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🧪 The knowledge of how to use flint to make a fire: it's affects on evolution? www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Man made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests
Groundbreaking find makes compelling case that humans were lighting fires much earlier than originally believed
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🧪 The knowledge of how to use flint to make a fire: it's affects on evolution? www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
🧪Information is power. Power to influence. Power to change. Could AI propel a slide into a level of ignorance that has lobg lasting global consequences?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🧪Information is power. Power to influence. Power to change. Could AI propel a slide into a level of ignorance that has lobg lasting global consequences?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
🧪 A solution not the solution - every little but helps www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Paint me cool: scientists reveal roof coating that can reduce surface temperatures up to 6C on hot days
Sydney researchers commercialising a product they say can cool indoor spaces and will cost little more than standard premium paints
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🧪 A solution not the solution - every little but helps www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🧪bumping for the science feed....
One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish. It's also available as a print at www.tomgauld.com/
October 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🧪bumping for the science feed....
Jackson Lambe quote: "Open the windows. I'm gonna take a dump!"🤣🤣🤣
October 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Jackson Lambe quote: "Open the windows. I'm gonna take a dump!"🤣🤣🤣
🧪 To stir or not to stir? www.chemistryworld.com/news/compreh...
September 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
🧪 To stir or not to stir? www.chemistryworld.com/news/compreh...
🧪 Ooops! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🧪 Ooops! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🧪Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🧪Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
🧪 Primary and post primary STEM Teachers are invited to apply before 20th October 2025 to represent Ireland at the 2026 European Science on Stage festival which will take place 28-31 May in Klaipėda, Lithuania. @DCU_IoE @oide_Ireland @TeachingCouncil
scienceonstage.ie/online-applica…
scienceonstage.ie/online-applica…
August 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🧪 Primary and post primary STEM Teachers are invited to apply before 20th October 2025 to represent Ireland at the 2026 European Science on Stage festival which will take place 28-31 May in Klaipėda, Lithuania. @DCU_IoE @oide_Ireland @TeachingCouncil
scienceonstage.ie/online-applica…
scienceonstage.ie/online-applica…
Interesting analysis - the new specs seem to require a significant amount of "higher order" thinking.
An analysis of new Physics Specs and Bloom's taxonomy, from Richie Moynihan....
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/new-phy...
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/new-phy...
New Physics Specs, an Overview - by Richard Moynihan
In the academic year 2025/2026, senior cycle science physics teachers will be introducing their students to the new physics course, as outlined by the leaving certificate physics specification, publis...
www.physicsresourcebank.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Interesting analysis - the new specs seem to require a significant amount of "higher order" thinking.
🧪 🧵 1/6 Currently reading this...how close is the Doomsday clock to midnight? An early chapter recounts a 1960s briefing where only one general asked about the morality of erasing humanity 10 tomes over... The same room is still used for the same purpose.
August 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🧪 🧵 1/6 Currently reading this...how close is the Doomsday clock to midnight? An early chapter recounts a 1960s briefing where only one general asked about the morality of erasing humanity 10 tomes over... The same room is still used for the same purpose.
🧪 A study used excessive amounts of sunscreen whose findings certain influencers are misinterpreting: so should this possibility be factored into ethics approvals? www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
As influencers spread ‘toxic’ claims, what is the truth about sunscreen?
Too much exposure to the sun has traditionally been seen as a danger. Now claims that sunscreen is toxic flood the internet. What does the science say?
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🧪 A study used excessive amounts of sunscreen whose findings certain influencers are misinterpreting: so should this possibility be factored into ethics approvals? www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
🧪🧵Two interesting articles on the connections between noise cancelling headphones/earbuds use and hearing impairment www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The business of silence: is there a hidden cost to noise cancelling?
Headphone and earplug sales are booming, but individual efforts to turn down the volume may alter our brains and surrounds in unexpected ways
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🧪🧵Two interesting articles on the connections between noise cancelling headphones/earbuds use and hearing impairment www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
🧪 For science teachers in Ireland. Hands-on SDG activities for science lessons - integrating SDGs into your current teaching. Exploration of resources from Oide Science, Science on Stage & others. Book here: dms.oide.ie/event/view?i...
March 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🧪 For science teachers in Ireland. Hands-on SDG activities for science lessons - integrating SDGs into your current teaching. Exploration of resources from Oide Science, Science on Stage & others. Book here: dms.oide.ie/event/view?i...
🧪 For science teachers @ajamesmccarthy.bsky.social well worth a follow for interesting & beautiful Earth & Space photos
Last night I used 4 cameras to capture the ultimate HDR view of the lunar eclipse
This 300GB/440 megapixel image shows the lunar surface in extreme detail, while revealing all rich color that was projected onto the surface
Get a print for a short time, linked in my bio.
This 300GB/440 megapixel image shows the lunar surface in extreme detail, while revealing all rich color that was projected onto the surface
Get a print for a short time, linked in my bio.
March 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🧪 For science teachers @ajamesmccarthy.bsky.social well worth a follow for interesting & beautiful Earth & Space photos
🧪 For science teachers in Ireland. A 1hr introductory webinar to school lab safety at second level. Can register at dms.oide.ie/event/view?i...
March 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🧪 For science teachers in Ireland. A 1hr introductory webinar to school lab safety at second level. Can register at dms.oide.ie/event/view?i...
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For 🧪science teachers in Ireland...
Oide Physics Lab days in March now open for booking... @theurell.bsky.social @irishsciteach.bsky.social @kelleherscience.bsky.social www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/oide-ph...
Oide Physics Lab days in March now open for booking... @theurell.bsky.social @irishsciteach.bsky.social @kelleherscience.bsky.social www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/oide-ph...
Oide Physics Lab Days, March 2025
Booking is now open for a series of three Oide Lab-days, based in Dublin, Cork and Galway, on the dates listed across. The booking page is here (you will have to scroll past the upcoming physics PLE 2...
www.physicsresourcebank.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
For 🧪science teachers in Ireland...
Oide Physics Lab days in March now open for booking... @theurell.bsky.social @irishsciteach.bsky.social @kelleherscience.bsky.social www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/oide-ph...
Oide Physics Lab days in March now open for booking... @theurell.bsky.social @irishsciteach.bsky.social @kelleherscience.bsky.social www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/oide-ph...
🧪Interesting set of articles www.reuters.com/investigates...
The @Reuters Hot List: the world's most influential climate scientists
Read the Hot List: @Reuters ranks the world's most influential climate scientists - and takes you inside the lives of six remarkable researchers.
www.reuters.com
January 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🧪Interesting set of articles www.reuters.com/investigates...
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🧪The Christmas Experiments that established the Celsius temperature scale.....
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/the-chr...
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December 29, 2024 at 12:15 PM
🧪The Christmas Experiments that established the Celsius temperature scale.....
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/the-chr...
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/the-chr...
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🧪are there enough Irish Science teachers on BlueSky to make this worth sharing here yet? @physicsireland.bsky.social @theurell.bsky.social @kookychemist.bsky.social @yvehigginsvallely.bsky.social @kelleherscience.bsky.social
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/jc-scie...
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JC Science Lab Days
The Oide Science Team are offering a Junior Cycle Laboratory Day at various locations around the country: Blessington, Stepaside, Regina Mundi in Cork, and Holy Rosary in Mountbellew in Galway.These d...
www.physicsresourcebank.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:03 PM
🧪are there enough Irish Science teachers on BlueSky to make this worth sharing here yet? @physicsireland.bsky.social @theurell.bsky.social @kookychemist.bsky.social @yvehigginsvallely.bsky.social @kelleherscience.bsky.social
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/jc-scie...
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1/2 This article explains the Physics in Advent initiative of 24 daily do at home physics experiments in the run up to Christmas www.scienceinschool.org/article/2024...
Physics in Advent: The hands-on physics Advent calendar – Science in School
©PiA A hands-on physics advent calendar Under the motto "still 24 experiments until Christmas", Physics in Advent (PiA) offers simple experiments in the
www.scienceinschool.org
November 15, 2024 at 5:26 AM
1/2 This article explains the Physics in Advent initiative of 24 daily do at home physics experiments in the run up to Christmas www.scienceinschool.org/article/2024...
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Hello. We are the Irish Science Teachers Association, representing 1400 science teachers across the country on all things curriculum, assessment, CPD and more. Looking forward to connecting on BlueSky.
November 14, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Hello. We are the Irish Science Teachers Association, representing 1400 science teachers across the country on all things curriculum, assessment, CPD and more. Looking forward to connecting on BlueSky.