Sam Gregson
@badboyofscience.bsky.social
Uni of Cambridge and LHC physicist (Graduated)
Science communicator and YouTuber
The Bad Boy of Science
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/badboyofscience
Science communicator and YouTuber
The Bad Boy of Science
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/badboyofscience
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Have you ever wondered why physicists are so excited to study the Higgs Boson at a new Higgs Factory collider?
Wonder no more!
I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.
Check it out!
Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk
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Wonder no more!
I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.
Check it out!
Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk
🧪⚛️
Reposted by Sam Gregson
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Sam Gregson
Had a great time discussing whether "aliens speak physics" with @danielwhiteson.bsky.social .
When the aliens arrive, will they understand our physics? Will they have the same laws? Will they want to discuss the subject?
We address these Qs and many more!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=l1Sz...
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When the aliens arrive, will they understand our physics? Will they have the same laws? Will they want to discuss the subject?
We address these Qs and many more!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=l1Sz...
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youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Had a great time discussing whether "aliens speak physics" with @danielwhiteson.bsky.social .
When the aliens arrive, will they understand our physics? Will they have the same laws? Will they want to discuss the subject?
We address these Qs and many more!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=l1Sz...
⚛️🧪
When the aliens arrive, will they understand our physics? Will they have the same laws? Will they want to discuss the subject?
We address these Qs and many more!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=l1Sz...
⚛️🧪
Had a great time discussing whether "aliens speak physics" with @danielwhiteson.bsky.social .
When the aliens arrive, will they understand our physics? Will they have the same laws? Will they want to discuss the subject?
We address these Qs and many more!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=l1Sz...
⚛️🧪
When the aliens arrive, will they understand our physics? Will they have the same laws? Will they want to discuss the subject?
We address these Qs and many more!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=l1Sz...
⚛️🧪
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Had a great time discussing whether "aliens speak physics" with @danielwhiteson.bsky.social .
When the aliens arrive, will they understand our physics? Will they have the same laws? Will they want to discuss the subject?
We address these Qs and many more!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=l1Sz...
⚛️🧪
When the aliens arrive, will they understand our physics? Will they have the same laws? Will they want to discuss the subject?
We address these Qs and many more!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=l1Sz...
⚛️🧪
Reposted by Sam Gregson
All this, whilst she remains entirely silent on the real war on science both ideological (insert classic outraged "are we really financing THAT" popular article here) and practical (let's get rid of these unproductive funds/positions)
Great piece by @jonathanjarry.bsky.social on the descent of Sabine Hossenfelder, from science communicator to contrarian outrage-monger www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
Sabine Hossenfelder Asks If Science Is Dying. It’s Not.
Physics is dying. It’s mathematical fiction. Science is failing. Most of academic research that your taxes pay for is almost certainly bullshit. I don’t trust scientists. Would you believe me if I tol...
www.mcgill.ca
September 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
All this, whilst she remains entirely silent on the real war on science both ideological (insert classic outraged "are we really financing THAT" popular article here) and practical (let's get rid of these unproductive funds/positions)
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Had a brilliant time discussing the latest results from the NASA @nasapersevere.extwitter.link rover on Mars.
Did we just find a biosignature and evidence that life once flourished on the red planet?
Mars scientist Henry Manelski breaks down the science!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=PQUEXBy2J2Q
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Did we just find a biosignature and evidence that life once flourished on the red planet?
Mars scientist Henry Manelski breaks down the science!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=PQUEXBy2J2Q
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Did We Just Find Life On Mars? Mars Scientist Explains.
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science
youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Had a brilliant time discussing the latest results from the NASA @nasapersevere.extwitter.link rover on Mars.
Did we just find a biosignature and evidence that life once flourished on the red planet?
Mars scientist Henry Manelski breaks down the science!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=PQUEXBy2J2Q
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Did we just find a biosignature and evidence that life once flourished on the red planet?
Mars scientist Henry Manelski breaks down the science!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=PQUEXBy2J2Q
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Had a brilliant time discussing the latest results from the NASA @nasapersevere.extwitter.link rover on Mars.
Did we just find a biosignature and evidence that life once flourished on the red planet?
Mars scientist Henry Manelski breaks down the science!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=PQUEXBy2J2Q
🧪⚛️
Did we just find a biosignature and evidence that life once flourished on the red planet?
Mars scientist Henry Manelski breaks down the science!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=PQUEXBy2J2Q
🧪⚛️
Did We Just Find Life On Mars? Mars Scientist Explains.
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science
youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Had a brilliant time discussing the latest results from the NASA @nasapersevere.extwitter.link rover on Mars.
Did we just find a biosignature and evidence that life once flourished on the red planet?
