James Romero
@jamesromero.bsky.social
Public Engagement Manager Imperial College London - #ImperialLates and #sciart 'Great Exhibition Road Festival' organiser. Also writes about planets and geology and other stuff. #Scicomm + music geek.
https://bsky.app/profile/jamesromero.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/jamesromero.bsky.social
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Come hear us talk about the first moments in the history of the Universe, part of Imperial Lates at Imperial College in South Kensington, London.
What happened in the first second of the universe?
Journey back nearly 14 billion years to the very first moments after the Big Bang.
www.imperial.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Come hear us talk about the first moments in the history of the Universe, part of Imperial Lates at Imperial College in South Kensington, London.
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🎤 Are you an early career researcher passionate about communicating with the wider public? Applications for the 2026 British Science Festival Award Lectures are now open!
Next year's Festival is in Southampton, 16-20 Sept.
Find out more and apply >
www.britishscienceassociation.org/award-lectures
Next year's Festival is in Southampton, 16-20 Sept.
Find out more and apply >
www.britishscienceassociation.org/award-lectures
Award Lectures
Details on how to become an Award Lecturer at the British Science Festival
www.britishscienceassociation.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🎤 Are you an early career researcher passionate about communicating with the wider public? Applications for the 2026 British Science Festival Award Lectures are now open!
Next year's Festival is in Southampton, 16-20 Sept.
Find out more and apply >
www.britishscienceassociation.org/award-lectures
Next year's Festival is in Southampton, 16-20 Sept.
Find out more and apply >
www.britishscienceassociation.org/award-lectures
As we near the end of International Year of Quantum, we're wrapping up the celebrations with a Time-themed #ImperialLates – packed with quantum-fun!
The centre piece of our Quantum Time Zone will be Resonating Possibilities' from Studio Above&Below – an art piece inspired by quantum clocks
The centre piece of our Quantum Time Zone will be Resonating Possibilities' from Studio Above&Below – an art piece inspired by quantum clocks
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
As we near the end of International Year of Quantum, we're wrapping up the celebrations with a Time-themed #ImperialLates – packed with quantum-fun!
The centre piece of our Quantum Time Zone will be Resonating Possibilities' from Studio Above&Below – an art piece inspired by quantum clocks
The centre piece of our Quantum Time Zone will be Resonating Possibilities' from Studio Above&Below – an art piece inspired by quantum clocks
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An Exciting, Inclusive Day of Exploration and Learning Awaits at the Deaf Art Science Festival
https://www.byteseu.com/1525994/
Published on November 9, 2025 Melbourne is set to host a truly unique and vibrant celebration of creativity, science, and culture, all with a focus on inclusivity, at …
https://www.byteseu.com/1525994/
Published on November 9, 2025 Melbourne is set to host a truly unique and vibrant celebration of creativity, science, and culture, all with a focus on inclusivity, at …
An Exciting, Inclusive Day of Exploration and Learning Awaits at the Deaf Art Science Festival - Bytes Europe
Melbourne is set to host a truly unique and vibrant celebration of creativity, science, and culture, all with a focus on inclusivity, at the upcoming Deaf Art
www.byteseu.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
An Exciting, Inclusive Day of Exploration and Learning Awaits at the Deaf Art Science Festival
https://www.byteseu.com/1525994/
Published on November 9, 2025 Melbourne is set to host a truly unique and vibrant celebration of creativity, science, and culture, all with a focus on inclusivity, at …
https://www.byteseu.com/1525994/
Published on November 9, 2025 Melbourne is set to host a truly unique and vibrant celebration of creativity, science, and culture, all with a focus on inclusivity, at …
I think Ive posted before about dance and movement as a science storytelling and engagement device for public audiences.
There was some great examples at last week's Diwali celebrating Light themed #ImperialLates - captured by the ever brilliant Brendan Foster
There was some great examples at last week's Diwali celebrating Light themed #ImperialLates - captured by the ever brilliant Brendan Foster
October 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I think Ive posted before about dance and movement as a science storytelling and engagement device for public audiences.
There was some great examples at last week's Diwali celebrating Light themed #ImperialLates - captured by the ever brilliant Brendan Foster
There was some great examples at last week's Diwali celebrating Light themed #ImperialLates - captured by the ever brilliant Brendan Foster
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We're pleased to be part of the Festival of Social Science!
The festival explores the world of social science, from how society has shaped our local areas to behaviours that help fight climate change.
Sign up to the UCL events: bit.ly/3Yab00X
Browse the rest of the festival events: bit.ly/3kCUfXb
The festival explores the world of social science, from how society has shaped our local areas to behaviours that help fight climate change.
