Joanna Fabbri

Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour | Stella Creasy We must get back to the party’s roots before it is too late. That means embracing difference, rejecting division – and fighting for opportunities for all, says MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy

Good to see this @stellacreasy.bsky.social

Solar power is just not feasible
Neither is wind, and its tremendous fumes
And what the hell are batteries? Whoever heard of batteries? How is that even a thing?
Electric vehicles?
Ridiculous tree huggers
How can you save a planet, FFS?
Where's the profit?

Mike Peters, Dayton Daily News

That moment you realize the philosophy conversation just turned on you.
#CalvinandHobbes #Ouch

Fantastic to see the Exocast team back with another great podcast, introduced by Dr Andrew Rushby, Lecturer in Astrobiology at Birkbeck, University of London, and CPS colleague and board member 🤩 Give it a listen!

Standard economic frameworks treat culture as peripheral—something to fund when budgets allow, cut when times are tight.

Brazil and London's Notting Hill Carnivals, demonstrate why this is wrong. Culture creates dynamic public value that conventional metrics systematically miss.

Air pollution may directly contribute to Alzheimer’s disease – new study A major US study links air pollution to Alzheimer’s risk in older adults. With fine particles far exceeding safe limits globally, the findings carry urgent implications.

A major US study links air pollution to Alzheimer’s risk in older adults. With fine particles far exceeding safe limits globally, the findings carry urgent implications.

before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?

Need a grant to support your astronomy or geophysics research? Time is running out to get your application in for the February round of funding awarded by the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social. 🔭🪐🌍️🌋

The deadline is this Friday (20 February)⌛️⏰️

Apply here 👉️ ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
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Supporting the JWST Jupiter Campaign in 2026 JWST is about to conduct its most comprehensive Jupiter campaign since 2022, and we're calling for amateur observers to share their images.

We'd love to gather amateur Jupiter imaging over the next few weeks to provide context for this Jupiter campaign from #JWST (plus Juno with be flying by Feb 25th on #PerijoveDay!). More details here:

leighfletcher.substack.com/p/supporting...

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Wishing everyone who is celebrating a Happy Year of the Horse 🏮

Wow.

Graphic promoting the RAS Public Talk for February titled 'The Solar System in X-ray Vision'.

Last chance! 🕚️⏳️

Booking for tonight's RAS Public Talk closes in 30 minutes. Not got your FREE ticket yet? Reserve your spot at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-tal...

Join us to hear more about X-ray telescopes and our solar system with Affelia Wibisono.

Menopause, hormones and the brain: how hormone therapy could help protect against Alzheimer’s As dementia rises, scientists are exploring whether menopause hormone therapy could support brain health as well as relieve symptoms.

As dementia rises, scientists are exploring whether menopause hormone therapy could support brain health as well as relieve symptoms.

UCL celebrates 200 years: A landmark year begins Today, UCL marks 200 years since its foundation. Based in the heart of London, UCL is rooted in curiosity, tolerance and academic excellence. Throughout the year we will celebrate two centuries of lea...

💜 Today, @ucl.ac.uk marks 200 years since its foundation.
Throughout 2026, we will celebrate two centuries of learning and innovation and share those achievements with our global community.

➡️Discover our exciting #UCL200 programme of events and learn how you can get involved.

"In the Netherlands, there are hundreds of green roofs on bus stops. Data shows that each square metre green of roof cover absorbs 20 litres of water, reducing how much water enters the drains. More natural solutions like these can also improve air quality, attract pollinators and provide shade.." 🌱

East London is at high risk of extreme flooding – here’s how to limit the damage London has lost the natural buffer that used to help water drain away. As the sea level rises and storm surges get more prevalent, chances of flooding are greater.

London has lost the natural buffer that used to help water drain away. As the sea level rises and storm surges get more prevalent, chances of flooding are greater.

University College London at 200: A potted history The UK's third university, which was founded on 11 February 1826, was the first to admit women.

Here, history happened. UCL was the first UK university to welcome people of all faiths, the first to admit students regardless of social background, and the first to welcome women into higher education alongside men.

Discover more about @ucl.ac.uk's extraordinary heritage ⬇️

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📣 Are you an RAS Fellow or Friend? 📣

We're calling on our members to help force the Government to reconsider its proposed cuts to astronomy and space science, which would be the most drastic in a generation.

Send our template letter to your MP and seek their support 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

‘They were humans’: inquiry into mass Channel drowning hears from families Relatives of at least 27 people who died in November 2021 describe their loved ones and their grief to Cranston inquiry

Ordinary young people with ambitions and hopes. Imagine if they had been able to travel by plane, train or ferry as we take for granted. Cause of death: being prevented from travelling by normal means

‘Difficult’ two years ahead for physics, warns STFC boss - Research Professional News Michele Dougherty confirms withdrawal from LHC upgrade and indicates scant money for new projects

UK is pulling its funding for Cern's Large Hadron Collider upgrade, STFC leader Michele Dougherty confirms, after news first revealed by @francesjones.bsky.social @resprofnews.bsky.social

"We simply don’t have the money to do everything."

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.

Listeners to Radio 4’s Inside Science today get an essay from me in defence of astronomy as pure research. Please listen in and let me know what you think.

Show starts 4.30pm GMT here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Are you a Friend of the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social? If so, why not come along to this month's lecture.

🪧'Celebrating Women Astronomers'
📅 12 February
⏰️ 1-2pm
🗣️ Dr Susan Pyne, @ucl.ac.uk

🚨 This talk is exclusively for Friends of the RAS members 🚨

To become a Friend, scan the QR code. 🤳📱

“any sufficiently advanced civilization is indistinguishable from nature.”

My heart and mind leans absolutely to the same conclusions. A great article that I wish all Human Earthlings could have the opportunity to read and understand 💚 Thanks @miquai.bsky.social.

What Searching For Aliens Reveals About Ourselves | NOEMA Looking for life beyond Earth changes the way we perceive life right here at home.

“Conflating intelligence & technology is an assumption worth challenging. True intelligence may know not to use the technologies we so dearly cling to as we plumb our planet’s riches to exhaustion.”

— @miquai.bsky.social

RIP Jane Goodall
This clip will never NOT make me cry

Far side of the moon may be colder than the near side The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new analysis of rock samples co-led by a UCL and Peking University researcher.

The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the interior of the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new study co-led by Professor Yang Li @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social @pku1898.bsky.social of rock samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission

Andrea Gibson, a Poet of Love, Hope and Gender Identity, Dies at 49

What a sunbeam - and they're still shining! 💛 (but I keep crying).

I recommend everyone read Andrea Gibson's beautiful, heart-aching, -filling, -stretching incredible poetry. It's easy and accessible. Everyone needs to feel Andrea's light touch their soul.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/a...

It may feel as though we live in dark times, but here in the UK there are LOADS of science festivals celebrating ideas, sparking curiosity & sharing the latest research (for both adults & kids). Someone told me recently they didn’t know where to look, so I made a list. Here goes… [deep breath]:
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‘My career is over’: Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team’s cuts The US government has begun slashing US$400 million in research grants at Columbia University over pro-Palestinian campus protests.

The human impact

www.nature.com/articles/d41...