Mars scientist Henry Manelski breaks down the science!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=PQUEXBy2J2Q
🧪⚛️
Did we just find a biosignature and evidence that life once flourished on the red planet?
Mars scientist Henry Manelski breaks down the science!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=PQUEXBy2J2Q
🧪⚛️
Reposted by Sam Gregson
I've been trawling through some old science comedy sets.
Here's why physics is just like sex...
Link: youtube.com/shorts/EurEA...
#science #comedy
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Here's why physics is just like sex...
Link: youtube.com/shorts/EurEA...
#science #comedy
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September 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've been trawling through some old science comedy sets.
Here's why physics is just like sex...
Link: youtube.com/shorts/EurEA...
#science #comedy
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Here's why physics is just like sex...
Link: youtube.com/shorts/EurEA...
#science #comedy
🧪⚛️
I've been trawling through some old science comedy sets.
Here's why physics is just like sex...
Link: youtube.com/shorts/EurEA...
#science #comedy
🧪⚛️
Here's why physics is just like sex...
Link: youtube.com/shorts/EurEA...
#science #comedy
🧪⚛️
YouTube
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've been trawling through some old science comedy sets.
Here's why physics is just like sex...
Link: youtube.com/shorts/EurEA...
#science #comedy
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Here's why physics is just like sex...
Link: youtube.com/shorts/EurEA...
#science #comedy
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Reposted by Sam Gregson
It's an important continuation of the trend that "all experts are shills and must not be trusted, only populists can be trusted"
Even domains that seem far from public policy are attacked. Because if their experts can be trusted, then maybe there are other experts elsewhere, too.
Even domains that seem far from public policy are attacked. Because if their experts can be trusted, then maybe there are other experts elsewhere, too.
Streamers are building huge audiences by attacking academic physics as just another corrupt establishment. Scientists are starting to worry about the consequences, writes Dan Kagan-Kans.
Essay | The Rise of ‘Conspiracy Physics’
Streamers are building huge audiences by attacking academic physics as just another corrupt establishment. Scientists are starting to worry about the consequences.
on.wsj.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It's an important continuation of the trend that "all experts are shills and must not be trusted, only populists can be trusted"
Even domains that seem far from public policy are attacked. Because if their experts can be trusted, then maybe there are other experts elsewhere, too.
Even domains that seem far from public policy are attacked. Because if their experts can be trusted, then maybe there are other experts elsewhere, too.
Reposted by Sam Gregson
Today LHCb presented a new measurement of the decay of a B meson into a K* and a μ+ μ- pair
Previous results disagreed with the Standard Model prediction for the branching fraction and angular distribution
The new measurement has almost twice as much data and still disagrees!
🧵1/6
Previous results disagreed with the Standard Model prediction for the branching fraction and angular distribution
The new measurement has almost twice as much data and still disagrees!
🧵1/6
September 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today LHCb presented a new measurement of the decay of a B meson into a K* and a μ+ μ- pair
Previous results disagreed with the Standard Model prediction for the branching fraction and angular distribution
The new measurement has almost twice as much data and still disagrees!
🧵1/6
Previous results disagreed with the Standard Model prediction for the branching fraction and angular distribution
The new measurement has almost twice as much data and still disagrees!
🧵1/6
Reposted by Sam Gregson
Have you ever wondered why physicists are so excited to study the Higgs Boson at a new Higgs Factory collider?
Wonder no more!
I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.
Check it out!
Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk
🧪⚛️
Wonder no more!
I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.
Check it out!
Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk
🧪⚛️
September 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Have you ever wondered why physicists are so excited to study the Higgs Boson at a new Higgs Factory collider?
Wonder no more!
I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.
Check it out!
Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk
🧪⚛️
Wonder no more!
I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.
Check it out!
Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk
🧪⚛️
Have you ever wondered why physicists are so excited to study the Higgs Boson at a new Higgs Factory collider?
Wonder no more!
I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.
Check it out!
Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk
🧪⚛️
Wonder no more!
I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.
Check it out!
Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk
🧪⚛️
September 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Have you ever wondered why physicists are so excited to study the Higgs Boson at a new Higgs Factory collider?
Wonder no more!
I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.
Check it out!
Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk
🧪⚛️
Wonder no more!
I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.
Check it out!
Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk
🧪⚛️
Reposted by Sam Gregson
I have a complaint about Avi Loeb's latest work and I want to speak to management.
medium.com/@steve.desch...
medium.com/@steve.desch...
This is not the quality of pseudoscience infotainment to which I have grown accustomed
Teasing the public with fraudulent or self-deluded promises of aliens used to mean something. It took work. It meant slapping together…
medium.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I have a complaint about Avi Loeb's latest work and I want to speak to management.
medium.com/@steve.desch...
medium.com/@steve.desch...
Reposted by Sam Gregson
Had the pleasure of chatting with Prof Steve Desch (@deschscoveries.bsky.social) regarding Avi Loeb's latest claims that an interstellar object might be a hostile alien probe.
Spoiler alert: It isn't.
We break down Loeb's weak, cherry picking arguments.
Full link: youtube.com/watch?v=B4wp...
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Spoiler alert: It isn't.
We break down Loeb's weak, cherry picking arguments.
Full link: youtube.com/watch?v=B4wp...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Had the pleasure of chatting with Prof Steve Desch (@deschscoveries.bsky.social) regarding Avi Loeb's latest claims that an interstellar object might be a hostile alien probe.
Spoiler alert: It isn't.
We break down Loeb's weak, cherry picking arguments.
Full link: youtube.com/watch?v=B4wp...
🧪⚛️
Spoiler alert: It isn't.
We break down Loeb's weak, cherry picking arguments.
Full link: youtube.com/watch?v=B4wp...
🧪⚛️
Had the pleasure of chatting with Prof Steve Desch (@deschscoveries.bsky.social) regarding Avi Loeb's latest claims that an interstellar object might be a hostile alien probe.
Spoiler alert: It isn't.
We break down Loeb's weak, cherry picking arguments.
Full link: youtube.com/watch?v=B4wp...
🧪⚛️
Spoiler alert: It isn't.
We break down Loeb's weak, cherry picking arguments.
Full link: youtube.com/watch?v=B4wp...
🧪⚛️
August 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Had the pleasure of chatting with Prof Steve Desch (@deschscoveries.bsky.social) regarding Avi Loeb's latest claims that an interstellar object might be a hostile alien probe.
Spoiler alert: It isn't.
We break down Loeb's weak, cherry picking arguments.
Full link: youtube.com/watch?v=B4wp...
🧪⚛️
Spoiler alert: It isn't.
We break down Loeb's weak, cherry picking arguments.
Full link: youtube.com/watch?v=B4wp...
🧪⚛️
Reposted by Sam Gregson
Carbon-14 may be the most important radioisotope ever discovered.
It has revolutionised our understanding of the past, helped demystify bio pathways and confirmed anthropogenic climate change.
Come learn about its incredibly fraught discovery!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=47tPQWHL190
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It has revolutionised our understanding of the past, helped demystify bio pathways and confirmed anthropogenic climate change.
Come learn about its incredibly fraught discovery!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=47tPQWHL190
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The Insane Science of Carbon-14: Part 1: The Discovery of Carbon-14
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science
youtube.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Carbon-14 may be the most important radioisotope ever discovered.
It has revolutionised our understanding of the past, helped demystify bio pathways and confirmed anthropogenic climate change.
Come learn about its incredibly fraught discovery!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=47tPQWHL190
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It has revolutionised our understanding of the past, helped demystify bio pathways and confirmed anthropogenic climate change.
Come learn about its incredibly fraught discovery!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=47tPQWHL190
🧪⚛️
Carbon-14 may be the most important radioisotope ever discovered.
It has revolutionised our understanding of the past, helped demystify bio pathways and confirmed anthropogenic climate change.
Come learn about its incredibly fraught discovery!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=47tPQWHL190
🧪⚛️
It has revolutionised our understanding of the past, helped demystify bio pathways and confirmed anthropogenic climate change.
Come learn about its incredibly fraught discovery!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=47tPQWHL190
🧪⚛️
The Insane Science of Carbon-14: Part 1: The Discovery of Carbon-14
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science
youtube.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Carbon-14 may be the most important radioisotope ever discovered.
It has revolutionised our understanding of the past, helped demystify bio pathways and confirmed anthropogenic climate change.
Come learn about its incredibly fraught discovery!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=47tPQWHL190
🧪⚛️
It has revolutionised our understanding of the past, helped demystify bio pathways and confirmed anthropogenic climate change.
Come learn about its incredibly fraught discovery!
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=47tPQWHL190
🧪⚛️
Reposted by Sam Gregson
My final thoughts on the now infamous Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate and the absurdly inflated play that Eric - and his ideas - get in online spaces.
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VIOV...
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Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VIOV...
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June 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My final thoughts on the now infamous Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate and the absurdly inflated play that Eric - and his ideas - get in online spaces.
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VIOV...
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Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VIOV...
🧪⚛️
My final thoughts on the now infamous Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate and the absurdly inflated play that Eric - and his ideas - get in online spaces.
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VIOV...
🧪⚛️
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VIOV...
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June 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My final thoughts on the now infamous Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate and the absurdly inflated play that Eric - and his ideas - get in online spaces.
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VIOV...
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Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VIOV...
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Reposted by Sam Gregson
My thoughts on the Sean Carroll and Eric Weinstein debate.
Eric's ideas only exist in the worlds of YouTube grievance, culture war nonsense, and the negative space left by the perceived failings of string theory.
tl;dr Eric lost badly.
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Full video: youtu.be/27RVNYSc2lw
Eric's ideas only exist in the worlds of YouTube grievance, culture war nonsense, and the negative space left by the perceived failings of string theory.
tl;dr Eric lost badly.
⚛️🧪
Full video: youtu.be/27RVNYSc2lw
Eric Weinstein: Sean Carroll's Terrence Howard
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science
youtu.be
June 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My thoughts on the Sean Carroll and Eric Weinstein debate.
Eric's ideas only exist in the worlds of YouTube grievance, culture war nonsense, and the negative space left by the perceived failings of string theory.
tl;dr Eric lost badly.
⚛️🧪
Full video: youtu.be/27RVNYSc2lw
Eric's ideas only exist in the worlds of YouTube grievance, culture war nonsense, and the negative space left by the perceived failings of string theory.
tl;dr Eric lost badly.
⚛️🧪
Full video: youtu.be/27RVNYSc2lw
My thoughts on the Sean Carroll and Eric Weinstein debate.
Eric's ideas only exist in the worlds of YouTube grievance, culture war nonsense, and the negative space left by the perceived failings of string theory.
tl;dr Eric lost badly.
⚛️🧪
Full video: youtu.be/27RVNYSc2lw
Eric's ideas only exist in the worlds of YouTube grievance, culture war nonsense, and the negative space left by the perceived failings of string theory.
tl;dr Eric lost badly.
⚛️🧪
Full video: youtu.be/27RVNYSc2lw
Eric Weinstein: Sean Carroll's Terrence Howard
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science
youtu.be
June 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My thoughts on the Sean Carroll and Eric Weinstein debate.
Eric's ideas only exist in the worlds of YouTube grievance, culture war nonsense, and the negative space left by the perceived failings of string theory.
tl;dr Eric lost badly.
⚛️🧪
Full video: youtu.be/27RVNYSc2lw
Eric's ideas only exist in the worlds of YouTube grievance, culture war nonsense, and the negative space left by the perceived failings of string theory.
tl;dr Eric lost badly.
⚛️🧪
Full video: youtu.be/27RVNYSc2lw
Reposted by Sam Gregson
This month's bonus episode is about the rise of the lab leak theory from an unfounded theory promoted by right-wing cranks to an unfounded theory promoted by prominent liberal journalists.
The Lab Leak Goes Mainstream | If Books Could Kill
Get more from If Books Could Kill on Patreon
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May 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This month's bonus episode is about the rise of the lab leak theory from an unfounded theory promoted by right-wing cranks to an unfounded theory promoted by prominent liberal journalists.
Reposted by Sam Gregson
The legacy of the promotion of the ragbag of unevidenced and often mutually exclusive lab leak theories by a motley crew of lunatics, conspiracists and MAGA proto-Fascists is that that this will all happen again - the same way it did in 2019.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: Inside the thriving wild-animal markets that could start the next pandemic
Live-animal markets are a natural laboratory for viruses to evolve and spark deadly outbreaks, yet scientists lack support to study the risks they pose.
www.nature.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The legacy of the promotion of the ragbag of unevidenced and often mutually exclusive lab leak theories by a motley crew of lunatics, conspiracists and MAGA proto-Fascists is that that this will all happen again - the same way it did in 2019.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Sam Gregson
Breaking: The muon discrepancy seems to be officially gone. The Muon g–2 experiment at @fermilab.bsky.social
has just announced its final magnetic moment of the muon, improving precision by 1.8x. This is now in agreement with updated calculations published last week by the Theory Initiative ...🧵
has just announced its final magnetic moment of the muon, improving precision by 1.8x. This is now in agreement with updated calculations published last week by the Theory Initiative ...🧵
June 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Breaking: The muon discrepancy seems to be officially gone. The Muon g–2 experiment at @fermilab.bsky.social
has just announced its final magnetic moment of the muon, improving precision by 1.8x. This is now in agreement with updated calculations published last week by the Theory Initiative ...🧵
has just announced its final magnetic moment of the muon, improving precision by 1.8x. This is now in agreement with updated calculations published last week by the Theory Initiative ...🧵
Reposted by Sam Gregson
Short summary of the recent Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate:
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May 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Short summary of the recent Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate:
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