Lesser-known-fact: the summer #solstice is a moment in time that delivers the longest day/shortest night in the North. At 9:24am (BST) the North Pole will be at its most-tilted towards the Sun. Me & the druids will be on #BBCR4 Broadcasting House later on to celebrate 🤗🔭🧪
📷: National Maritime Museum
Happy birthday to #botanist Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010), 🧪👩🏻🔬 #histsci renown algae expert, celebrated seaweed cook, devoted teacher and mentor, expert on Hawaiian ethnobotany, the first Indigenous Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science and the first woman or person of colour to become 🧵
As is the annual tradition, we hope many of you will take the opportunity to use the Climate Stripes this week to start important conversations about the risks from, and solutions to, climate change.
Officially, #ShowYourStripes for 2026 is on Sat 20th June.
www.ShowYourStripes.info
"Astrophysics research is in trouble". Yup, we've brought in the big guns to #SaveUKAstronomy, particle and nuclear physics! Thank you @drbecky.bsky.social 🙏
📽️: www.youtube.com/shorts/omICc...
Tech billionaires are getting richer while we pay the price for the real-world harm their platforms cause. The "neutral host" loophole lets them off the hook for pushing dangerous content. MPs are demanding emergency laws to make them pay. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Could eating more venison support nature recovery?
Our latest story from The #Fiadh Project explores that question – and is accompanied by a beautifully illustrated infographic by Gemma Shooter.
Read the full story here: https://scotlandbigpicture.pulse.ly/eyyqmrhxfd
#Venison #DeerManagement
At the #RoyalHighlandShow today we joined NatureScot and a diverse group of organisations to unveil a joint statement championing a shared vision to improve food security by strengthening the link between nature and sustainable farming & fishing in Scotland.
🔗 Full press release in comments
#RHS26
The first question school children asked Martin Lewis at the National Money Assembly was ‘does money make you happy’.
The assembly was filmed at St Charles 6th form college London and live streamed to over 300 schools and sixth forms by @youngenterprise.bsky.social