Next week's 🧪 PubSci is nearly sold out, with no publicity! Don't miss this special event on 21st January with UK Polar Network, APECS and a Polar Beers pub quiz! Last few tickets on Eventbrite – book now. www.eventbrite.com/e/21st-jan-2...

Only 5 spaces left for PubSci's final event of 2025

PubSci's latest blog post is packed with news, events, a casting call and details of the last PubSci of 2025 🧪 Mike and I were at the IoP Communicators Conference yesterday to talk about PubSci. Regulars will be pleased to hear that "Scampi and chips!!!" got a mention. pubsci.info/2025/11/19/n...

PubSci looks into the root causes of dementia in our final event of the year. Join 🍺 PubSci and 🧪 Dr Emma Clayton from @ukdri.ac.uk and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social at The Old King's Head on Weds 26th November for "Lost in Translation". #dementia pubsci-november2025.eventbrite.co.uk

⚛️ The Science Show 🧪 is new on Resonance FM and can be streamed at any time on Mixcloud. Our magazine-style pilot episode looks at science news from 1825, science happenings in London, the importance of real science in fiction, neanderthal eating habits and penguin poo! tinyurl.com/TheScienceSh...

Many thanks to Prof @jennyrohn.bsky.social for a brilliant talk on antimicrobial resistance last week. Watch this space for news of November's talk on Wednesday 26th Meanwhile, why not check out the radio show pilot Mike and I made for Resonance FM! tinyurl.com/TheScienceSh...

New blog post! AMR with @jennyrohn.bsky.social, Jane Goodall and John Searle, Ig Nobels, @mathsworld.com with @robeastaway.bsky.social, science and poetry with @samillingworth.com, and The Science Show begins on @resonancefm.bsky.social I think you should read it! tinyurl.com/PubSci-blog-...

Last chance to book for Wednesday's PubSci talk by @jennyrohn.bsky.social. Don't miss this chance to hear a leading scientist with a drink in your hand at Science in the Pub.

On 15th October, Prof Jenny Rohn presents the low-down on antimicrobial resistance, a silent pandemic behind millions of deaths every year, before exploring our options. With drug-resistant infections up 69% in 4 years, this may be our most important talk ever. pubsci-october2025.eventbrite.co.uk

Many thanks to @robeastaway.bsky.social for a brilliantly entertaining and informative talk on Shakespeare, Maths and Science last Wednesday. Follow PubSci on Bluesky for news of October's talk on Wednesday 15th when Prof Jenny Rohn will talk about the global threat of Antimicrobial Resistance.

Last chance to book for tomorrow's brilliant evening of Sipping, Supping and Science with @robeastaway.bsky.social

There's a new 🧪 blog in town. This month I discuss why AI is like Disney cartoons, celebrate International Microorganism Day, ask whether Hamlet references bonkers-genius astronomer Tycho Brahe, and preview Wednesday's unmissable PubSci talk with @robeastaway.bsky.social tinyurl.com/PubSciBlog-S...

We're delighted to be hosting @robeastaway.bsky.social as our next speaker at the Old King's Head. Tickets are flying, so grab yours ASAP.

At PubSci you'll enjoy great 🧪 science talks with a drink in your hand. This month there's culture too! Discover the surprising ways Shakespeare used maths in his plays on 17th September. Signed copies of Rob's book, "Much Ado About Numbers", will be on sale pubsci-september2025.eventbrite.co.uk

I thoroughly enjoyed chatting about my book, The Science of Weird Shit, with Sunny Paul for the Appauling Podcast.

Well done to Colin Beveridge for spotting the #AnagramOfTheYear: Sarina Wiegman = 'I win as manager'

Does artificial intelligence confuse you? Scare you? Bore you with hyperbolic claims? 🧪 Come to PubSci on Wednesday 20th August and let us demystify AI for you. august2025.eventbrite.co.uk/

Excellent talk by @adamjkucharski.bsky.social at last week's @pubsci.bsky.social event on the science of certainty- including a great graph on a *correlation* between college alcohol spend and 1st class degree awards!

At PubSci you can enjoy great 🧪 science talks with a drink in your hand, and last night we packed out the Old King's Head to hear @adamjkucharski.bsky.social on how scientific consensus is built. Many thanks to Adam and all who came. Do take a look at his latest book profilebooks.com/work/proof

Are you ready to dive into the history and reasoning of Proof next Wednesday? Have you booked your ticket yet? With over 50% of places gone, you'll need to hurry! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/16th-july-...

@openpetase.bsky.social recently captured the spirit of science-with-beer on a trip to the Eagle in Cambridge. Learn about their initiative to make high home plastic recycling a reality through enzymic decomposition of PET. And don't forget to book your tickets for next week's PubSci. Cheers!

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🧪 In July's PubSci 🍺 blog I preview our event with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social on Weds 16th, share other science news and events, reflect on last month's talk, dip into the world of science poetry, and share an exclusive discount code for a talk this coming weekend. tinyurl.com/PubSci-Blog-...

