Fuel shocks expose just how dependent our transport system still is on oil and gas. With most journeys still made by car, households are left vulnerable to sudden price rises. This is a stark reminder: we must reduce our reliance or fossil-fuelled travel.

A single line in this piece just made my day: “The electricity system operator is understood to be preparing to run the grid without any gas for short periods as soon as this summer, in a first for the UK energy system.” Renewables *work*. And progress matters🎉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Because the Moon is tidally locked to the Earth, if you build your habitat on some plot of near-side regolith you can put the little Earth anywhere in the sky you want & it’ll stay there, lazily meandering around just a little as the Moon wobbles in its orbit. A view of Earthset from #Artemis II.

"It’s a bright spot on the moon,” CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen said, his voice breaking up, “and we would like to call it Carroll.” The crew all shared a hug after. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...

This is the face of a lunar scientist who has just been told that the #Artemis II crew saw SEVERAL impact flashes (the flashes when meteors hit the lunar surface) in real time 😃 🌓💥

The reaction of Dr Kelsey Young at the Science Desk was one of the best things in the feed but I'd also like to acknowledge the dude in the lower left corner of the control room view doing his own little dance of joy during Jeremy Hansen's discussion of his corona observations. #Artemis

The #Artemis II crew has just been given their upcoming distance of closest approach to the Moon as 4067 statute miles and they replied jokingly that they would prefer the number in kilometers and parsecs. Astronauts... they're just like us [astronomers] ! 🥲

So, to sum up, a couple of days ago Christina Koch became the first woman to see Earth in its entirety, and today – right now, in fact – she is the first woman to see the Moon up close, and the first woman to see the far side. 🥹

Group hug on Orion after the announcement of the astronauts suggestion to name a Moon crater in honor of Reid Wiseman's deceased wife. 😢

This morning's wake up call was a good reminder that sometimes we just need to enjoy the good things when they're happening :)

"Rio" and her daughter "Izarra" harvest strawberries to support 3 young children. They're worried as rent is expensive and they're not sure if they will be able to cover the rent for their small trailer as they worked less hours because of the rainy weather last month. #WeFeedYou

The message from Londoners is simple: don’t add more flights. Expanding airports not only ignores what people want, but will damage our health and our planet. So, why are airport expansions still on the table?

At Kennedy Space Center astronauts have to take elevators to the top of launch pad towers in order to enter their space capsules before lift off. This is the elevator panel at Pad 39A.

NASA’s Artemis II mission is aiming to launch in less than three hours! If all goes smoothly, the astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft are in for a packed 10-day schedule as they journey around the moon’s far side. Graphic by Amanda Montañez; Source: NASA (reference)

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

Amaze amaze amaze go.nature.com/4sWKlSU

I think this is empirically true. In part because "critical thinking" has led to "distrust the experts," which is not the right message. It just allows people to trust kooky non-experts and validate their own biases, then pat themselves on the back for their advanced critical faculties.

The high today is Arvin CA reached 91°. Farm workers are out under the hot sun harvesting asian vegetables for our tables. "Cristina" shares, "This work is very difficult. It is very hot as we are directly under the sun with very little shade." #WeFeedYou

The short peak season has begun in the strawberries on CA's Central Coast. In this 9 hour day, "Irma" managed to pick 90 flats or 1,020 of the plastic 1 pint boxes we buy at a supermarket. (A flat holds 12 plastic one pint baskets). She earns $2.20 a flat. #WeFeedYou

Spring is spring-ing on campus! 😍💐 Thanks to our Instagram follower artist.amaan for capturing the Beyer Building in all its glory! Have great weekends!

Though it may surprise East Coasters, the story of this winter was not record cold but record heat

At a Blackrock event, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says that people who don't want drilling and mining and development on protected federal lands " don't understand the financial impact." He says it would be better if people were more  "financially literate."

Long before anyone on social media uttered the word "girlboss", there were women breaking barriers and making history. 🧵⬇️ (1/6)

CMS is celebrating the vital contributions of women scientists across the collaboration! Watch Zeina describe her journey into STEM in her mother tongue and share a message for all young women following in her footsteps ✨ #InternationalWomensDay ➡️ youtu.be/11Lm0yHxjH0

In 1787, the first paper by a woman was read to a meeting of the Royal Society, Caroline Herschel's 'Account of a new comet'. See more on our interactive timeline: #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/women-in-stem/publications-timeline/

We don’t need bigger airports. We need fewer flights and more green, affordable travel. Investing in rail infrastructure would be a fraction of the cost of airport expansion and would make clean travel across Europe fast and affordable. No flight needed.

