For over 25 years, science and discovery centres have been at the heart of inspiring millions of people to explore, question, and be part of UK science and technology. But they're seriously under threat… 1/3

Autumn is coming 🎃 🍁 #CatsOfBluesky 🐈‍⬛ #cat

Thank you to our patron @profaliceroberts.bsky.social for sharing our open letter. Science and discovery centres are facing a lack of financial support. We are calling on the Government to implement policy changes that safeguard the sector's future. Sign it ⬇️ www.sciencecentres.org.uk/openletter/

This was a truly collaborative effort spanning multiple labs and institutions….many hands picking the Asgard fruit. Recognising Indigenous knowledge and culture from #SharkBay in the naming of novel organism. Brief summary and shout out to @scarlettlw.bsky.social for some cool stromatolite art...

Watching this last night at the Pheonix Cinema & Art Centre moved me (and the stranger next to me) to tears. I cannot recommend watching this enough - powerful documentary with Attenborough I will be waiting to see the outcomes of the June UN Ocean Conference in a few weeks! #scicomm #fish 🧪 🐡

Happy (very belated) tardigrade day! Completely forgot to post on actual tardigrade day - but better late than never! Resharing this blog I wrote and illustrated for the National Space Centre on this fantastic little creatures: www.spacecentre.co.uk/news/space-n... #scicomm #sciart 🧪

I was lucky enough to be invited on a tour with some other Cambridge SciComm folks over the weekend to the Down House - the home of Charles #Darwin! I saw where he did some experiments in the house & in the garden 🪴, as well as the bedroom he died in! Highly recommend visiting! #scicomm 🧪

These two had the right weekend vibe last night #cats #catsofbluesky 🐈

So very hyped that @nature.com made a video about our study on microplastic in caddisfly casings! 😱🎥 Watch it preferably next to a creek... some of them might want to tune in too. 🍿🐛

Spotted this fence skink on a fence! Fun fact (source in replies)! 🕷️ A recent study found these skinks, Cryptoblepharus virgatus, are considered low quality prey for redback spiders… #SciComm #wildlife #photography 🧪

A Grey-headed Flying-fox I spotted in a Sydney park! Couple fun facts (sources & info in replies) 🦇They are one of Australia's largest bats 🌿 They play an important role in pollination & seed dispersal, connecting forest fragments & help with forest regeneration #SciComm #wildlife #photography 🧪

Went to Nice in France last month & had a little museum & gallery crawl. This is a great small archaeological museum (name in image), and is a site-museum! Great displays on the historical timelines of the site, and loved the hologram projection - great tool for #scicomm visual storytelling!🧪 🐡

Went to Bradgate Park over the weekend and loved their new information instillations & displays around the park! These boards tell the history of the ruins using fantastic engagement elements - like this turning photo wheel that utilises the spring sunshine! It has given me a new #scicomm idea! 💡🐡

Had a fab time today visiting IOPPN King’s College London for the first time! Got some filming & interviewing done 🎥 for a video project I’ve been working & collaborating on the last few months (stayed tuned!). Even got some rare sunshine ☀️ #scicomm 🧠

I have a little plea and it's this: please keep posting about things that aren't The Horrors. I am not saying to not look at or be informed about The Horrors. What I am saying—what I am genuinely kind of begging you to do—is keep posting about books and movies and sunsets and pets and joy. Please.

Had a great time doing shrub removal at Stonesby Quarry for the LRWT Wildlife Trust 🦡 yesterday! This site is known for wildflowers, butterflies & glowworms! LRWT Team Wilder resources has great tips for helping UK wildlife 🐝 🦡 & the planet 🌏: www.lrwt.org.uk/actions #conservation #scicomm

The risks of ‘space junk’ are clear: what goes up, might well come back down on top of you | Patrick Schröder

She’s finally finished! A portrait I’ve been working on whilst commuting - belated gift for a family member! #dog #art 🐶

Came across this game over the holiday season…turns out I don’t know my trees as well as I should… but great #SciComm 🧪 gift!! 🐡 Found it in my local @waterstones.bsky.social! Credits/details of the game in comments (bc ran out of characters)!

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Looking cute and cuddly ❄️ (after ripping up the carpet) 🐈 #Cat #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky

Been away for a while but back to BlueSky with a chonky squirrel & some spooky fog pictures from my walk this Saturday - because why not? #sqrlpix #squrrielofbluesky

Disinformation and Misinformation shared by Steven Bartlett in his so-called health podcast has multiple dubious claims, debunked ‘experts’ including Malhotra and people with stakes in wellness including the host who also makes £££ from the podcasts. 😡😡😡🧪

Today, we remember the 14 women murdered on December 6, 1989, in the Montreal Massacre at École Polytechnique. Their lives were stolen by misogyny, but their names and stories remain with us. They will never be forgotten.

TW: War & violent depections I went to Newarke Houses Museum & spotted paintings by Terence T. Cuneo! He is known for putting a mouse 🐁 in his pieces! Took a while to find them - can you see them? (I've cropped the paintings to make it easier!) I promise they are there! #art #museum #history

To any University of #Cambridge Staff! 📢 The Race #Equality Network #Mentoring Programme is open for any interested staff mentors & staff mentees 🎉 Delighted to be on the REN Committee this year - I recommend signing up to the mailing list to keep up to date! www.race-equality.admin.cam.ac.uk/ren

Is the SciArt Feed 🐡 just a couple of days away from 2k subscribers? Please share!

