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James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · 7d

Heads up all Imperial staff and students!!

Next Wednesday we will launch 🚀 the proposals process for teams interested in taking part in @ExRdFestival 2026 🎪

More details to follow......

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John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 9d

I think it means Earth is about to vomit because it's literally sick of us.

Vast Anomaly in Earth's Gravity Field Signals Shifts Deep Beneath The Surface

In 2007, something strange happened over the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

www.sciencealert.com

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British Science Association @britsciassoc.bsky.social · 10d

These images by Tommy Wong of dance company Movema at Liverpool Cathedral during the British Science Festival are too beautiful to just keep to Instagram. But join us on there for more!

In the background, artwork by Maria Loizidou 🕊️

Taking Flight was programmed with Liverpool Biennial 🪶

#BSF25

Two female dancers in huge beautiful birds' wings and colourful makeup bow facing each other on the steps of a large Cathedral, a tapestry depicting birds hanging in the background

A female dancer looks to the ceiling, her one bird wing in front of her and the other raised. She is East Asian with black hair, orange makeup. Light shines through the cathedral's stained glass behind.

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James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · 13d

The soon-to-be confirmed, single-day programme has been pulled together by the wonderful Charlotte Coales Amy Seakins & Grace Blissett - and will involve panel discussions, lightning talks & ‘deep dives’ all exploring how engagement can create lasting impacts

Capacity is limited so get signed up!

James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 Date confirmed for Imperial's Engagement Day 26! 🚨

If you're academic or professional services Imperial staff Imperial with an interest in societal engagement - this is for you!

📆 26/11
⏰ 09:30-16:00
📌 Scale Space White City, W12 7RZ
ℹ️ More info: lnkd.in/eGHhvHd9
🖋️ Sign up: lnkd.in/exKA5WZp

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James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · 17d

My wife picked up this lovely children's book a while ago - and our boys love it.

Today it inspired our first mushroom hunt of the end of summer / autumn - around Stanmore Common

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Suzanne York @suzanneyork.bsky.social · 20d

“If we had not continued to burn fossil fuels over the last decades, most of the estimated 24,400 people in Europe wouldn’t have died this summer.” ~Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College London

Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’

Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases

www.theguardian.com

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 21d

The ESRC Festival of Social Science is returning for its 23rd year!

We're proud to fund incredible research, and this festival brings it to the public, showing them just how influential it is on the world.

If you have some spare time, come along!

For more info: www.ukri.org/news/largest...

Largest social science festival shows research’s impact on lives

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science returns for its 23rd year, offering hundreds of free events across the UK.

www.ukri.org

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 22d

Imperial staff and students are invited to the live stream watch party for the Launch of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) Mission

🚀 Tuesday 23 September, 11.30 – 13.30
🚀 Main Entrance, South Kensington Campus

Sign up now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19803...

#ImperialSci

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James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 Research teams at Imperial can submit their ideas to tell the story of their science via our open call - www.imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/...

📝 Whilst members of the public can sign up now to attend the first Latesevent - Lights, Colour, Action - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imperial-l...

Imperial Lates: Lights, Colour, Action

Come along to Imperial’s most lit Lates! Brighten up your night with a celebration of Diwali and the beauty of light through science.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · 22d

Celebrate Diwali 🕯️ at an evening festival of light 🌟, explore the nature of time ⌛ through dance 💃 & immersive art, or find out all the ways science can improve your wellbeing 🙂

Its the return of the Imperial Lates - our adult evenings of scientific discovery!
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268433/...

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University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social · 22d

And that’s a wrap on the 194th British Science Festival! 🎉
For four days, Liverpool was alive with inspiring talks, hands-on experiences, and city-wide celebrations of science!

We were proud to help shape this year’s programme, with research from across all three Faculties showcased. 🙌

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Joe Brown @joebrownlondon.bsky.social · Jul 27

I was privileged to support the Branch Line Society 'Piccadilly Explorer' tour yesterday, which raised £1,000 for Northwick Park Hospital League of Friends. First stop: South Harrow for the gasworks viaduct stub and signal relay room, plus the original 1903 station building 🧵1/7

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Matthias Huss @matthias-huss.bsky.social · 23d

One more year: Ice loss at Konkordiaplatz on Aletsch #Glacier is just... wow 😲 Minus 4.6 metres of ice.
Will there ever be a call:
"Make Aletsch Great Again"?
It would be about time

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James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · 23d

"Looks horrible and it is." - that's my favourite local 😀

TFL Pub Crawl @tflpubcrawl.bsky.social · 26d

162/422 Harrow & Wealdstone Lioness/Bakerloo Line. The tube strikes this week have really impacted commuters in London, but few more than me and I’m trying desperately to smash out a load now. Barrett’s in Harrow looks horrible and it is. I can’t face another cider…half Guinness = £2.60 Rating 1/5

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Joanna Redfeather @joannaredfeather.bsky.social · 24d

Dr Jess Wade, multiple award-winning British physicist in the Blackett Laboratory at Imperial College London, has written and contributed to more than 2,000 Wikipedia pages about female scientists and scientists of colour.

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www.theguardian.com/science/2023...

‘Why are they not on Wikipedia?’: Dr Jess Wade’s mission for recognition for unsung scientists

Despite some advances, men still dominate science but one academic is working hard to get women and peers of colour the recognition they deserve

www.theguardian.com

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Berlin Science Week @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social · Sep 4

Festival season is over... or is it?

This fall, Berlin Science Week is bringing hundreds of free events combining science, art, and culture to every corner of the city.

🗓️ Save the dates: 1—10 November. It's going to be a good one.

Our programme launches 25 September!

#BerlinScienceWeek25

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Monica McCard @monicamcc.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excited to be representing LJMU @ljmuofficial.bsky.social who are co-hosting the British Science Festival 2025 starting next week. Tickets are still available come along and see what we are doing 😊 #BritishScienceFestival2025 #BSF #marineecology #outreach

www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

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James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · Aug 28

Science Festivals as vehicles for inclusive, live, participatory practise in academic research

At this year's Great Exhibition Road Festival a 'Be a scientist zone' supported @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social teams to incorporate public input into academic practice

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/267814/...

James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 The #ImperialLates returns this October!! 🚨

And there are lots of opportunities for Imperial academic staff and students to bring their research, innovations and ideas to these fun, social post-work events attended by anywhere between between 750-1000 visitors

www.imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/...

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James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · Aug 13

94% of visitors & 95% of exhibiting academic & student contributors described their overall Great Exhibition Road Festival 2025 experience as good or excellent!

For Imperial teams reporting on their festival participation, we have lots of eval stats we can share - www.imperial.ac.uk/news/266933/...

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James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · Jul 31

I started scratching my arm straight away

Nature @nature.com · Jul 31

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

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James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · Jul 29

My 4th 'Bugs Day' at Imperial's Silwood campus. The boys (and I) had a wonderful time at an event that just gets better each year.

For Imperial team's interesting in public engagement with the natural world or environmental research, Bugs day is a wonderful resource to reach public audiences.

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James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · Jul 27

Congratulations to the organisers of Middlesex Pride in Gunnersbury park today.

It was a brilliantly organised event. Loads of fun activities, amazing stage performances and a real sense of community and people being nice to people

🏳️‍🌈

James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · Jul 23

Great free thing to do in London these summer holidays - head to St James' Park at 14:30ish to watch the Pelicans getting fed

The Royal Parks team were amazing answering everyone's questions

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