Sign up to the UCL events: bit.ly/3Yab00X
Browse the rest of the festival events: bit.ly/3kCUfXb
October 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
We're pleased to be part of the Festival of Social Science!
The festival explores the world of social science, from how society has shaped our local areas to behaviours that help fight climate change.
Sign up to the UCL events: bit.ly/3Yab00X
Browse the rest of the festival events: bit.ly/3kCUfXb
The festival explores the world of social science, from how society has shaped our local areas to behaviours that help fight climate change.
Sign up to the UCL events: bit.ly/3Yab00X
Browse the rest of the festival events: bit.ly/3kCUfXb
Oooooh - thats a nice poster
If you're in Bradford on 28/10, join us to find out about #peatlands & the #GreatNorthBog at #Bradford2025 Science Festival: www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/bra...
Our @yorkswildlife.bsky.social Marine colleagues will be there too to tell you about seagrass.
#ForScience!!!
Our @yorkswildlife.bsky.social Marine colleagues will be there too to tell you about seagrass.
#ForScience!!!
October 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Oooooh - thats a nice poster
A real highlight of last night's light-themed #ImperialLates celebrating Diwali 🪔
Vinay Jobanputra, the creator of Bollyqueer, collaborated with Matthaus Schullik from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Astrophysics Group to create a dance class that explored the four stages of star formation ⭐
Vinay Jobanputra, the creator of Bollyqueer, collaborated with Matthaus Schullik from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Astrophysics Group to create a dance class that explored the four stages of star formation ⭐
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A real highlight of last night's light-themed #ImperialLates celebrating Diwali 🪔
Vinay Jobanputra, the creator of Bollyqueer, collaborated with Matthaus Schullik from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Astrophysics Group to create a dance class that explored the four stages of star formation ⭐
Vinay Jobanputra, the creator of Bollyqueer, collaborated with Matthaus Schullik from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Astrophysics Group to create a dance class that explored the four stages of star formation ⭐
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Two experiments involving Imperial scientists have created the world's most precise measurement of the difference between the mass of two types of #neutrino
Read more here ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270453/...
Read more here ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270453/...
October 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Two experiments involving Imperial scientists have created the world's most precise measurement of the difference between the mass of two types of #neutrino
Read more here ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270453/...
Read more here ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270453/...
Sunday at @newscientist.com live with the family:
- Coding lunar rovers with the National Space Centre
- Detecting cosmic rays with the Boulby Underground Lab
- Enjoying Christopher Jackson's beautiful layered cakes of seismic reflection
- Learning vertical farming with the John Innes Centre
- Coding lunar rovers with the National Space Centre
- Detecting cosmic rays with the Boulby Underground Lab
- Enjoying Christopher Jackson's beautiful layered cakes of seismic reflection
- Learning vertical farming with the John Innes Centre
October 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Sunday at @newscientist.com live with the family:
- Coding lunar rovers with the National Space Centre
- Detecting cosmic rays with the Boulby Underground Lab
- Enjoying Christopher Jackson's beautiful layered cakes of seismic reflection
- Learning vertical farming with the John Innes Centre
- Coding lunar rovers with the National Space Centre
- Detecting cosmic rays with the Boulby Underground Lab
- Enjoying Christopher Jackson's beautiful layered cakes of seismic reflection
- Learning vertical farming with the John Innes Centre
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💫 Celebrate the festival of lights safely, and let the chemistry of joy shine bright!
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali filled with love, light, and laughter. #RSCIndia #ChemSky #Diwali2025
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali filled with love, light, and laughter. #RSCIndia #ChemSky #Diwali2025
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
💫 Celebrate the festival of lights safely, and let the chemistry of joy shine bright!
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali filled with love, light, and laughter. #RSCIndia #ChemSky #Diwali2025
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali filled with love, light, and laughter. #RSCIndia #ChemSky #Diwali2025
No one ever wants an #ImperialLates to end, but at the close of next week's event, you'll be treated to a beautiful Bollywood dance by Imperial Indian Society to celebrate Diwali, the festival of light!
🎟️: ow.ly/kJ3W50X9Krw
🎟️: ow.ly/kJ3W50X9Krw
October 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
No one ever wants an #ImperialLates to end, but at the close of next week's event, you'll be treated to a beautiful Bollywood dance by Imperial Indian Society to celebrate Diwali, the festival of light!
🎟️: ow.ly/kJ3W50X9Krw
🎟️: ow.ly/kJ3W50X9Krw
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Stuck for weekend plans? Why not visit The Festival of Social Science!