Ending the week with a pretty dragon 🐉 Saw this beautiful Eastern Water Dragon 💧🐲 on a lunchtime walk in the Royal National Park, NSW, Australia. #nature #wildlife #photography #lizard #animals

People think cockroaches are just gross - but I don't mind them when they look like they are doing yoga! In case you wondered what it looks like to see a cockroach grooming itself (yes - they like to keep themselves clean!) 📸 Sydney, Australia #bugs 🪲 #insects #invertabrate #BugADay #bugsky

Updated intro👋 I'm a #SciComm & STEM ed specialist! Lapsed geneticist 🧪 🧬Science Communicator @ University of Cambridge 🛰Space Comms Presenter @ National Space Centre 🎨Freelancer Excited to connect with creatives, scientists, educators! Will block accounts that seem like bots/spam messaging me

Look who's here @pnas.org ✔️ @science.org ✔️ @naturecellbiology.bsky.social ✔️ @natrevgenet.bsky.social ✔️ @naturebiotech.bsky.social ✔️ @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social ✔️ @naturechemistry.bsky.social ✔️ @genesdev.bsky.social ✔️ @cellchembiol.bsky.social ✔️ @genomeresearch.bsky.social ✔️ @jcellbiol.bsky.social ✔️

Huge thanks to @franzanth.bsky.social for creating this list. These accounts take and use creators' art and photography (including pets) without crediting them. List is more tailored for science/art creators #SciComm #SciArt - stay credited out there! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Crabs might feel pain - new research shows their bodies react to harmful sensations, much like ours. 🦀 If crabs can suffer, should we rethink how we treat them and other animals in farming, research, and beyond? #OpenAccess study: doi.org/10.3390/biol... #Science🧪 #EduSky #AcademicSky

📷 Taken during my time at a research station in Botswana! Couple fun facts about plains zebras (the references in comments): 🦓 They have 4 found vocalisation types (incl. the ‘quagga quagga’) 🦓 Headbobs are a form of communication between each other #SciComm #wildlife #photography 🧪

Happy Evolution Day! Today's the 165 anniversary of the initial publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" - and this is a page from his notebooks. 🧪

In case you hadn't seen enough cats this weekend. Mum is the white one on the right, and these are all her kittens (6 months now)! #cat #cats #CatsOfblueSky 🐈

Happy Sunday! Here is a Long-billed Corella going for a stroll on a sunny Sunday morning - 📸 taken near the Royal National Park, Australia. They also have a short crest (but not visible below) 🐦 #birds #birdsofbluesky #nature #wildlife #photography

Space fact to go with some space themed art 🛰️ : Did you know space smells? Astronauts have reported space has a metallic smell, like welding fumes or burnt meat! A very different #SciArt project for me - I usually do more realism-style work but am branching out. More in the series to come! #SciComm

A list of sort-of-algorithmic general feeds that might make your Bluesky experience more fun: Thread 🧵 🪡 1/5

On this snowy(ish) Friday, here’s a mischievous wild Kea I came across in New Zealand! This one has a reputation of nibbling on car tires - not ideal on a mountain drive! #birds #wildlife #SciComm 🧪 CORRECTED POST: [Wrong image/bird description in original😅 🤦 how embarrassing! Sorry for confusion]

Just discover #sqrlpix! Can finally do something with these squirrels pics in my camera roll 🐿 #SquirrelsOfBlueSky BUT these cute grey squirrels are actually an invasive species in the UK. They can carry the squirrelpox virus that threatens the native red squirrels 😅 #Scicomm 🧪

Watched Netflix's 'Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy'! Had striking scenes related to the rising fast fashion problem - hills of clothes covering the shorelines ('donated' from places like US, UK, and Europe). I shouldn't be - but I'm always shocked by how we treat our planet! #SciComm #documentary

I've already re-shared about this - but it deserves constant re-shares! Ran by incredible people, with inspiring speakers from a diversity of scicomm backgrounds. Fantastic place to find a community whilst being authentically yourself. Highly recommend applying if you can! #SciComm 🧪🛰 ✍️

Wow - what a wonderful first week on #BlueSky 🦋! My feeds are flooded with incredible scientists, artists, communicators, eductors, writers, and cats! 🥹 So far, it has been a wonderfully inclusive and exciting digital space! Thank you to everyone who added me to starter packs & as a contributer! 🌸

The #SciComm starter pack is almost full. Make sure to revisit it as l’ve added lots of folk this week. Do share it and flag up if you’d like added. go.bsky.app/VJQzace

Went on a 'science museum crawl' around Cambridge (UK)! Here are some highlights! 📍University Museum of Zoology 📍 Whipple Museum of the History of Science 📍Sedwick Museum of Earth Science #museums 🐡 🧪

November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #QueerinSTEM prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/

My #ScienceInk! More sci-fi as a UFO mushroom 🍄 🛸. Was inspired by a passion projects of mine looking at biological responses in space conditions 🚀 🛰 when I was in Sydney, Australia! Designed & done by the talented Julia Wilks. Photo from when it was sparkling and new (but not the best res) ✨️

Hope everyone is having a lovely lazy Sunday morning like my little guy here 🐈 🐱 #cat #catsofbluesky #catpics 🐈💞