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We also do have a really unhealthy obsession with newspapers - delivered day and night to their own special room* (Morning Post, Saturday 12 March 1825) *After a few iterations, now the Sunley room, featuring slightly fewer newspapers.
I had an amazing time running an outreach activity at the #ReachForTheCosmos event at the @rigb.org. Thank you so much to everyone who organised such a fantastic day, our brilliant Queen Mary student ambassadors, and everyone who visited the activity and tried a #BiteOfSpaceTime!
What a joy! To spend an hour with Astronomer Royal Michelle Dougherty at the Royal Institution. A life goal achieved, you never know we might be back… @rigb.org 🙏
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On tomorrow night at 7 pm at the @rigb.org, Melanie Challenger will be joined by Nick Lane and Philip Ball to talk about Alive: what life is, how it works, and why it matters. You can watch in person or online. www.rigb.org/whats-on/ali...
Alive: what life is, how it works, and why it mattersMelanie Challenger is joined by a panel of guests to discuss the science behind one of the most fundamentalwww.rigb.org
Over the last 12 months, I've been visiting schools as a @royalstatsoc.bsky.social William Guy Lecturer talking about statistics & how AI could help improve them Tomorrow, 7pm, I'll be @rigb.org to do the same with demos, stats, & LOTS of AI Get a ticket & come along! www.rigb.org/whats-on/sta...
Statistics and stupidly smart AIStatistician Arthur Turrell explores how we can separate bad data from good, how it impacts decisions, and wwww.rigb.org
What a honour presenting Invisible Rainbows at @rigb.org - dream come true 🌈📖
If you are looking for something to do tonight, I am at the @rigb.org talking about all the things we shouldn't be able to see in the universe! And it's your chance to touch a meteorite as old as the Sun and hear the edge of the visible universe! www.rigb.org/whats-on/inv...
Invisible Rainbows: The hidden physics of lightAstronomer and science journalist Alfredo Carpineti explains the science beyond the visible light spectrum.www.rigb.org
Our #SummerScience Exhibition is well and truly underway, celebrating cutting-edge, mind-blowing science from around the UK. With free entry all day every day until Sunday 5 July, plan your visit now: royalsociety.org/science-even...
Great night tonight at the @rigb.org with @helenczerski.bsky.social and @philipcball.bsky.social talking about the physics of sound and music for a For the Record event. Watch the documentary at youtube.com/playlist?lis...
One week to go to my Invisible Rainbows talk at @rigb.org - come learn about what we can't see with our eyes, hear the edge of the universe, and even touch a meteorite as old as the Sun! www.rigb.org/whats-on/inv...
Invisible Rainbows: The hidden physics of lightAstronomer and science journalist Alfredo Carpineti explains the science beyond the visible light spectrum.www.rigb.org
I had a lot of fun talking about the science of “now” at @rigb.org earlier this week. A brilliant audience as always, throwing out questions on everything from entropy to meditation practices to AI consciousness 😁 (Thanks @kathmath.bsky.social for pics!)
There are 22 theories of consciousness: Michael Pollan explains why none of them work - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-KP...
There are 22 theories of consciousness: Michael Pollan explains why none of them workYouTube video by The Royal Institutionwww.youtube.com