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Sheffield, England
Joined July 2017
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Offering a couple of hours of your time to share something you can do with someone else can make a BIG difference. Make a Tiny Fun Palace or join your local one on 3 & 4 October: bit.ly/31aWEkF #FunPalaces
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It's September tomorrow, which means I'll be starting Miles for Refugees! I'm going to log 160 miles during September to raise money for @BritishRedCross and their work supporting refugees. If you're able to sponsor me I'd really appreciate it 😊 miles-for-refugees-2020.ever…
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Cloud “Streets”
A phenomenon where the air convects in persistent cylinders, forming long, parallel lines of puffy clouds that can stretch all the way to the horizon.
[Descending through 20,000 feet, on approach to Washington DC from Boston]
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
I like sciencing! I wear the same PPE mom wears. Sometimes we don’t have to wear goggles. Those are days we are writing reports. I still help her everyday though. #servicedog in #science #neuroscience #research #laboratory #molecular #cellular #biology
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Wishing our godmother #JoanLittlewood a VERY happy birthday! Building our #FunPalaces on Joan’s ‘rock of change’. funpalaces.co.uk/idea-come/
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
Good morning #FunPalaces Makers! A morning message from our co-director @stellduffy (and some cows) wishing you a great day and wonderful @funpalaces! Have a fantastic time Don’t forget to share your photos and film clips using #funpalaces.
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
#FunPalaces is an ongoing campaign which lobbies for culture made by, for & with us all to be taken seriously. Next weekend is #FunPalaces Weekend, hundreds of free community-led events involving thousands will happen, demonstrating why this is important. We can't wait! 😀 – at Naxos, Greece
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
*EXCITING NEWS ALERT* Grant applications are NOW OPEN for British Science Week 2020! 🥳
Whether you work for a school or community group, apply for funding to put on an event during the year's biggest celebration of science! britishscienceweek.org/about… #BSW20
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
We've had our summer break ☀️🏖️ but we have returned! Starting with an amazing talk by Dr Jasleen Kaur Jolly on the brain in eye disease 🧠👁️ 4th Sept 19:30 at Smokin' Billy's. Spread the word! @UniRdg_Research @RDGGeekNight @S_Assembly_RDG @UniRdg_Outreach @RDGhack @rgspaces
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
Researchers from @UBC, @UCAuvergne & @univamu have found unconscious bias against female scientists, who are ‘at disadvantage when applying for promotions’ as the majority of scientists (male & female) associate the career with masculinity
inews.co.uk/news/science/maj…
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
"The sun began to sink, and she appeared—as bobcats do, silently and out of the blue." on.natgeo.com/2PfJAq0
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
We’re thrilled to announce the shortlist for this year’s Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize. Six game-changing reads for curious minds that showcase the best popular science writing of the year. Discover the shortlist bit.ly/2HgM55Y #scibooks
ALT 2019 shortlist for Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
Our traditional group picture 📷 has been taken!!! Check it out!!! #SRUK2019
Special thanks to our photographer and press officer @laurawendy who has taken it!! Lovely work!!
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
Hoping to come along to #BSF19 but not sure what events to book onto? Check out our specially curated list of Festival highlights featuring installations, talks, drop-in events, public lectures and so much more.... britishsciencefestival.org/r… @warwickuni @warwickengages
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
Haunting footage of an elusive giant squid has been captured by @oceanexplorer researchers, just off the coast of America 🦑
It's only the second time this rare and legendary sea creature has been seen on camera in its natural habitat
metro.co.uk/2019/06/24/deep-…
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
Mercury and Venus, Earth's nearest neighbours, have turned into uninhabitable hellholes bit.ly/2RBkjo5
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
This is a wonderful whistle-stop tour explaining all you need to know about vaccinations, preventable diseases and herd immunity 👏 Please share!
#vaccines #vaccination #vaccinations #measles #MMR #disease #immunity #immunisation
While 9 in 10 people are vaccinated, the growing minority who aren't are causing "a global crisis" in the fight against deadly yet preventable diseases
[Tap to expand] bbc.in/2Y434y8
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
After a storm hit yesterday east Sussex coast, have a look why these thunderstorms are uncommon in the UK.
onepotscience.com/why-are-th…
Have a look to the complete story:
BBC News - Eastbourne sees 1,000 lightning strikes in one hour bbc.com/news/uk-england-4868…
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
On this week's @BBCWomansHour #parenting podcast, @medickinson gives 6 great ideas for enjoying #science with your kids at home, even if you didn’t like or do well in the subject at school!
bbc.co.uk/programmes/article…
Sheffield Science Outreach retweeted
Our 2019 #MediaFellows have been announced! 🗞️
See the amazing academics who will be taking up placements in outlets across the country, reporting on science stories for news organisations such as @HuffPostUK, @SkyNews, @guardian, @thetimes & @theipaper
britishscienceassociation.or…
