Lewis Dartnell
@lewisdartnell.bsky.social
Prof., astrobiology researcher, science communicator & book author (http://beinghumanbook.org / http://originsbook.com / http://the-knowledge.org)
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🔊Announcing a new Physics/Astro PhD scholarship scheme in Edinburgh, for students from a Black heritage, inc mixed Black background. Please help me spread the word. The scholarship covers all tuition fees, living costs & research travel. #blackinSTEM 🔭👩🔬⚛️
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October 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🔊Announcing a new Physics/Astro PhD scholarship scheme in Edinburgh, for students from a Black heritage, inc mixed Black background. Please help me spread the word. The scholarship covers all tuition fees, living costs & research travel. #blackinSTEM 🔭👩🔬⚛️
ℹ️: www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos...
ℹ️: www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos...
Amen
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Amen
6-Sept for the win!
September 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
6-Sept for the win!
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If they make another Star Trek movie, can we have James Gunn direct it? Not because of his directorial skills; I just think it’s about time a narrative included Gunn’s Chekov.
July 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If they make another Star Trek movie, can we have James Gunn direct it? Not because of his directorial skills; I just think it’s about time a narrative included Gunn’s Chekov.
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Tell us who you think deserves a National Blue Plaque! The National Blue Plaques Scheme celebrates inspirational people from all walks of life. Enter your nomination by 17 July at bit.ly/NominateBlue...
How to Make a Nomination | National Blue Plaque Scheme | Historic England
An overview of how to make a nomination and who is eligible for a national blue plaque, along with answers to frequently asked questions.
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July 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Tell us who you think deserves a National Blue Plaque! The National Blue Plaques Scheme celebrates inspirational people from all walks of life. Enter your nomination by 17 July at bit.ly/NominateBlue...
So much excitement for this game. If I could MiB mind-wipe having played the first one and get to do it all fresh I would in a heartbeat
Subnautica 2 (2026): Gameplay reveal trailer
As a reminder, the game's early access release was recently pushed back to next year, amid conflicts between the creators of Subnautica and the publisher.
As a reminder, the game's early access release was recently pushed back to next year, amid conflicts between the creators of Subnautica and the publisher.
July 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
So much excitement for this game. If I could MiB mind-wipe having played the first one and get to do it all fresh I would in a heartbeat
My 3yr-old has announced that he isn't all that bothered about Bluey, but he watches it with me because he knows I like it so much. Which is about the cutest thing in the world
July 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My 3yr-old has announced that he isn't all that bothered about Bluey, but he watches it with me because he knows I like it so much. Which is about the cutest thing in the world
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NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
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June 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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This is not equality. The BBC is supposed to be impartial. Why are they only promoting religious views on R2 and R4? Why is more secular positive messaging from organisations such as the @humanists.uk not included? Pls help equality by signing this petition.
Humanist beliefs are not permitted to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day. The BBC had a legal requirement to represent everyone equally – not just religious people. If you agree, please lend your support by signing our petition.
humanists.uk/action/thoug...
humanists.uk/action/thoug...
Let humanists speak on BBC Thought for the Day
Why is the BBC excluding non-religious voices from Thought for the Day (Radio 4) and Pause for Thought (Radio 2)? These programmes claim to offer ‘reflections for everyone,’ yet humanist and other non...
humanists.uk
June 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is not equality. The BBC is supposed to be impartial. Why are they only promoting religious views on R2 and R4? Why is more secular positive messaging from organisations such as the @humanists.uk not included? Pls help equality by signing this petition.
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I’m devastated to hear that my friend Micky Lachmann has departed this life. He was a fantastic producer - bringing a keen intelligence and a real sense of exploration to documentaries - and he was a lovely person. My thoughts are with his family - especially his boys, who he loved so much.
June 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I’m devastated to hear that my friend Micky Lachmann has departed this life. He was a fantastic producer - bringing a keen intelligence and a real sense of exploration to documentaries - and he was a lovely person. My thoughts are with his family - especially his boys, who he loved so much.
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It is with great sadness that I am doing what I would once have thought unthinkable. Following Salim Abdool Karim's superb Faraday Lecture 10 days ago, i have decided to return my own Faraday prize, awarded in 2014.
The silence of the Royal Society in the face of Elon Musk's rampage (a member […]
The silence of the Royal Society in the face of Elon Musk's rampage (a member […]
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June 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
It is with great sadness that I am doing what I would once have thought unthinkable. Following Salim Abdool Karim's superb Faraday Lecture 10 days ago, i have decided to return my own Faraday prize, awarded in 2014.
The silence of the Royal Society in the face of Elon Musk's rampage (a member […]
The silence of the Royal Society in the face of Elon Musk's rampage (a member […]
Such tragic news. I've worked with Micky a few times over the years and he was a wonderful TV producer.
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Producer behind Brian Cox documentaries dies in Alps
Michael Lachmann, 54, who worked on the ‘Wonders’ series, slipped and fell while coming down the Grands Couloirs glacier in the Vanoise National Park
www.thetimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Such tragic news. I've worked with Micky a few times over the years and he was a wonderful TV producer.
