Science journalist Boffin Media. Wrote @WallyFunksSpace Writing book on autism & empathy. Host @SpaceBoffins Former BBC science correspondent. Views own.
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Latest podcast up featuring interviews with @esa reserve astronauts John McFall and Meganne Christian plus @BepiColombo mission project scientist Geraint Jones before the spacecraft’s arrival at Mercury - all recorded at the recent UK ESA open day at Harwell. Link below. Enjoy!
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We’re at the fabulous @esa open day at Harwell. Great to see so many people queueing to get in and so many children being inspired by space! You can hear our interviews with two ESA reserve astronauts and a @BepiColombo scientist in our next podcast.
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Unexpectedly, a visit to London’s Museum of Brands produced some fantastic space filled enjoyment!
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BBC removes 11 Mitchell and Webb comedy sketches from iPlayer bbc.in/4799EIB
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Barack Obama at his last press briefing with reporters, 2017:
"I have enjoyed working with all of you. That does not, of course, mean that I've enjoyed every story that you have filed, but that's the point of this relationship. You're not supposed to be sycophants. You're supposed to be skeptics. You're supposed to ask me tough questions. You're not supposed to be complimentary, but you're supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power."
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Virtue signalling substitutes applause for action. By turning conviction into costume, it cheapens the cause, alienates the unconvinced, and leaves the real work to those too busy doing it to pose for the cameras.
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Society needs a science writing community that is strong, skilled and trusted, never more than now, when misinformation and disinformation is so easy to produce.
Protecting the people who do that work becomes a crucial pillar of a functional society.
No association can promise a fail-safe against determined fraud. What we can promise is that our members will not face this new challenging landscape alone.
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Very sad news that the wonderful Bonnie Greer, playwright and novelist has died aged 77. I interviewed her a couple of times and watched her on BBC QT. She was a smart, sassy, firebrand who will be missed from our public discourse RIP 🙏🏽
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Can't wait until we see another early substorm like this poking through the bright evening light... this clip was from later in March this year and was one of the better bursts we had all season.
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Top Row ~ Wild Carrot, Red Clover and Creeping Thistle: Middle Row ~ Common Toadflax, Great Willowherb and Sand Medick (plus a Ginger-Bonce Bee): Lower Row ~ Common Mallow, Bristly Oxtongue and Gypsywort: for ... #Wildflowerhour ... all seen locally...
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Wild Marjoram
Origanum vulgare
Máirtin fiáin
This is a native plant generally flowering from July – September.
Quite aromatic, reasonably tall & attracts many insects & #Pollinators.
#WildflowerHour
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🎧 Ep 294 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds:
🤩 Jeff & Graham @AttheflicksPod discuss sci-fi remakes inc War of the Worlds & The Day the Earth Stood Still
🍿@sorcererpds @ScienceNelson share theirs
📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.…
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There's something peculiar about academic research on public engagement with science.
It's not what scholars choose to investigate that fascinates me, it's what they ignore.
link.springer.com/epdf/10.10…
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Think this one’s Rosebay Willowherb, also Bittersweet, Purple Loosestrife, Water mint and Michaelmas Daisy found in the lush borders around Blackford Pond, Edinburgh #wildflowerhour @wildflower_hour – at Edinburgh, Scotland