The festival kicks off this weekend and will be exploring and celebrating the world of social science.
📅 18 Oct - 8 Nov
🎟️ Free entry
📍 Across the UK and online
🔗 Find an event for you: festivalofsocialscience.com
The festival kicks off this weekend and will be exploring and celebrating the world of social science.
📅 18 Oct - 8 Nov
🎟️ Free entry
📍 Across the UK and online
🔗 Find an event for you: festivalofsocialscience.com
Festival of Social Science
The Festival of Social Science is an annual celebration of research and knowledge about humans and society..
festivalofsocialscience.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Stuck for weekend plans? Why not visit The Festival of Social Science!
The festival kicks off this weekend and will be exploring and celebrating the world of social science.
📅 18 Oct - 8 Nov
🎟️ Free entry
📍 Across the UK and online
🔗 Find an event for you: festivalofsocialscience.com
The festival kicks off this weekend and will be exploring and celebrating the world of social science.
📅 18 Oct - 8 Nov
🎟️ Free entry
📍 Across the UK and online
🔗 Find an event for you: festivalofsocialscience.com
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Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
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Back in June we were back on the Oxfordshire “dinosaur highway”, excavating more dinosaur tracks with our teams from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford & Liverpool John Moores. The BBC have a story out today about our work at the site:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
In the footsteps of giants - BBC News
One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Back in June we were back on the Oxfordshire “dinosaur highway”, excavating more dinosaur tracks with our teams from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford & Liverpool John Moores. The BBC have a story out today about our work at the site:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
This is amazing!
Steve Miller, one of the borough's most remarkable gardeners showcases his wonderful edible tunnel
youtu.be/ykxHrxP8K6g?...
youtu.be/ykxHrxP8K6g?...
He Grew a 40m (130ft) Edible Tunnel - Pumpkins, Pears & More!
YouTube video by Huw Richards
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is amazing!
🎪 Great Exhibition Road Festival 2026 opens for ideas! 🎪
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social teams can today propose activities for our celebration of art, science, & innovation
📩 Submit proposals lnkd.in/evbJfwNE
📚 Guidance lnkd.in/eYt6nA6T
💡 Advice sessions lnkd.in/e8HdfmCC
☕ 1-2-1s lnkd.in/eqx5ChZv
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social teams can today propose activities for our celebration of art, science, & innovation
📩 Submit proposals lnkd.in/evbJfwNE
📚 Guidance lnkd.in/eYt6nA6T
💡 Advice sessions lnkd.in/e8HdfmCC
☕ 1-2-1s lnkd.in/eqx5ChZv
October 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🎪 Great Exhibition Road Festival 2026 opens for ideas! 🎪
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social teams can today propose activities for our celebration of art, science, & innovation
📩 Submit proposals lnkd.in/evbJfwNE
📚 Guidance lnkd.in/eYt6nA6T
💡 Advice sessions lnkd.in/e8HdfmCC
☕ 1-2-1s lnkd.in/eqx5ChZv
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social teams can today propose activities for our celebration of art, science, & innovation
📩 Submit proposals lnkd.in/evbJfwNE
📚 Guidance lnkd.in/eYt6nA6T
💡 Advice sessions lnkd.in/e8HdfmCC
☕ 1-2-1s lnkd.in/eqx5ChZv
Heads up all Imperial staff and students!!
Next Wednesday we will launch 🚀 the proposals process for teams interested in taking part in @ExRdFestival 2026 🎪
More details to follow......
Next Wednesday we will launch 🚀 the proposals process for teams interested in taking part in @ExRdFestival 2026 🎪
More details to follow......
October 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Heads up all Imperial staff and students!!
Next Wednesday we will launch 🚀 the proposals process for teams interested in taking part in @ExRdFestival 2026 🎪
More details to follow......
Next Wednesday we will launch 🚀 the proposals process for teams interested in taking part in @ExRdFestival 2026 🎪
More details to follow......
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I think it means Earth is about to vomit because it's literally sick of us.
Vast Anomaly in Earth's Gravity Field Signals Shifts Deep Beneath The Surface
In 2007, something strange happened over the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
www.sciencealert.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I think it means Earth is about to vomit because it's literally sick of us.
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These images by Tommy Wong of dance company Movema at Liverpool Cathedral during the British Science Festival are too beautiful to just keep to Instagram. But join us on there for more!
