What larks! Howling mice, self-decapitating slugs and butt-poison-firing beetles. All in @joannabagniewska.com's modern bestiary and another cracking @pubsci.bsky.social.

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Many thanks to @joannabagniewska.com for a fabulous talk last night. It was simultaneously entertaining, informative, and marvellously gross in parts (mainly animal butt parts FWIW).
I'm looking forward to reading more from The Modern Bestiary.

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15th April – The Modern Bestiary with Joanna Bagniewska Meet some of the weirdest, wildest, most wondrous living creatures that share this amazing planet with us!

IanVisits rates it one of the "Top things to do in London" tomorrow — so grab your ticket for @joannabagniewska.com's talk on beasts, bestiaries, and "crazy-but-true" creatures which wouldn't be out of place alongside the hippogriffs of a medieval manuscript!

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Tickets for The Modern Bestiary on 15th April are now available.

Expect pyromaniac beetles and sea slugs that decapitate themselves... much like a medieval bestiary, but with less moralising and more wildlife. Also butts, sex and grossness.

Not to be missed!

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No ifs, no buts – definitely some butts?

I can't promise any bears at PubSci, but there will definitely be beers, books and a Tudor king

Sounds perfect for PubSci – can't wait!

Burger delivery photo credit: @mrandypowell.bsky.social

Many thanks to Prof Andrew Jaffe (@defjaf.bsky.social) for a thrilling cosmological talk at PubSci last Wednesday.

It's not often you find Beer, Burgers and the Big Bang all under the watchful gaze of a king!

🧪 Watch this space for news of April's PubSci with Joanna Bagniewska.

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This was a super take-away from your talk at PubSci last Wednesday, Andrew.

As so often happens, it came in response to an audience question, demonstrating the importance of outreach events, not just for public understanding and engagement, but as a two-way process that rewards speakers too.

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Thank you for an epic evening of cosmological wonder, Andrew

Many thanks for a super talk, Andrew!

There can be no more random universe than the one in which Andrew Jaffe and @pubsci.bsky.social try to make sense of it all, under the watchful gaze of Henry VIII and a kitchen team shouting SCAMPI & CHIPS. Glorious.

Fully booked!

Hurrah!

Not long now until PubSci welcomes @defjaf.bsky.social to The Old King's Head to ask if everything we know about the Big Bang is wrong!

Only a handful of places left, so grab yours ASAP. Prof Jaffe will also be signing copies of his book

🧪 The cost of a PubSci ticket? Whatever you want it to be! 🍺

18th March – Is everything we know about the Big Bang wrong? Does the Big Bang stand up to scrutiny from ever-improving space telescopes, or do we need to rethink our models of everything we know?

Looking forward to your @PubSci talk in London next Wednesday, Andrew.

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18th March – Is everything we know about the Big Bang wrong? Does the Big Bang stand up to scrutiny from ever-improving space telescopes, or do we need to rethink our models of everything we know?

Wednesday 18th March: Is everything we know about the Big Bang wrong?
🧪 Is the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate?
🧪 Does cosmic inflation have your head in a spin?
🧪 Do our models fit the observations – and why can't cosmologists even agree?

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At last night's PubSci, Prof Mark Lythgoe pulled out all the stops in a fantastic talk that included this unique 3-d model of Albert Einstein's actual brain (reconstructed from 240 individual pieces)!

Many thanks to Mark for a fantastic evening.

Watch this space for news of next's month's PubSci 🧪

Just yer average @pubsci.bsky.social. where you get to hold the world's only 3d print of Einstein's brain. And get your mind blown by Mark Lythgoe in the future of medical imaging.

February blog: The Sci-Fi future of Diagnostics; Antarctic Beers at Old Kings Head; One of Our Dinosaur’s *isn’t* Missing; plus: Zombie Ant Fungus, er – the Musical..? In this issue: Februray’s PubSci talk with Mark Lythgoe, January’s Antarctic barnstormer, rediscovering a childhood favourite movie, and a preview of the most unlikely musical ever!

I've had a sneak preview... and it's going to be brilliant!
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Just 10 places left for tomorrow's PubSci.
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Read all about it – and much, much more – in my latest blog post (event booking link in the blog).
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An excellent opportunity for someone nearing the end of their PhD to gain deep experience in science history and heritage conservation

18th Feb – Naked to the Bone: Next Gen Medical Imaging From the first X-rays to futuristic body scanners, Prof. Mark Lythgoe explores the history and amazingly sci-fi future of medical imaging.

Just a few tickets left for "Naked to the Bone: Next Gen. Medical Imaging" on Wednesday 18th February with the amazing Prof. Mark Lythgoe.
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If you're near London, grab yours on Eventbrite before they all go. PubSci is a "pay what what you can" event!
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18th Feb – Naked to the Bone: Next Gen Medical Imaging From the first X-rays to futuristic body scanners, Prof. Mark Lythgoe explores the history and amazingly sci-fi future of medical imaging.

🧪 At PubSci next week, the one and only Prof Mark Lythgowe of @ucl.ac.uk and @crick.ac.uk presents the wonders of biomedical imaging in "Naked to the Bone: Next Gen Imaging" — from the first X-ray image to imaging's colourful 3-d future, all in a cosy London pub!
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21st Jan 2026 – Antartica 2.0: The Heat is On (talks & pub quiz) Join PubSci and Polar Beers for an Antarctic special, featuring talks on volcanoes, oceans and climate change, followed by a polar pub quiz!

Next week's 🧪 PubSci is nearly sold out, with no publicity!

Don't miss this special event on 21st January with UK Polar Network, APECS and a Polar Beers pub quiz!

Last few tickets on Eventbrite – book now.

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Only 5 spaces left for PubSci's final event of 2025

November Blog: Final event of 2025 / New PubSci programme / PubSci at the IoP / Events / AMR takes centre stage / The Science Show podcast in this issue: November’s PubSci, AMR gets a renmix, The Science Show podcast, two great science-based arts events, and next year’s talks programme is released .

PubSci's latest blog post is packed with news, events, a casting call and details of the last PubSci of 2025 🧪

Mike and I were at the IoP Communicators Conference yesterday to talk about PubSci. Regulars will be pleased to hear that "Scampi and chips!!!" got a mention.

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Lost in Translation? Why Brain Cells Stop Communicating in Dementia Dr Emma Clayton explores the processes that lead to dementia and how a better understanding of them could offer hope for future treatments

PubSci looks into the root causes of dementia in our final event of the year.

Join 🍺 PubSci and 🧪 Dr Emma Clayton from @ukdri.ac.uk and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social at The Old King's Head on Weds 26th November for "Lost in Translation".

#dementia

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Clear Spot - 9 October 2025 (The Science Show) The Science Show. Richard and Mike from Science in the Pub present a show about science and science culture. This month: unmissable exhibitions, old news is good news, strange neanderthal diets, an in...

⚛️ The Science Show 🧪 is new on Resonance FM and can be streamed at any time on Mixcloud.

Our magazine-style pilot episode looks at science news from 1825, science happenings in London, the importance of real science in fiction, neanderthal eating habits and penguin poo!

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Many thanks to Prof @jennyrohn.bsky.social for a brilliant talk on antimicrobial resistance last week. Watch this space for news of November's talk on Wednesday 26th

Meanwhile, why not check out the radio show pilot Mike and I made for Resonance FM!

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