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
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I don’t know. I love this Joseph Fasano poem and have it pinned on my office door but I don’t know what to actually do about any of this.
June 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I don’t know. I love this Joseph Fasano poem and have it pinned on my office door but I don’t know what to actually do about any of this.
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Signed books now available at @waterstones.bsky.social Ealing
June 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Signed books now available at @waterstones.bsky.social Ealing
Great coverage in @theguardian.com of Cormac Cullinan's vision for protecting Antarctica. Cormac just won the Shackleton Medal. I chaired the selection panel and honestly can't think of a more deserving winner. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Antarctica ‘too wild for humans to rule’, says Shackleton medal winner
Environmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan lauded for his work to establish continent’s legal status to protect its interests
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June 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Great coverage in @theguardian.com of Cormac Cullinan's vision for protecting Antarctica. Cormac just won the Shackleton Medal. I chaired the selection panel and honestly can't think of a more deserving winner. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Lovely new paper from @leedham-simon.bsky.social dissecting epithelium-microenvironment crosstalk through BMP & wnt signalling in the intestine. Inhibition of BMP antagonist GREM1 may forestall polyp formation in Hereditary Mixed Polyposis Syndrome (HMPS). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Epithelial GREMLIN1 disrupts intestinal epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk to induce a wnt-dependent ectopic stem cell niche through stromal remodelling - Nature Communications
The authors show that aberrant epithelial GREM1 expression remodels intestinal stroma to form ectopic stem cell niches in mice. Anti-GREM1 reversed these changes, highlighting a potential strategy for...
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June 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Lovely new paper from @leedham-simon.bsky.social dissecting epithelium-microenvironment crosstalk through BMP & wnt signalling in the intestine. Inhibition of BMP antagonist GREM1 may forestall polyp formation in Hereditary Mixed Polyposis Syndrome (HMPS). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
If you’re looking for an animated apocalyptic comedy (and who isn’t?!), ‘Carol & the End of the World’ is absolutely superb. Currently available on Netflix. 1/2
June 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
If you’re looking for an animated apocalyptic comedy (and who isn’t?!), ‘Carol & the End of the World’ is absolutely superb. Currently available on Netflix. 1/2
Poor ExoMars... Its can has been kicked down the road half a dozen times now
Europe’s ExoMars mission is among the highest-profile causalities of the US president’s plan to slash research funding
https://go.nature.com/4mOeZvy
https://go.nature.com/4mOeZvy
How Trump’s budget cuts could derail global science collaborations
Europe’s ExoMars mission is among the highest-profile causalities of the US president’s plan to slash research funding.
go.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Poor ExoMars... Its can has been kicked down the road half a dozen times now
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Europe’s ExoMars mission is among the highest-profile causalities of the US president’s plan to slash research funding
https://go.nature.com/4mOeZvy
https://go.nature.com/4mOeZvy
How Trump’s budget cuts could derail global science collaborations
Europe’s ExoMars mission is among the highest-profile causalities of the US president’s plan to slash research funding.
go.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Europe’s ExoMars mission is among the highest-profile causalities of the US president’s plan to slash research funding
https://go.nature.com/4mOeZvy
https://go.nature.com/4mOeZvy
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With art by yours truly
June 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
With art by yours truly
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Mars may once have had rings, which could help explain where its largest moon came from
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/mars-ma...
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/mars-ma...
Mars may once have had rings, which could help explain where its largest moon came from | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Phobos could be the latest incarnation in a cycle of creation and destruction of rings around Mars, and is only around 100 million years old.
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Mars may once have had rings, which could help explain where its largest moon came from
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/mars-ma...
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/mars-ma...
My latest column for BBC Sky at Night magazine
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/mars-ma...
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Mars may once have had rings, which could help explain where its largest moon came from | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Phobos could be the latest incarnation in a cycle of creation and destruction of rings around Mars, and is only around 100 million years old.
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My latest column for BBC Sky at Night magazine
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/mars-ma...
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/mars-ma...
Well played Pimlico Plumbers, well played
June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Well played Pimlico Plumbers, well played
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Enjoyed this collection of essays on #TheExpanse, with titles like “Is Amos Evil?” (heck no!) and “Hannah Arendt and Naomi Nagata on Making and Doing Politics” (badass!)
Unfortunately none were dedicated to Drummer and too few to Avasarala, but still a fun read! 💙📚
Unfortunately none were dedicated to Drummer and too few to Avasarala, but still a fun read! 💙📚
June 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Enjoyed this collection of essays on #TheExpanse, with titles like “Is Amos Evil?” (heck no!) and “Hannah Arendt and Naomi Nagata on Making and Doing Politics” (badass!)
Unfortunately none were dedicated to Drummer and too few to Avasarala, but still a fun read! 💙📚
Unfortunately none were dedicated to Drummer and too few to Avasarala, but still a fun read! 💙📚