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You are all invited to the public launch of my new book It's a Gas. 11th July 7pm at the Royal Institution Royal Institution it will be explosive 💥 and entertaining like the book. Tickets here: rigb.org/whats-on/its-g…


For my FameLab talk I took everyone to the past & back to the future of Marty McFly’s brain. Using MRI we can time travel to understand Parkinson’s 🧠 Watch this space, some big names are going to come out of this years final 🦷✨♠️◼️👩🏫🧫🍄🧠 📸StillMoving Cheltenham Festivals


This was a fantastic collaboration between Innovation Hubs for Gene Therapies, BSGCT & Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult to deliver multiple activities at CheltSciFest. BSGCT's Raj Karda Christos Georgiadis & Amy Geard did a great job with help of other volunteers. Thank you so much!👏👏🏅🏅🏅 LifeArc Medical Research Council UK Research and Innovation

It's back! The new series of #TheLifeScientific begins from 9am BBC Radio 4 - when Jim Al-Khalili explores the starry world of asteroseismology with the inimitable Conny Aerts. Or catch up later on BBC Sounds. [Pic courtesy of CheltSciFest & Still Moving Media]
![Lucy Taylor (@lucyt_journo) on Twitter photo It's back! The new series of #TheLifeScientific begins from 9am <a href="/BBCRadio4/">BBC Radio 4</a> - when <a href="/jimalkhalili/">Jim Al-Khalili</a> explores the starry world of asteroseismology with the inimitable Conny Aerts. Or catch up later on <a href="/BBCSounds/">BBC Sounds</a>. [Pic courtesy of <a href="/CheltSciFest/">CheltSciFest</a> & Still Moving Media] It's back! The new series of #TheLifeScientific begins from 9am <a href="/BBCRadio4/">BBC Radio 4</a> - when <a href="/jimalkhalili/">Jim Al-Khalili</a> explores the starry world of asteroseismology with the inimitable Conny Aerts. Or catch up later on <a href="/BBCSounds/">BBC Sounds</a>. [Pic courtesy of <a href="/CheltSciFest/">CheltSciFest</a> & Still Moving Media]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQ5zkEaWgAARcnU.jpg)






🎪 When CheltSciFest was looking for innovative 💡 new ways to inspire a new generations of #cybersecurity professionals, it engaged with Edinburgh Napier University for our #creativity & #festival curatorial expertise...!🎭 youtube.com/watch?v=Rg98YC… #MustBeNapier TourismENU The Business School, Edinburgh Napier University

This week we swing open the cage door and invite questions from some young & curious chimps! Brian Cox & Robin Ince are joined by Steve Backshall Dr Jess French Adam Kay as they wrangle brilliant questions from inquisitive kids, like who would win in a fight🦈 v🐊?!


Who would win a fight between a shark and a crocodile? Steve Backshall helps us answer the important questions on Infinite Monkey Cage 's Kids Special episode “Beastly Bodies”, where Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by a team of experts and an audience of curious children

In a children’s special edition of The Infinite Monkey Cage, Brian Cox , Robin Ince, Steve Backshall Dr Jess French and Adam Kay are put through their paces by an audience of curious youngsters at Cheltenham Science Festival: bbc.co.uk/programmes/art…

Cheltenham Science Festival uses storytelling and everyday materials to make complex #scientific topics #accessible and engaging. #CheltSciFest Read our interview with Marieke Navin, Head of Programming at CheltSciFest here: bit.ly/3T1jTYZ


Great to be on this podcast with the awesome Hannah Wakeford talking a bit about a massive (jupiter-sized?) composition I'm working on for 2025 involving exoplanets...! This interview is from back in June at CheltSciFest


Those of you who listen to #TheLifeScientific, either on BBC Radio 4 or via the podcast edition, may have heard the episode that went out in August with the great Kip Thorne. Unlike most episodes, which I record at the BBC’s Broadcasting House in London.. 1/4

✨Research opportunity!✨ Would you like to try some intriguing sensory activities? Take part in our study at Loughborough University and try some activities that have been demonstrated at major Science Festivals! DM or email for more info. #PhD #CallForParticipants #lboro #psychology
