We should all have training in #science 🧪 not because everybody has to be a scientist but because everybody should learn how to think critically! Bring science to kids!

Speaker announcement 📢

We are excited to announce that we will be joined by @samfr.bsky.social, commentator and senior fellow at the @instituteforgov.bsky.social for the #CitiesOutlook2025 launch reception 🚀

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Which leads to my shameless plug. We’ll be publishing stories of communities doing amazing things in former dept stores next month. Join us online on 11th for the launch of a new report, ‘Department stories: How communities are reimagining a national institution’. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

people throwing a ball to each other

REPORT 📑 | We know that a torn social fabric lay behind the disorder this summer. Our new paper explores community cohesion, empowerment and growth in response to the riots across the UK.

Quick read here or see thread 👇 www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
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Up to 85% of department stores on our high streets a decade ago have disappeared. Communities are creating new ways to fill these vacant spaces and bring people together.

Excited to discuss our new report with @grahamsoult.bsky.social Kathryn at Sparks Bristol + more to be announced. Join us then!

I've only gone and done a starter pack on the #HighStreet. Plenty of room to grow; if you want in, let me know! go.bsky.app/S4jQFXE

3,000 Types Of Brain Cells Categorized In Massive Brain Cell Atlas The new atlas catalogs cell types by the genes they express, which could help medical researchers tailor treatments.

The human brain has a little over 170 billion cells. It's a Herculean task to categorize them all.

A group of scientists just released an impressively detailed cell atlas. 🧪

www.sciencefriday.com/segments/hum...

Orchids 😄😊😄🌱

Build on brownfield now, Gove tells underperforming councils Big city councils must prioritise brownfield development, building new homes in right places and protecting the Green Belt.

Suite of publications today from Government as part of its push on brownfield residential development, as trailed over the weekend: www.gov.uk/government/n...

British Planning Films Here are some links to British films related to post-war reconstruction planning or the New Towns developed under the 1946 New Towns Act. The Way We Live, 1945 This film is an hour in length and, usin...

Here's a nice collection of British Planning Films on post-war reconstruction and New Towns created by the International Planning History Society:

British Library starts restoring services online after hack But a full resumption will be "a gradual process", the chief executive of the UK's largest library says.

British Library starts restoring services online after hack. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/enterta...

A friendly face on a new platform - hi Mark 👋 Happy New Year and all the very best for 2024 🥂