Review of PROOF @thelancet.com by @philipcball.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

July's PubSci is live on Eventbrite, and we're delighted to be joined by @adamjkucharski.bsky.social to explore the ideas behind his book, "Proof – The Uncertain Science of Certainty". 🧪 Join us on 16 July for your monthly helping of Sipping • Supping • Science 🧪 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1428254269...

The event I did in the Old King's Head now has a lovely write-up on the PubSci blog! I can't explain how much I enjoyed doing this - I found my milieu - sipping, supping, science - hope to do lots more of it... pubsci.info/2025/02/05/g...

Many thanks to Dr Stuart Eves for a super talk last Wednesday that had us looking up at the sky as we considered the many ways the universe has been trying to kill life on Earth through the ages. We're back on Weds 18th July with a talk on how we can know anything at all! tinyurl.com/PubSciCal-Ju...

FYI: The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Democratic Staff, is trying to get more info on the impact of recent research grant terminations. If your award has been canceled since Jan 20, you can fill out this survey: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...

🧪 Just a handful of places remain for Wednesday's PubSci event... it's the hottest science talk ticket in town. Bring something to fan yourself with, if not for the June heat, then for the (literally) Earth-shattering topic!

June's PubSci is only 8 days away... a mere 3 days before the summer solstice. Luckily space engineer Dr Stuart Eves is on hand to explore why the universe seems determined to kill off life on Earth, and how we might prevent humans going the way of the dinosaurs. 🧪 pubsci-june2025.eventbrite.co.uk

Read my recent interview with Richard Marshall, science communicator and current facilitator of an event series in London known as PubSci (@pubsci.bsky.social) or Science in the Pub, on how he runs the event and his views on public engagement with science. #SciComm ushashibasu.com/2025/05/18/f...

Stand up for science 🧪 bsky.app/profile/stan...

US conferences are being cancelled or relocated as speakers decline, science discourse is limited and others not allowed to attend. Certainly I would avoid going under the current regime

🧪 The good news: IanVisits lists tonight's PubSci as one the three "Top things to do in London today" 🤩 ⚠️ The bad news (for some): We're sold out. 🍺 But don't despair, Booking for June's PubSci goes live at noon today, and it's going to be sensational. Book at pubsci-june2025.eventbrite.co.uk

#Excited 🧪 I just got a preview of the live science demos Michael Cutts and colleagues are bringing to PubSci this Wednesday... 🤗 💥🍺 You will not be disappointed! Only a handful of tickets remain, so don't hesitate to grab yours from Eventbrite.

PubSci's May event is just 3 weeks away and 30% of tickets have already been snapped up! Don't miss this unique chance to discover 200 years of live science demonstrations stretching back to Michael Faraday himself. 🧪 Join us at the Old King's Head on 21st May pubsci-may2025.eventbrite.co.uk

🚀 BlueSky’s soaring—and X might be a dead parrot? 🦜 Altmetric data shows a dramatic shift in where academic links are shared. 👉https://www.altmetric.com/blog/blueskys-ahead-but-is-x-a-dead-parrot/ #Altmetrics #Twitter #BlueSky 🧪

Many thanks to Snezana Lawrence for speaking about A Little History of Mathematics (Yale University Press). 40 short chapters packed with stories from 32,000 years of mathematical history, it's also beautifully illustrated by Kat Flint. May's PubSci is already booking on Eventbrite lnkd.in/eMTRueTZ

Here's something else you won't want to miss out on: The IgNobel tour is coming to London next weekend. Founder of the Ig Nobel ceremony, Marc Abrahams, tells the story of the Igs and introduces some hilarious laureates. 🧪 Tickets here: www.rigb.org/whats-on/ig-...

Half the the tickets for April's PubSci have been snapped up already! 🧪 + 📐 + 🍺 + 💬

Many thanks to Jenny Poulton for last month's talk. On Weds 16th April, Snezana Lawrence introduces her Little History of Mathematics (Yale University Press, April 2025).  Read all about it and book tickets on Eventbrite - but hurry 50% are already taken! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-little-h...

My new 🧪 blog post previews next week's talk at The Old King's Head in London when Dr Jenny Poulton investigates cellular cognition in a though-provoking talk, titled: "Can Cells Think". Read all about via the link and grab your tickets on Eventbrite. pubsci.info/2025/03/13/1...

Have you ever asked yourself if cells can think..? Dr Jenny Poulton has. On Weds 19th March, PubSci explores the sophisticated chemical interactions cells have with their environment - and whether there's a limit to the complexity of problems cells can solve. 🍺 🧪 www.eventbrite.com/e/can-cells-...

How to see the planetary parade. I'll be watching the telly. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Hey @pubsci.bsky.social followers, April's speaker is snezana Lawrence who'll talk about some of the lesser known stories in the history of maths and present her wonderful new book (published just a week before PubSci). Pre-order you copy now!

Good. More pushback against the blatant censorship. 🧪

Turn golf courses into wind and solar farms... That way everybody wins! Ahem. Maybe not quite, but it does throw into sharp focus the anti renewable lobby's hand-wringing over land use priorities.

🌺 Stand Up for Science: Fri March 7, 2025 Washington DC 🧪 Join the protests against new Administration policies !!

American friends, it's time to Stand Up for Science

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence