Yorkshire Philosophical Society
@ypsyork.bsky.social
Promoting public understanding of science and civilisation since 1822. Based in York, UK. Find us at ypsyork.org
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Hello Bluesky! We're a distant ancestor, launched in 1822 to share knowledge and ideas about science and civilisation. Our founders started the Yorkshire Museum, now part of the York Museums Trust. Today, we host lectures, visits and study tours for people in and around York, UK.
The Press has done a great interview with Richard Hawley ahead of Saturday's gig in Museum Gardens. We're ever so slightly smug that Richard name checked the Yorkshire Philosophical Society! www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2528418...
‘I used to busk in York,' says Richard Hawley ahead of Museum Gardens headline gig
Richard Hawley says he used to "busk in York" - tonight he is headlining Museum Gardens.
www.yorkpress.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The Press has done a great interview with Richard Hawley ahead of Saturday's gig in Museum Gardens. We're ever so slightly smug that Richard name checked the Yorkshire Philosophical Society! www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2528418...
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When you’ve spent the weekend battling the Viking hordes and you’re ready for your comfy bed.
February 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When you’ve spent the weekend battling the Viking hordes and you’re ready for your comfy bed.
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Hope you enjoy your copy of The Historian this month.
Steve has made a contribution to the debate about the old and new poor laws in his beloved St Maurice’s parish in York, known as the Groves now. @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social
Steve has made a contribution to the debate about the old and new poor laws in his beloved St Maurice’s parish in York, known as the Groves now. @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Hope you enjoy your copy of The Historian this month.
Steve has made a contribution to the debate about the old and new poor laws in his beloved St Maurice’s parish in York, known as the Groves now. @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social
Steve has made a contribution to the debate about the old and new poor laws in his beloved St Maurice’s parish in York, known as the Groves now. @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social
One of four Roman emperors to have spent time in York, Septimius Severus died here in 211. At that time, of course, the city was called Eboracum. Severus Hill, west of the city centre, is now home to a water tower and electricity sub-station. It's the memorial he would have wanted, for sure.
Today's love from the Roman world! The Happy Archaeologist is with Septimius Severus! Amazing bronze statue, National Museum, Cyprus!
February 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
One of four Roman emperors to have spent time in York, Septimius Severus died here in 211. At that time, of course, the city was called Eboracum. Severus Hill, west of the city centre, is now home to a water tower and electricity sub-station. It's the memorial he would have wanted, for sure.
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In fact a few years back we dug out the old Chocolate Apple recipe from our archives and worked with York Cocoa Works to actually make it for the first time in over half a century!
More on this here:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/pr...
(Archivists have all the fun.)
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/pr...
(Archivists have all the fun.)
February 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In fact a few years back we dug out the old Chocolate Apple recipe from our archives and worked with York Cocoa Works to actually make it for the first time in over half a century!
More on this here:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/pr...
(Archivists have all the fun.)
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/pr...
(Archivists have all the fun.)
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Strange carvings at Norwegian grave site reveal what language was like before Vikings www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Strange carvings at Norwegian grave site reveal what language was like before Vikings
Stone fragments inscribed with runes found in separate graves ‘fit together like jigsaw puzzle’
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Strange carvings at Norwegian grave site reveal what language was like before Vikings www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
WHY CAN'T WE CURE ALL CANCERS?
A landmark lecture by Thomas Hughes, Professor of Biosciences
Tom's team at the University of York St John is developing exciting therapies personalised to individuals and their cancers.
11 February, 7-8 pm, Yorkshire Museum
www.ypsyork.org/events/why-c...
A landmark lecture by Thomas Hughes, Professor of Biosciences
Tom's team at the University of York St John is developing exciting therapies personalised to individuals and their cancers.
11 February, 7-8 pm, Yorkshire Museum
www.ypsyork.org/events/why-c...
“Why can’t we cure all cancers?” | Yorkshire Philosophical Society
promoting the understanding of science since 1822
www.ypsyork.org
February 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
WHY CAN'T WE CURE ALL CANCERS?
A landmark lecture by Thomas Hughes, Professor of Biosciences
Tom's team at the University of York St John is developing exciting therapies personalised to individuals and their cancers.
11 February, 7-8 pm, Yorkshire Museum
www.ypsyork.org/events/why-c...
A landmark lecture by Thomas Hughes, Professor of Biosciences
Tom's team at the University of York St John is developing exciting therapies personalised to individuals and their cancers.
11 February, 7-8 pm, Yorkshire Museum
www.ypsyork.org/events/why-c...
7pm, 28 January, Yorkshire Museum:
Adam Parker, Curator of Archaeology at the Yorkshire Museum, will talk about Star Carr, the Mesolithic jewel in the crown of Yorkshire’s archaeology.
Free entry for YPS members; non-members a mere £5 at the door.
www.ypsyork.org/events/displ...
(Spot the typo)
Adam Parker, Curator of Archaeology at the Yorkshire Museum, will talk about Star Carr, the Mesolithic jewel in the crown of Yorkshire’s archaeology.
Free entry for YPS members; non-members a mere £5 at the door.
www.ypsyork.org/events/displ...
(Spot the typo)
“Displaying the Mesolithic – ‘Star Carr: Life after the ice’ at the Yorkshire Musuem” | Yorkshire Philosophical Society
promoting the understanding of science since 1822
www.ypsyork.org
January 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
7pm, 28 January, Yorkshire Museum:
Adam Parker, Curator of Archaeology at the Yorkshire Museum, will talk about Star Carr, the Mesolithic jewel in the crown of Yorkshire’s archaeology.
Free entry for YPS members; non-members a mere £5 at the door.
www.ypsyork.org/events/displ...
(Spot the typo)
Adam Parker, Curator of Archaeology at the Yorkshire Museum, will talk about Star Carr, the Mesolithic jewel in the crown of Yorkshire’s archaeology.
Free entry for YPS members; non-members a mere £5 at the door.
www.ypsyork.org/events/displ...
(Spot the typo)
Tomorrow, 7 for 7-30 downstairs at Micklegate Social, York:
Dr Jillian Barlow will tell us about generationresearch.ac.uk, which provides opportunities to explore research and technical science roles as a career.
This is one of our Cafe Scientifique events - and it's free to attend!
Dr Jillian Barlow will tell us about generationresearch.ac.uk, which provides opportunities to explore research and technical science roles as a career.
This is one of our Cafe Scientifique events - and it's free to attend!
Home
Paid technical and research experiences for students
generationresearch.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Tomorrow, 7 for 7-30 downstairs at Micklegate Social, York:
Dr Jillian Barlow will tell us about generationresearch.ac.uk, which provides opportunities to explore research and technical science roles as a career.
This is one of our Cafe Scientifique events - and it's free to attend!
Dr Jillian Barlow will tell us about generationresearch.ac.uk, which provides opportunities to explore research and technical science roles as a career.
This is one of our Cafe Scientifique events - and it's free to attend!
Happy New Year!
This was the border between England and Scotland yesterday afternoon...
This was the border between England and Scotland yesterday afternoon...
January 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Happy New Year!
This was the border between England and Scotland yesterday afternoon...
This was the border between England and Scotland yesterday afternoon...
Ladybower Reservoir - a great place for a walk at any time of the year!
December 30, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Ladybower Reservoir - a great place for a walk at any time of the year!
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An ancient and magical amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea.
✨Merry Christmas everyone✨
National Museum of Denmark 📷 by me
#Archaeology
✨Merry Christmas everyone✨
National Museum of Denmark 📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 25, 2024 at 8:59 AM
An ancient and magical amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea.
✨Merry Christmas everyone✨
National Museum of Denmark 📷 by me
#Archaeology
✨Merry Christmas everyone✨
National Museum of Denmark 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Merry Christmas!
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This is cool! A lovely new archaeology project from my Alma mater, the University of York
Newly uncovered sites reveal true power of great Viking army in Britain
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Newly uncovered sites reveal true power of great Viking army in Britain
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Newly uncovered sites reveal true power of great Viking army in Britain
Previously unseen artefacts show invading forces included communities of men, women, children, craftworkers and merchants
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This is cool! A lovely new archaeology project from my Alma mater, the University of York
Newly uncovered sites reveal true power of great Viking army in Britain
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Newly uncovered sites reveal true power of great Viking army in Britain
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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Once one of the most powerful Benedictine monasteries in the country St Mary's Abbey, York, was first built in the late 11th century. Following the Dissolution of the monasteries the buildings were converted into a palace for the King. In a significant fall in their
December 21, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Once one of the most powerful Benedictine monasteries in the country St Mary's Abbey, York, was first built in the late 11th century. Following the Dissolution of the monasteries the buildings were converted into a palace for the King. In a significant fall in their
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The last episode of #WolfHall aired last night, but did you know we have a copy of the letter Thomas Cromwell sent to King Henry pleading his case? It was carefully copied into the Register of Archbishop Lee of York in 1540 and you can read it below:
archbishopsregisters.york.ac.uk/browse/regis...
archbishopsregisters.york.ac.uk/browse/regis...
December 16, 2024 at 8:55 AM
The last episode of #WolfHall aired last night, but did you know we have a copy of the letter Thomas Cromwell sent to King Henry pleading his case? It was carefully copied into the Register of Archbishop Lee of York in 1540 and you can read it below:
archbishopsregisters.york.ac.uk/browse/regis...
archbishopsregisters.york.ac.uk/browse/regis...
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🚨 Reminder 🚨
Tomorrow we've got our last Public Lecture of the year.
Do you love all things astronomy? Come and hear about the UK-wide initiatives setting people up for a life-long love of the stars 🔭✨
Tomorrow we've got our last Public Lecture of the year.
Do you love all things astronomy? Come and hear about the UK-wide initiatives setting people up for a life-long love of the stars 🔭✨
Look up! Working together to bring astronomy to people across the UK - at 1pm
RAS Public Lectures and Events | Tuesday, 17 of December 2024 - 13:00 | Look up! Working together to bring astronomy to people across the UK - at 1pm
ras.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 9:24 AM
🚨 Reminder 🚨
Tomorrow we've got our last Public Lecture of the year.
Do you love all things astronomy? Come and hear about the UK-wide initiatives setting people up for a life-long love of the stars 🔭✨
Tomorrow we've got our last Public Lecture of the year.
Do you love all things astronomy? Come and hear about the UK-wide initiatives setting people up for a life-long love of the stars 🔭✨
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🧪 #SciAdvent Dec16 🦖🎄🦕🎄🦖
We can know #dinosaurs' colours thanks to fossilised melanosomes! These are soft-tissue organelles containing pigments. At first mistaken as bacteria, they were first identified in fossil squids and then in fossilised feathers...(1/2)
(img from doi.org/10.1038/natu...)
We can know #dinosaurs' colours thanks to fossilised melanosomes! These are soft-tissue organelles containing pigments. At first mistaken as bacteria, they were first identified in fossil squids and then in fossilised feathers...(1/2)
(img from doi.org/10.1038/natu...)
December 16, 2024 at 9:21 AM
🧪 #SciAdvent Dec16 🦖🎄🦕🎄🦖
We can know #dinosaurs' colours thanks to fossilised melanosomes! These are soft-tissue organelles containing pigments. At first mistaken as bacteria, they were first identified in fossil squids and then in fossilised feathers...(1/2)
(img from doi.org/10.1038/natu...)
We can know #dinosaurs' colours thanks to fossilised melanosomes! These are soft-tissue organelles containing pigments. At first mistaken as bacteria, they were first identified in fossil squids and then in fossilised feathers...(1/2)
(img from doi.org/10.1038/natu...)
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A 12-year study of 639 adults by Johns Hopkins found that mild hearing loss doubles #dementia risk, moderate loss triples it, and severe hearing loss increases the risk fivefold.
Get your hearing tested and wear hearing aids if you need them.
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/welln...
#alzheimers
Get your hearing tested and wear hearing aids if you need them.
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/welln...
#alzheimers
The Hidden Risks of Hearing Loss
Not hearing well isn’t just frustrating; it can bring surprising health risks. Here’s what you need to know.
www.hopkinsmedicine.org
December 16, 2024 at 2:18 AM
A 12-year study of 639 adults by Johns Hopkins found that mild hearing loss doubles #dementia risk, moderate loss triples it, and severe hearing loss increases the risk fivefold.
Get your hearing tested and wear hearing aids if you need them.
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/welln...
#alzheimers
Get your hearing tested and wear hearing aids if you need them.
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/welln...
#alzheimers
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Would you like to hear a little story about one of York's confectioners?
No? Well that's rude. We're going to tell you anyway.
Let us introduce Sir Joseph Terry. Here he is during a trip to Harrogate for a clean and some TLC. The painting equivalent of a spa day if you will.
No? Well that's rude. We're going to tell you anyway.
Let us introduce Sir Joseph Terry. Here he is during a trip to Harrogate for a clean and some TLC. The painting equivalent of a spa day if you will.
December 13, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Would you like to hear a little story about one of York's confectioners?
No? Well that's rude. We're going to tell you anyway.
Let us introduce Sir Joseph Terry. Here he is during a trip to Harrogate for a clean and some TLC. The painting equivalent of a spa day if you will.
No? Well that's rude. We're going to tell you anyway.
Let us introduce Sir Joseph Terry. Here he is during a trip to Harrogate for a clean and some TLC. The painting equivalent of a spa day if you will.
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11 December 1823, am, falling tide: #MaryAnning continued to excavate her plesiosaur, probably helped by local quarrymen who worked the foreshore limestone and could ship her fossil to the town in their specially-built stoneboats. More on stoneboats here: www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/lrm/wp-conte...
December 11, 2024 at 2:54 PM
11 December 1823, am, falling tide: #MaryAnning continued to excavate her plesiosaur, probably helped by local quarrymen who worked the foreshore limestone and could ship her fossil to the town in their specially-built stoneboats. More on stoneboats here: www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/lrm/wp-conte...
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The South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub is marking its first anniversary by awarding £500,000 to new projects designed to improve disease diagnosis and treatment by using digital data together with NHS data to create novel clinical tools.
www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/tacklin...
www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/tacklin...
Tackling health inequality in South Yorkshire with wearable technology
Pioneering projects using smartphones and wearable technology to address the high levels of health inequalities and disease across the region, have been awarded funding at the South Yorkshire Digital ...
www.sheffield.ac.uk
December 12, 2024 at 9:52 AM
The South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub is marking its first anniversary by awarding £500,000 to new projects designed to improve disease diagnosis and treatment by using digital data together with NHS data to create novel clinical tools.
www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/tacklin...
www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/tacklin...
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Free volume online - looks very interesting journals.uio.no/viking/issue...
December 11, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Free volume online - looks very interesting journals.uio.no/viking/issue...
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The Enlightenment or the great ‘Age of Reason’ was a time in the 17th and 18th centuries when a new philosophical movement dominated the world of ideas throughout Europe One of those involved, had an albeit brief, Yorkshire connection - William Herschel. He was born in Germany in 1738 but 1/4
December 10, 2024 at 12:54 PM
The Enlightenment or the great ‘Age of Reason’ was a time in the 17th and 18th centuries when a new philosophical movement dominated the world of ideas throughout Europe One of those involved, had an albeit brief, Yorkshire connection - William Herschel. He was born in Germany in 1738 but 1/4
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CFP for the 'Sleeping Well' @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social end-of-project conference, 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Taking place 9-10 June 2025 at JRRI, Manchester. Details on our website here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...
Deadline 3 Feb. Please share widely!
Deadline 3 Feb. Please share widely!
December 10, 2024 at 10:03 AM
CFP for the 'Sleeping Well' @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social end-of-project conference, 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Taking place 9-10 June 2025 at JRRI, Manchester. Details on our website here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...
Deadline 3 Feb. Please share widely!
Deadline 3 Feb. Please share widely!