May, PubSci delves into the past, present and future of organ transplants with leading surgeon Mr Pankaj Chandak, from 3D modelling to xenotransplantation and more. Don't delay: 30% of places are already booked! pubsci-may2026.eventbrite.co.uk

🧪 On 20th May, PubSci delves into the past, present and future of organ transplants with leading surgeon Mr Pankaj Chandak, from 3D modelling to xenotransplantation and more. Don't delay: 30% of places are already booked! pubsci-may2026.eventbrite.co.uk

20th May – The Future of Transplant Surgery (Pankaj Chandak)

A leading transplant surgeon explains what the future holds – from 3-D models to xenotransplantation

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What larks! Howling mice, self-decapitating slugs and butt-poison-firing beetles. All in @joannabagniewska.com's modern bestiary and another cracking @pubsci.bsky.social.

Many thanks to @joannabagniewska.com for a fabulous talk last night. It was simultaneously entertaining, informative, and marvellously gross in parts (mainly animal butt parts FWIW). I'm looking forward to reading more from The Modern Bestiary. Follow PubSci for more great events.

IanVisits rates it one of the "Top things to do in London" tomorrow — so grab your ticket for @joannabagniewska.com's talk on beasts, bestiaries, and "crazy-but-true" creatures which wouldn't be out of place alongside the hippogriffs of a medieval manuscript! pubsci-april2026.eventbrite.co.uk

15th April – The Modern Bestiary with Joanna Bagniewska

Meet some of the weirdest, wildest, most wondrous living creatures that share this amazing planet with us!

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Tickets for The Modern Bestiary on 15th April are now available. Expect pyromaniac beetles and sea slugs that decapitate themselves... much like a medieval bestiary, but with less moralising and more wildlife. Also butts, sex and grossness. Not to be missed! 🧪 pubsci-april2026.eventbrite.co.uk

15th April – The Modern Bestiary with Joanna Bagniewska

Meet some of the weirdest, wildest, most wondrous living creatures that share this amazing planet with us!

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PubSci (Science in the Pub)@pubsci.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Many thanks to Prof Andrew Jaffe (@defjaf.bsky.social) for a thrilling cosmological talk at PubSci last Wednesday. It's not often you find Beer, Burgers and the Big Bang all under the watchful gaze of a king! 🧪 Watch this space for news of April's PubSci with Joanna Bagniewska. linktr.ee/pubsci

Many thanks to Prof Andrew Jaffe (@defjaf.bsky.social) for a thrilling cosmological talk at PubSci last Wednesday. It's not often you find Beer, Burgers and the Big Bang all under the watchful gaze of a king! 🧪 Watch this space for news of April's PubSci with Joanna Bagniewska. linktr.ee/pubsci

There can be no more random universe than the one in which Andrew Jaffe and @pubsci.bsky.social try to make sense of it all, under the watchful gaze of Henry VIII and a kitchen team shouting SCAMPI & CHIPS. Glorious.

Hurrah!

MU-Peter Shimon 🀄@mu-peter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🔆 Good morning! The Elixer of Youth Although many people consume caffeine for a jolt of energy, this study suggests the stimulant also has a longer-term brain benefit: keeping our minds sharp over time Coffee linked to slower brain ageing in study of 130,000 people🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Not long now until PubSci welcomes @defjaf.bsky.social to The Old King's Head to ask if everything we know about the Big Bang is wrong! Only a handful of places left, so grab yours ASAP. Prof Jaffe will also be signing copies of his book 🧪 The cost of a PubSci ticket? Whatever you want it to be! 🍺

PubSci (Science in the Pub)@pubsci.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wednesday 18th March: Is everything we know about the Big Bang wrong? 🧪 Is the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate? 🧪 Does cosmic inflation have your head in a spin? 🧪 Do our models fit the observations – and why can't cosmologists even agree? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/18th-march...

Wednesday 18th March: Is everything we know about the Big Bang wrong? 🧪 Is the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate? 🧪 Does cosmic inflation have your head in a spin? 🧪 Do our models fit the observations – and why can't cosmologists even agree? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/18th-march...

18th March – Is everything we know about the Big Bang wrong?

Does the Big Bang stand up to scrutiny from ever-improving space telescopes, or do we need to rethink our models of everything we know?

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At last night's PubSci, Prof Mark Lythgoe pulled out all the stops in a fantastic talk that included this unique 3-d model of Albert Einstein's actual brain (reconstructed from 240 individual pieces)! Many thanks to Mark for a fantastic evening. Watch this space for news of next's month's PubSci 🧪

Just yer average @pubsci.bsky.social. where you get to hold the world's only 3d print of Einstein's brain. And get your mind blown by Mark Lythgoe in the future of medical imaging.

I've had a sneak preview... and it's going to be brilliant! 🧪 Just 10 places left for tomorrow's PubSci. 🧪 Read all about it – and much, much more – in my latest blog post (event booking link in the blog). 🧪 tinyurl.com/PubSci-blog-...

February blog: The Sci-Fi future of Diagnostics; Antarctic Beers at Old Kings Head; One of Our Dinosaur’s *isn’t* Missing; plus: Zombie Ant Fungus, er – the Musical..?

In this issue: Februray’s PubSci talk with Mark Lythgoe, January’s Antarctic barnstormer, rediscovering a childhood favourite movie, and a preview of the most unlikely musical ever!

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An excellent opportunity for someone nearing the end of their PhD to gain deep experience in science history and heritage conservation

Royal Institution@rigb.org · 6mo ago

Applications for the Ri's Freer Fellowship are now open! This is a fully funded opportunity for doctoral candidates researching the history of science, the history of the Royal Institution, or heritage conservation science. Find out more and apply here: rigb.org/about-us/ri-freer-fellowship

Just a few tickets left for "Naked to the Bone: Next Gen. Medical Imaging" on Wednesday 18th February with the amazing Prof. Mark Lythgoe. #Science🧪 If you're near London, grab yours on Eventbrite before they all go. PubSci is a "pay what what you can" event! pubsci-february2026.eventbrite.co.uk

18th Feb – Naked to the Bone: Next Gen Medical Imaging

From the first X-rays to futuristic body scanners, Prof. Mark Lythgoe explores the history and amazingly sci-fi future of medical imaging.

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🧪 At PubSci next week, the one and only Prof Mark Lythgowe of @ucl.ac.uk and @crick.ac.uk presents the wonders of biomedical imaging in "Naked to the Bone: Next Gen Imaging" — from the first X-ray image to imaging's colourful 3-d future, all in a cosy London pub! pubsci-february2026.eventbrite.co.uk

18th Feb – Naked to the Bone: Next Gen Medical Imaging

From the first X-rays to futuristic body scanners, Prof. Mark Lythgoe explores the history and amazingly sci-fi future of medical imaging.

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