Something new: as part of training early career scientists at @nikhef.bsky.social, the next 3 days, Gideon Koekoek, @particleclara.bsky.social, Lisa Lehmann, Vanessa Mexner and myself will organise a workshop on science communication. 35 PhD's and post-docs! Agenda: indico.nikhef.nl/event/7767/

Stunning! 🤩

This is fabulous! 💃

Few pics from Nine Lessons for Norwich Science Festival last month. We covered everything from robots to rocks & Higgs to hippos. Inc @robinince.bsky.social, @helenczerski.bsky.social, @particleclara.bsky.social, @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social + others Pics by Norwich Science Festival and Luke Witcomb.

It's a weird feeling when you see a comments section of a video and there are people you've never met in there discussing you 😅

New video! I went on a tour of the @cmsexperiment.bsky.social at @cern.bsky.social with Prof. @freyablekman.bsky.social ⏬ youtu.be/dumEjuLWo3Q

🔊 Calling UK early career researches in astro, particle & nuclear physics. Please sign this open response to the proposed cuts at STFC ⚛️🧪🔭 "Protecting the UK's reputation as a science superpower requires not only investment, but continuity, confidence, and people" ✍️ ecr-openletter-stfc.github.io

We are headed to Norwich Science Festival soon! Solo events from @robinince.bsky.social, @particleclara.bsky.social & @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social plus a special Nine Lessons for Norwich show on Fri night with extra special guests inc. @helenczerski.bsky.social! All tix norwichsciencefestival.co.uk

Check out the gallery of pics from this year's Nine Lessons shows featuring @robinince.bsky.social and all of our special guests including @particleclara.bsky.social, @soozuk.bsky.social & @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social Gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/theco...

And now here's your first look at the first poster for our massive new docuseries, For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music, that's out next year.

Drie colleges over de kleinste deeltjes op het @nikhef.bsky.social verzorgd door master student Niels ter Linden en Stichting Oud Geleerd Jong Gedaan. Bij het laatste college is er (dankzij @particleclara.bsky.social) een live bezoek bij @atlasexperiment.bsky.social op @cern.bsky.social

Next Saturday we've got two #NineLessons shows at Kings Place. A family matinee and then an evening show. Here's some of the guests joining @robinince.bsky.social inc @garwboy.bsky.social, @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social, @particleclara.bsky.social and more. Tix www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/nin...

The Large Hadron Collider is officially off for 2025! Many thanks to the accelerator teams for a wonderful year and for all of the collisions we get to search through! #CERN #collider

Christmas present ideas for physics enthusiasts in your life ⏬

Looking forward to this year's Nine Lessons! There are still some tickets left if you're near London 😊

Today I found out that a bunch of Gen Z folks I know don't eject USB sticks before removing them from a computer. Is this a universal thing? I'm genuinely curious.

Happy #PrideinSTEMDay! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ATLAS proudly celebrates the incredible diversity of our scientific community. Our varied backgrounds, perspectives and identities drive excellence in research. We are committed to advancing the recognition and representation of our LGBTQ+ colleagues — today and every day.

⭐️🔭Applications open at Anton Pannekoek Institute in Amsterdam for the 7th ASPIRE program: aspire.science.uva.nl. This 2026 summer school provides astronomy research experience for talented MSc students from countries where opportunities to move into a PhD program are limited. [1/2]

But it does have a fun swirl feature before you get to the graphite block 😄

Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM! How are you celebrating it? #LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM

Those were beautiful #aurorae in the past days. A solar storm brought a lot of protons to Earth. Not only to Earth but also to #ESAEuclid – but does #Euclid notice? Oh yes. www.euclid-ec.org/here-comes-t... #ESA #Sun #SpaceWeather #space

Out of curiosity, do I know someone (who knows someone) who counts spiders in rainforests? I want to use a short clip of them working for a video and I'd love to use a real scientist. #spiders

Share your love of science in a 90 second bite-sized format for a chance to win prizes with Famelab and @cern.bsky.social ! Check out the details below ⏬ #STEM #FameLab #CERN

A massive thank you to the folks from the STFC & Boulby Underground Laboratory for showing me around for #DarkMatterDay! We went 1km underground & I spoke with people who do this every day to better understand how our universe works. It was such a unique experience & I can't wait to show you more!!

Let's go on a Dark Matter Hunt! It's almost Dark Matter Day -- also known as Halloween 👻 🎃 -- and I'm really excited to be heading to the STFC’s Boulby Underground Laboratory! This is a unique facility where scientists hunt for the missing matter that makes up our Universe. 🌌

If you're near #Cardiff, book tickets to this, you won't regret it!

Editing long form videos takes ages 🥹

🗓️ Coming soon! The untold story of our pioneering 25-year #Cluster mission that studied the invisible solar storms impacting our Earth 🧪🔭 ☀️ 'Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster', a documentary by @spacerocksofficial.bsky.social and @science.esa.int, will premiere here, 30 October, 19:00 CET 👇

How many protons actually collide when the Large Hadron Collider beams cross in the experiments at CERN? #physics

Just made the mistake of checking my Facebook Page DMs after posting a story that I got my flu and covid vaccines for the winter 😬

New Science Shambles podcast and video out for your enjoyment. Go on a hunt for Dark Matter with @helenczerski.bsky.social, @jengupta.bsky.social, @particleclara.bsky.social & Maggie Aderin-Pocock. Recorded live at @latitudefestival.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=knQq...

Another one of our Latitude panels is out now for Patreon and paid Substack subscribers. Go on a dark matter hunt with @helenczerski.bsky.social, @particleclara.bsky.social, @jengupta.bsky.social & Maggie Aderin-Pocock. Sign up or watch at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

Comet #3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object we've ever spotted ☄️ Discovered in July, the comet is making its way through our Solar System, carrying onboard clues about the formation of worlds far beyond our own. Follow its journey & what we learn about it 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭🧪

Some days, I wonder whether my videos on social media are having an impact, and then other days a student messages me that they found out about an opportunity through my video and they wouldn't have been going to CERN if I hadn't made it and it just makes all the planning and editing so worth it 😊💛

Take a look back at some highlights from The Cosmic Shambles Forest of Science & Culture at @latitudefestival.bsky.social this past month www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjG1... CC @robinince.bsky.social @helenczerski.bsky.social @seismatters.bsky.social @soozaphone.bsky.social @tanitatikaram.bsky.social

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Check out our funky new forest logo for Latitude. TWO WEEKS TO GO! Last few festival tickets from www.latitudefestival.com @robinince.bsky.social @helenczerski.bsky.social @davidho.bsky.social @seismatters.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @reggiewatts.bsky.social @particleclara.bsky.social

I am, once again, asking conference organisers to have one social media account on each platform for your conference that gets passed on to the next local organisers for each iteration. This is how you build up a larger audience.

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social if you have time in your Geneva travel and would like a trip to CERN, we can arrange a tour 🙂

A pint of particle physics and its daily life applications 🍻 This week, #CERN joined the annual @pintofscience.ch, featuring two captivating talks on "Particle Physics: From Collisions to Applications". Did you attend this year? Share your favourite moments with us! 👇

Listening to the Jurassic Park audiobook while running really adds that extra bit of motivation. Can't think why 🏃🏼‍♀️🦖 😅

I enjoyed chatting with Clara Nellist @particleclara.bsky.social about the early universe, quantum computers, and quantum thermodynamics on APS TV at the Global Physics Summit this March. @apsphysics.bsky.social youtu.be/jJmQUlocPHM?...

I'm not always 100m underground, sometimes I can be found up a mountain too. #scientist

Making a video isn't what takes the most time as a content creator, it's picking which face I'm pulling as I talk I can tolerate most as the thumbnail 😅

One problem with being British is that sometimes I genuinely mean "it would have been nice" as "I would have liked that" and not always as "you should have done this", but everything I write sounds passive aggressive to me 😅

@robertkirkman.bsky.social I just finished season 3 of Invincible (excellent!), but I need to know: In S2E4, when Omni-Man tells Mark: "She's tearing you apart", is that a nod to The Room or just a coincidence? 😄

I'm mad that no one ever recommended Murderbot to me before now because the trailer looks incredible!

Why are people writing control+f in my comments? I thought it meant 'condolences', but it doesn't seem to line up. Can someone explain it to me? 😅

My signed copy of Everything is Tuberculosis by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social has arrived! If it wasn't for medical research into treatment for this disease, I wouldn't exist. My grandfather (right) got tuberculosis as a young man and spent time in Salterley Grange Sanitorium in Gloucestershire.

I tried to install my new GPU in my PC today. Turns out my old GPU is so old, I need to change the power cables, and that was a bigger job than I planned (because the extra cables are in the garage and I need to get to the power supply) so it will need to be for another evening 🙁