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Paul Ian Cross
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Scientist (MSc, PhD) | Futurist 🚀 | Speculative Fiction Author 📚 | STEM Facts 🧬 | Science, Made Simple 💊

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The #OneHealth approach brings these areas together, promoting collaboration to protect and improve the health of people, animals, and our shared ecosystems.
Title: One Health – A relationship between humans, animals and the environment. Illustrations show deforestation, animals, and humans. Text explains that when humans change land use and destroy forests, it affects animals living in nature. Wild animals are forced to move closer to human habitats for food and water, increasing the risk of diseases spreading between wildlife, domestic animals, and humans. Hashtags: #OneHealth #HealthForAll Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Title: One Health – A relationship between humans, animals and the environment. Illustrations of factories, pollution, crops, and animals. Text describes how releasing pollutants, toxins, and chemicals for industrial, farming, and transport purposes pollutes the environment. These chemicals enter the food chain, are consumed by humans, and can cause poisoning, long-term disabilities, or death. Hashtags: #OneHealth #HealthForAll Source: WHO. Title: Take One Health actions for your health. Six illustrated actions: 1. Walk, cycle, or take public transport to save energy. 2. Get pets vaccinated regularly. 3. Purchase food from authorised vendors. 4. Follow antibiotic prescriptions from health professionals. 5. Avoid illegal wildlife trade. 6. Stay informed through trusted sources. Encourages collective action for health. Hashtags: #OneHealth #HealthForAll Source: WHO. Title: One Health – A relationship between humans, animals and the environment. Illustrations of people taking medicine, a sick person, and Earth with antibiotics. Text explains that not following antibiotic prescriptions can make medicines ineffective and increase disease risk. Disposing of antibiotics improperly contaminates the environment and promotes antibiotic resistance in soil, plants, and animals. Hashtags: #OneHealth #HealthForAll Source: WHO.
November 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Level 45 🥳 … how did that happen?
Paul’s birthday beach selfie – Paul wearing a cap, glasses, and hoodie, smiling on a sunny pebble beach with the sea in the background. Text on image: “Birthday Beach Boy 🌴 Paul’s 45th birthday cards – A display of colourful birthday cards on a wooden cabinet with a lamp and globe. Text on image: “Level 45 (how did that happen) Paul’s cat Bob – Bob the black cat sitting on a grey sofa, watching Paul open birthday cards. Text on image: “Bob watched me open my cards”. Birthday coffee by the sea – A cup of coffee with heart-shaped latte art on a wooden outdoor table by the beach, with a mural in the background that says “EXPLORE RESPECT”.
September 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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The Summer Reading Challenge starts today! 🌟 Thrilled that SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue is part of this year’s collection. Adventure, STEM puzzles, and magical fun await! 🧪✨ #SummerReadingChallenge #SuperQuesters
Cover image of the children’s book SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue by Paul Ian Cross, Katie Kear, and Cherie Zamazing, shown on a green and yellow background with The Reading Agency and Story Garden logos. The cover features three kids as superheroes riding dragonfly-shaped vehicles, with bright, colourful artwork and text highlighting puzzles and experiments inside.
July 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Golden Hour 🌅 #goldenhour #photography #Brighton
A quiet stairway with turquoise railings leads up beside a sea wall at Brighton beach during golden hour. The sky is a soft gradient of blue fading into warm orange near the horizon. In the distance, the Brighton Palace Pier stretches into the calm sea, while the city’s seafront gently curves along the shore. The scene is bathed in peaceful, golden light, capturing a tranquil evening atmosphere. A steep, weathered stone staircase lined with turquoise-painted railings ascends alongside a tall concrete sea wall in Brighton. The stairs lead up toward an open sky, which transitions from pale gold near the horizon to soft blue above. Small tufts of greenery grow from cracks in the wall, adding a touch of wildness to the urban setting. A tranquil view of Brighton’s pebble beach meeting the calm sea at golden hour. The sky is a gentle gradient of blue and pastel hues, fading into the horizon where the sea stretches out endlessly. The soft evening light casts a golden glow over the rows of rounded pebbles in the foreground. A long human shadow stretches across Brighton’s pebble beach during golden hour. The warm, low sunlight highlights the textures and colours of the smooth, rounded stones, creating a pattern of light and shadow across the beach. The figure casting the shadow is unseen, evoking a quiet, introspective mood.
May 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Science, magic, and adventure collide!

