A NASA simulation of gas orbiting a black hole. The disk is completely flat - but the black hole's gravity bends light so hard you can see the underside of the far side wrapping above and below the shadow. Credit: NASA Goddard/Jeremy Schnittman #nasa

You take the test and it comes back positive. What is the probability that you actually have the disease?

The Base Rate Fallacy

A disease affects 1 person in every 10,000. A test for the disease is 99% accurate, meaning it correctly identifies 99% of people who have it and...

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Do you remember where you were on 11 August 1999 for the last total solar eclipse over Europe? 🌘 I do and it was one of the most amazing experiences of my entite life.. Even the scientist in me couldn't help but feel a little druidy as day turned to night and the troposphere froze. Yay Totality!

Total Solar Eclipse 2026: Live Countdown & Best Views

Total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026, the first over mainland Europe since 1999. Live countdown, path of totality, local times and viewing tips.

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OK so I was repotting some plants and look what I found.. So I know what my wife wants me to do with them but I know what I'm going to do with them.. All I see here is a great opportunity for science class ;)

The Voyager probes have always had a special place in my heart 🛰️✨ They've been falling away from the Sun for almost as many years as I've been travelling around it.. 😉 And now Voyager 1 is about to reach one light day from Earth🌍 .. A place no machine has ever been, so I started the countdown⏱️👇👇

Voyager 1 Live Countdown: One Light Day From Earth

Watch Voyager 1 reach one light day from Earth on 18 November 2026. A live countdown, real-time distance and signal delay, and the full mission story.

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I'm putting together a list of live science webcams for students and anyone alse keen to see what's happening around the world. If you know any good cams worth adding, pls feel free drop me a comment below 🌋🛰️

Live Science Streams: Volcanoes, Space, Safari and Wildlife

Live science webcams streaming 24 hours a day. Watch active volcanoes including Kilauea and Fuego, the International Space Station orbiting Earth, African wildlife waterholes, coral reefs, deep forest...

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Personally, I think this should be one of the most watched Bill Nye The Science Guy episodes - Pseudoscience 👣🛸👻 It really hones in on the importance of the scientific method & critical thinking! 🧠 As I try to do with each video now, I've added an interactive lesson and a complementary worksheet. 🔬

Bill Nye The Science Guy | Pseudoscience | Full Episode

Bill Nye the Science Guy investigates pseudoscience! Learn how to separate fact from fiction, spot fake claims, and understand why evidence matters.

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📺 Classic Bill Nye + Interactive Science Lessons! 🥼 Currently I'm busy rolling out interactive lessons for each video to help students review what they learned while watching.. It's a work in progress, so any feedback is much appreciated! Check out the Spinning Things episode and lesson here: 👇

Bill Nye The Science Guy | Spinning Things | Full Episode

🌀Bill Nye explores spinning things! Learn how rotation, momentum, and torque keep objects moving, from bicycles to planets and beyond.

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Continuing the celebration for Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday! 🎂 I am now rolling out interactive lessons with every video. In this one, you can also pilot your own submersible. 🕹️ Any feedback is much appreciated so I can keep improving these for our students. Enjoy the video! 🍿

Sir David Attentenborough | Monterey Bay Lights in the Abyss

Join David Attenborough in the Monterey Bay twilight zone to discover deep sea bioluminescence, the burglar alarm theory, and bizarre marine adaptations.

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Happy 100th birthday to the greatest natural historian of our time 🎂 To mark this day I'm streaming his Galapagos series, all three episodes back to back, completely uninterrupted.. Just Galapagos, the way it was made to be watched.. 🐢🦎 Thank you Sir David, for introducing us to Our Planet! 🌍

Live Science Streams: Volcanoes, Space, Safari and Wildlife

Watch 18 live science streams including an erupting Hawaiian volcano, the ISS orbiting Earth, SpaceX Starbase, African safari waterholes, coral reefs and a bald eagle nest. Free, 24/7.

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Imagine having to work this hard as a parent..?

Saw Blue Jays trending... Thought I was going to see some nice pictures of birds, doh! Watcth out for St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Miami Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays as well 😀

Experience reentry as it would have been viewed by the Artemis II crew! 🌍🔥 Plunging into the atmosphere at Mach 32, the Orion capsule generates a 2,760°C (5,000°F) plasma shield before a pinpoint ocean splashdown. #NASA #SpaceExploration #Splashdown

🔴 LIVE REPLAY! The Artemis II capsule has completed a textbook splashdown! 🌊🚀 Witness the exact moment humans safely returned from the Moon for the first time in 50 plus years. 🌍✨ #Artemis2 #NASA #SpaceExploration

We have splashdown! 🌊 Welcome home to the incredible Artemis II crew: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen. An absolutely brilliant day for space exploration and a huge leap forward, lets hope its just the begeiing of even bigger things! 🚀🌕

Yay, metamorphosis complete, first frog to emerge from the tadpole experiment. Time to find this fella a better n bigger home now ;)

