Lewis Dartnell
@lewisdartnell.bsky.social
Prof., astrobiology researcher, science communicator & book author (http://beinghumanbook.org / http://originsbook.com / http://the-knowledge.org)
6-Sept for the win!
September 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
6-Sept for the win!
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
Well played Pimlico Plumbers, well played
June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Well played Pimlico Plumbers, well played
The same Thomas Gold who developed the steady-state hypothesis for the universe, and also argued that crude oil was produced geologically and so is effectively limitless. Wild!
June 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The same Thomas Gold who developed the steady-state hypothesis for the universe, and also argued that crude oil was produced geologically and so is effectively limitless. Wild!
I've been helping to advise on the development of the exhibit over the past 18 months, and it's such a thrill to see it all come alive.
May 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I've been helping to advise on the development of the exhibit over the past 18 months, and it's such a thrill to see it all come alive.
And you can touch a meteorite older than the Earth itself! The exhibition is packed with wonderful interactive elements and real space hardware. And you can even smell what different places in space smell like! (my PhD student Marina Barcenilla created those scents for the exhibition)
May 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
And you can touch a meteorite older than the Earth itself! The exhibition is packed with wonderful interactive elements and real space hardware. And you can even smell what different places in space smell like! (my PhD student Marina Barcenilla created those scents for the exhibition)
See how we've been exploring Mars to search for signs of microbial life
May 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
See how we've been exploring Mars to search for signs of microbial life
Really looking forward to tucking into this by Sadiah Qureshi - looks fascinating!
May 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Really looking forward to tucking into this by Sadiah Qureshi - looks fascinating!
Something decidedly screwy going on with my watch...
January 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Something decidedly screwy going on with my watch...
Spot the historical anachronism in my son's Christmas story...
December 22, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Spot the historical anachronism in my son's Christmas story...
This is the classic meme of the tensegrity table
December 9, 2024 at 3:45 PM
This is the classic meme of the tensegrity table
Speaking at the Silesian Science Festival in Katowice today. Curiously, the Spodek arena, or simply 'the saucer', was one of the first major structures built using the principle of tensegrity - the entire roof is essentially hanging on cables
December 9, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Speaking at the Silesian Science Festival in Katowice today. Curiously, the Spodek arena, or simply 'the saucer', was one of the first major structures built using the principle of tensegrity - the entire roof is essentially hanging on cables
Not technically published in paperback until Thursday but already out on the shelves of @Waterstones. ‘Being Human’ now more pocket-sized & way less likely to break your nose than hardback if you fall asleep reading in bed... geni.us/BeingHumanPB
@TheBodleyHead @VintageBooks
@TheBodleyHead @VintageBooks
June 15, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Not technically published in paperback until Thursday but already out on the shelves of @Waterstones. ‘Being Human’ now more pocket-sized & way less likely to break your nose than hardback if you fall asleep reading in bed... geni.us/BeingHumanPB
@TheBodleyHead @VintageBooks
@TheBodleyHead @VintageBooks
What a beaut! @VintageBooks have created such an elegant cover for the paperback version of BEING HUMAN. I love it! Out next Thursday! geni.us/BeingHumanPB @TheBodleyHead
June 14, 2024 at 7:37 AM
What a beaut! @VintageBooks have created such an elegant cover for the paperback version of BEING HUMAN. I love it! Out next Thursday! geni.us/BeingHumanPB @TheBodleyHead
This beautiful book by Sophie Yeo is published ON THUR. Do preorder a copy of it - it really is a massive help for authors!
May 20, 2024 at 2:52 PM
This beautiful book by Sophie Yeo is published ON THUR. Do preorder a copy of it - it really is a massive help for authors!
A most excellent new book from @tomchivers.bsky.social Out next week!
April 19, 2024 at 7:51 AM
A most excellent new book from @tomchivers.bsky.social Out next week!
And The Book is stunningly illustrated, with a wonderful steampunk / New Weird aesthetic running all through it
April 4, 2024 at 7:26 PM
And The Book is stunningly illustrated, with a wonderful steampunk / New Weird aesthetic running all through it
Awkward photo through train window, but loving the huge @ESA_ExoMars mission to Mars display on Stevenage car park...
February 9, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Awkward photo through train window, but loving the huge @ESA_ExoMars mission to Mars display on Stevenage car park...