"Joel" sent this pic from Fresno County. "There are days that I don't stop until sunset. The season is almost over and I do my best to prune as much as possible to make a little extra money. My wrists are sore from 7-8 hrs of this work. I earn 34 cents per vine." #WrFeedYou

Another go with the slinky drop, thanks for the help with filming!

Did you know that a Black woman was part of the development of GPS? 🌍

We banned tobacco advertising when we understood the harm. So, why are we still advertising the climate crisis? If councils — like Camden — are serious about net zero, the signals they send through the ads that cover their streets matter. https://bit.ly/4kN5OuY

Hope everybody had a nice Valentine's - now let's start the week off right! Thanks to @photojobby on Insta for this beautiful shot of a leafy Whitworth Arch 📸 We'd love to see any pictures of campus you've been capturing - please do share them below!

“The UK should be expanding its support for communities on the front lines of the climate crisis - not shrinking it." Following reports of planned cuts to the UK's climate finance budget, Oxfam GB joins calls for the UK government to increase climate finance and pay its fair share. 👉 bit.ly/4rvEN0X

Some beautiful soldering today by Freya for her CanSat team! Thanks to @esa.int @ukspaceagency.bsky.social and lots of others for running the competition and thanks to @pimoroni.com and @raspberrypi.com for the amazing kit! 🛰️🚀

Some nice work on some S3 revision posters task this week. Good luck to everyone in the upcoming exams! 💡🔋🧑‍🔬

Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.

From equations on a blackboard to engines of the global economy, physics has always been the spark behind transformation. Breakthroughs in physics shape industries, create jobs, and redefine what’s possible. Investments in physics are investments for tomorrow: perimeterinstitute.ca/investments-...

A pretty unambiguous top line judgement in the UK's "National security assessment on global ecosystems" report, released today: "Global ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity" Confidence: high. Time to speed up action, then? www.gov.uk/government/p...

How do cats always land on their feet? Scientists believed they use the dropper's hand as a fulcrum until these images, captured at 12 frames per second, debunked that in 1894. More on the Falling Cat Problem here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/p...

We couldn't let World Handwriting Day go by without sharing Kathleen Lonsdale's penmanship ✍️ Lonsdale conducted pioneering research in X-ray crystallography and worked at the Ri. In 1929, she proved that the structure of benzene was flat—the chemical was also discovered here, by Michael Faraday.

It’s #CleanAirNight! Did you know that wood burning contributes to serious health conditions for people across the UK? Wood burning smoke produces fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5), which can cause heart & lung disease and increase your risk of diabetes and dementia when inhaled.

Countries have spent beyond their sustainable water budgets for so long that critical assets are depleted and the world faces huge economic, social and environmental costs

"Julia" harvest mushrooms at Monterey Mushrooms. She's very pleased she works under a UFW contract. "We have a positive work environment where we can speak up and the company listens to us respectfully. And we get great benefits like a medical plan and a pension plan." #WeFeedYou

The official explanation they’re apparently going with here is that they aren’t 100% convinced that breathing soot and ozone is actually bad for you.

The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record

London is on track to be diesel‑free by 2026 — this is a huge win! ⚡️🚌🚲 BUT cleaner air won’t happen with EVs alone. We need to invest in reliable public transport and protected cycling & walking routes to finally get fossil fuels off our streets. https://bit.ly/4ssd6HL

One of the 1st sediment cores from Greenland shows a 500m thick ice dome melted entirely at warming similar to what we'll likely see by 2100. "This is very direct evidence that the ice sheet is as sensitive as we feared to even a relatively small amount of warming." newscientist.com/article/2510...

Christmastime at Jodrell Bank! 🎄 The Lovell Telescope in all its glory 🔭❄️

Under current climate policies, 79 per cent of the world’s glaciers will disappear by 2100, endangering the water supply for 2 billion people and raising sea levels dramatically

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

ARISS Ops is anticipating the SSTV Series 30-1 event from satellite RS-38S will start around 00:01 UTC on Friday 05-Dec. (7:01 PM ET Thu 04-Dec). Event is expected to run until December 13. Details in the graphic.