This has to be one of the most amazing photos ever taken by humanity.. 📸 A total solar eclipse captured from the Moon during Artemis II! Notice the faint 'Earthshine' lighting up the left edge and looking closely at the bottom right... Those tiny bright dots are Saturn and Mars! 👨‍🚀

Clean, no-distractions live stream of the Artemis II flyby! 🚀 🌑 Blackout: 18:44 EDT | 22:44 UTC | 05:44 ICT 🚀 Closest: 19:02 EDT | 23:02 UTC | 06:02 ICT 📏 Record: 19:07 EDT | 23:07 UTC | 06:07 ICT 🌎 Earthrise: 19:25 EDT | 23:25 UTC | 06:25 ICT ☀️ Eclipse: 20:35 EDT | 00:35 UTC | 07:35 ICT Say hi! 👋

LIVE: Artemis II Lunar Flyby (Clean Feed / No Distractions)

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Beyond the EPIC photo ops, there's some pretty cool SCIENCE on board Artemis II.. The crew is battling deep space hazards with cutting-edge tech.. From AVATAR chips mimicking human tissue 💓 to ARCHeR biometric trackers ⌚, NASA is starting to unlock the secrets of the human body in deep spacce..🌔

Artemis II Science Experiments: The Tiny Living Payload

For the first time in 53 years, humans are heading to the Moon. Discover the groundbreaking Artemis II science experiments changing the future of medicine.

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Will all future road trips one day have views like this? This incredible shot from Artemis II feels like the ultimate version of staring out the back window on a family holiday, only the destination is the Moon. Looking back at home as Orion pushes into deep space. Image credit: #NASA

Artemis II Captures the Terminator Line (Hi-Res) A view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from one of the Orion spacecraft's four windows after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. Image Credit: #NASA

History in the making. 🚀 🌕 For anyone who missed the livestream: here are the first 10 minutes of the NASA Artemis II mission. Humanity is officially heading back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years! #NASA #ArtemisII #Space #MoonMission

NASA Artemis II Moon Mission - First 10 Minutes - Countdown & Launch

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🚀 Artemis II: Returning to the Moon 🌕 NASA is sending humans beyond Earth orbit for the first time since 1972. Join Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen for a 10-day live-streamed journey into deep space. The SLS is fuelled and ready. #ArtemisII #NASA Watch it live:

NASA's Artemis II Crew Launches To The Moon (Official Broadcast)

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Something for the weekend? 🍿 Dive into the crystal clear waters of the Galapagos with Sir David Attenborough... 🌋 Discover the fiery birth of nature's greatest experiment! See how deep ocean currents fuel abundant marine life and how Antarctic penguins shrank to beat the equatorial heat.. 🐢

David Attenborough – Full Documentary – 4K | Galapagos – Origin

David Attenborough's Galapagos documentary uncovers evolution in action. From marine iguanas to giant tortoises - discover nature's incredible adaptations.

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“There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.” – Pythagoras 🏛️📐 There is also a geometry in the flying of the ISS. 🛰️ I plotted the projected path of the International Space Station for the next 4 days.. Look up when you can 🔭 #ISS #NASA #Space

The ISS Projected Path for the Next 4 Days + NASA Mission Control Radio | Seriously Scientific

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Floating 400km above the Caribbean on the ISS. 🛰️ Listen to the crackle of NASA mission control as the Great Bahama Bank reveals its vibrant turquoise waters. The sheer unadulterated beauty of our very own spaceship is mesmerising. 🌊⛅ #Space #ISS

Surgeons have always been REAL Superheroes, but now they can be Spider-Man as well. 🕷️✨ Oxford researchers are using Golden Orb Spider Silk to bridge massive nerve gaps - upto 20cm in some proven cases and possibly upto 80cm 🙏 It is restoring movement once thought lost forever. Full article here:

Spider Silk Nerve Repair: How Surgeons Become Peter Parker - Seriously Scientific

Discover how Oxford scientists are using golden orb-weaver silk in 2026 clinical trials to bridge massive nerve gaps and restore human movement and feeling.

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Microscopic Marvels - Aquatic Annelids 🧬 Left: Chaetogaster, a predator with a large pharynx to engulf prey. Right: Stylaria, showing its sensory proboscis & orange chloragogen tissue. 🎬 Rubén Duro & Team: scienceintoimages.com ✨ HD by seriouslyscientific.com #microbiology #biology #science

Happy International Womans Day! A huge thank you to all the women out there as we litterally wouldn’t be here without you. :) So apart from my Mum and Wife, here's another 10 amazing women I feel have changed the world for the better! 🧬✨ Comment to suggest anyone else who deserves a mention! 👇🚀

International Women’s Day: 10 Scientists Who Changed the World

Celebrate 10 female scientists who changed the world. From mapping DNA to calculating the Moon landing, discover the women who built our reality.

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Remembering Janaki Ammal on International Women's Day! In the 1930s, India’s sugarcane was weak and low-yield. Janaki used cytogenetics to "engineer" the crop, cross-breeding it with wild grasses to create the sweet, robust hybrids that feed millions today. 🌿🔬 #WomenInScience