The Sun gives SuperQuesters Mission: River Quest Rescue a glowing 5-star review, calling it “a hit for any science-loving kids.”

Perfect for curious young minds who dream big and love solving problems!

#STEMkids #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #BookReview
A review from The Sun newspaper for the children’s book SuperQuesters Mission: River Quest Rescue by Paul Ian Cross, priced at £6.99. The review describes the story of Lilli, Leo, and Bea, three friends who love science. They discover a magical board game and are transported to Questland where they gain magical powers. They must save the village of River Crest from an evil goblin gardener named Mortifer. The review praises the book as “A hit for any science-loving kids” and gives it a five-star rating. The image has a bright green background with stars, a blue starburst with the word “review,” and a thumbnail image of the book cover.
May 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Have you ever wanted to learn more about medical research but didn’t know where to start?

Health Research Explainers: Foundations is available on all eBook stores for 🆓

#HealthResearch
Health Research Explainers: Foundations by Paul Ian Cross, PhD
February 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Scientists are creating bionic technology #science #STEM
January 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Health Research Explainers: Foundations, now available as a paperback!

I wrote this book to help people understand health research, so the ebook is always available for free.

Check it out on Amazon, iBooks or Kobo plus many more!

#ScienceBooks #Science #STEM
The image shows Paul Ian Cross, PhD holding his book Health Research Explainers: Foundations. The book cover features a modern design with a purple and pink gradient circle, a black central area with the title text, and a speckled texture. In the background, there are framed artworks and a shelf with books and decor items. The image shows a hand holding a book titled Health Research Explainers: Foundations by Paul Ian Cross, PhD. The book cover features a modern design with a purple and pink gradient circle, a black central area with the title text, and a speckled texture. In the background, there are framed artworks and a shelf with books and decor items.
January 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Happy Publication Day! 📚

#KidLit #ChildrensBooks #ScienceFiction
A colourful book cover for Praxx and the Lost Loonax, part of the Praxx & Zobott series. It features a pink and brown owl-like creature, the “Loonax,” surrounded by alien jungle plants. A blue alien, Zobott, stands nearby, smiling. The background shows a starry sky with two planets. The authors, Paul Ian Cross and Andy Green, are credited at the bottom.
November 30, 2024 at 8:05 AM
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Image 1 (Book 1 Cover): The cover of Praxx and the Ringing Robot shows a vibrant, cartoon-style illustration featuring Praxx, a blue, polka-dotted alien with large green eyes and floppy ears, and Zobott, a friendly-looking robot emitting musical notes. Praxx stands on an alien world under a starry sky with a gray moon in the background, while Zobott hovers nearby, glowing slightly. The title, “Praxx and the Ringing Robot,” is prominently displayed in bold white letters. Image 2 (Book 2 Cover): The cover of Praxx and the Lost Loonax depicts Praxx again in a lush alien jungle environment, accompanied by the Lost Loonax, a quirky pink creature resembling a mix between an owl and a colorful alien with expressive eyes. The background features a purple starry sky with distant planets. The bold white title, “Praxx and the Lost Loonax,” stands out above the characters, and the authors’ names, Paul Ian Cross and Andy Green, are placed subtly near the bottom.
November 27, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.

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This image shows a cross-section of a plant stem, specifically a vascular bundle, under a microscope. The “smiling faces” are a playful coincidence of cell arrangements within the vascular tissue. These tissues include xylem and phloem cells, which transport water, nutrients, and sugars through the plant. The bright colors result from a fluorescent staining process, commonly used to highlight specific structures in microscopy. The scale bar indicates that each division is 500 micrometers (µm).
November 21, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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One for the road 🍸

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Paul Ian Cross and Siobhan Purcell sitting in the Cabinet of Curiosities cocktail bar in Las Vegas, holding very large cocktails 🍹
November 18, 2024 at 12:24 AM