In the background, artwork by Maria Loizidou 🕊️
Taking Flight was programmed with Liverpool Biennial 🪶
#BSF25
In the background, artwork by Maria Loizidou 🕊️
Taking Flight was programmed with Liverpool Biennial 🪶
#BSF25
September 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
These images by Tommy Wong of dance company Movema at Liverpool Cathedral during the British Science Festival are too beautiful to just keep to Instagram. But join us on there for more!
In the background, artwork by Maria Loizidou 🕊️
Taking Flight was programmed with Liverpool Biennial 🪶
#BSF25
In the background, artwork by Maria Loizidou 🕊️
Taking Flight was programmed with Liverpool Biennial 🪶
#BSF25
🚨 Date confirmed for Imperial's Engagement Day 26! 🚨
If you're academic or professional services Imperial staff Imperial with an interest in societal engagement - this is for you!
📆 26/11
⏰ 09:30-16:00
📌 Scale Space White City, W12 7RZ
ℹ️ More info: lnkd.in/eGHhvHd9
🖋️ Sign up: lnkd.in/exKA5WZp
If you're academic or professional services Imperial staff Imperial with an interest in societal engagement - this is for you!
📆 26/11
⏰ 09:30-16:00
📌 Scale Space White City, W12 7RZ
ℹ️ More info: lnkd.in/eGHhvHd9
🖋️ Sign up: lnkd.in/exKA5WZp
September 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
🚨 Date confirmed for Imperial's Engagement Day 26! 🚨
If you're academic or professional services Imperial staff Imperial with an interest in societal engagement - this is for you!
📆 26/11
⏰ 09:30-16:00
📌 Scale Space White City, W12 7RZ
ℹ️ More info: lnkd.in/eGHhvHd9
🖋️ Sign up: lnkd.in/exKA5WZp
If you're academic or professional services Imperial staff Imperial with an interest in societal engagement - this is for you!
📆 26/11
⏰ 09:30-16:00
📌 Scale Space White City, W12 7RZ
ℹ️ More info: lnkd.in/eGHhvHd9
🖋️ Sign up: lnkd.in/exKA5WZp
My wife picked up this lovely children's book a while ago - and our boys love it.
Today it inspired our first mushroom hunt of the end of summer / autumn - around Stanmore Common
Today it inspired our first mushroom hunt of the end of summer / autumn - around Stanmore Common
September 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
My wife picked up this lovely children's book a while ago - and our boys love it.
Today it inspired our first mushroom hunt of the end of summer / autumn - around Stanmore Common
Today it inspired our first mushroom hunt of the end of summer / autumn - around Stanmore Common
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“If we had not continued to burn fossil fuels over the last decades, most of the estimated 24,400 people in Europe wouldn’t have died this summer.” ~Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College London
Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’
Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“If we had not continued to burn fossil fuels over the last decades, most of the estimated 24,400 people in Europe wouldn’t have died this summer.” ~Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College London
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The ESRC Festival of Social Science is returning for its 23rd year!
We're proud to fund incredible research, and this festival brings it to the public, showing them just how influential it is on the world.
If you have some spare time, come along!
For more info: www.ukri.org/news/largest...
We're proud to fund incredible research, and this festival brings it to the public, showing them just how influential it is on the world.
If you have some spare time, come along!
For more info: www.ukri.org/news/largest...
Largest social science festival shows research’s impact on lives
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science returns for its 23rd year, offering hundreds of free events across the UK.
www.ukri.org
September 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The ESRC Festival of Social Science is returning for its 23rd year!
We're proud to fund incredible research, and this festival brings it to the public, showing them just how influential it is on the world.
If you have some spare time, come along!
For more info: www.ukri.org/news/largest...
We're proud to fund incredible research, and this festival brings it to the public, showing them just how influential it is on the world.
If you have some spare time, come along!
For more info: www.ukri.org/news/largest...
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Imperial staff and students are invited to the live stream watch party for the Launch of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) Mission
🚀 Tuesday 23 September, 11.30 – 13.30
🚀 Main Entrance, South Kensington Campus
Sign up now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19803...
#ImperialSci
🚀 Tuesday 23 September, 11.30 – 13.30
🚀 Main Entrance, South Kensington Campus
Sign up now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19803...
#ImperialSci
September 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Imperial staff and students are invited to the live stream watch party for the Launch of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) Mission
🚀 Tuesday 23 September, 11.30 – 13.30
🚀 Main Entrance, South Kensington Campus
Sign up now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19803...
#ImperialSci
🚀 Tuesday 23 September, 11.30 – 13.30
🚀 Main Entrance, South Kensington Campus
Sign up now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19803...
#ImperialSci