Does Trump know the head of NASA science is a woman, and a foreign one at that.
Amazed hes not replaced her with some white guy who believes in alien brain worms and jewish space lasers..
#ChristmasLectures #RIlectures
The first lecture was ok, had some nice ideas. The teenage girl who gave a short presentation re why space billionaires are the best thing ever was quite scary though. Any more of that and I would have turned off. #science #astrobiology #ChristmasLectures #RI
The 200th anniversary series of the @rigb.org #ChristmasLectures attempts to answer the question
"Is There Life Beyond Earth ?"
Programme series is available on BBC iPlayer
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Christmas has properly arrived. #xmaslecture #ChristmasLectures
Proud moment π
Our Chancellor Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock hosts the Royal Institution #ChristmasLectures on BBC Four & iPlayer (28β30 Dec, 7pm).
π le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/space...
πΈ Paul Wilkinson | The Royal Society
RI #ChristmasLectures on #astrobiology theme are starting #today at 7pm https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures It's also 200th anniversary of these lectures.
It being the winter holiday of Christmas for many, clearly it's time for a lecture on radio astronomy! Prof Leah Morabito, at Durham University (UK).
#science #astronomy #christmaslectures
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1rs...
Royal Institution #ChristmasLectures ππ π π
#STEM #Space #Science
www.rigb.org/christmas-le...
A poster showing Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock with a background showing space and stars. The text says its the Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution, supported by CGI, and Paul Wilkinson Photography is credited.
Watch the live recording of the @rigb.org #ChristmasLectures before they are shown on BBC! Featuring Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock. @wmgwarwick.bsky.social hosts a FREE livestream 11 & 16 Dec, for ages 11+.
Register here: warwick.ac.uk/wmgoutreach/...
#Space #STEM #ScienceForAll #STEMeducation
If you're into #music, the #RoyalInstitute is publishing some of their seminal #ChristmasLectures series from #CharlesTaylor, all about music, strings, symphonies, trumpets, synthesizers, and more.
From 1989.
- https://youtu.be/p-960zzAa78
- https://youtu.be/OOK-j_Y3U_A
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Portrait of Michael Faraday 1842 by Thomas Phillips
#OnThisDay 9/22/1791, Michael Faraday was born.
Faraday is best known for his work on electricity & magnetism.
Later in life, he gave a series of Christmas lectures for young people for the The Royal Institution, a series which continues today.
#ScienceHistory #ChristmasLectures #selfeducation
Me, a Black man wearing black glasses and a blue jackets, standing in front of a very grand looking, yellow brick building with huge columns. Suspended on a banner is a picture of me standing in front of a giant globe, whilst making a weird air guitar like pose
#TFW youβre walking through central #Londonβ¦and bump into a giant photo of yourself on a banner hanging outside the @rigb.org! π #ChristmasLectures
Me, a Black man wearing black glasses and a blue jackets, standing in front of a very grand looking, yellow brick building with huge columns. Suspended on a banner is a picture of me standing in front of a giant globe, whilst making a weird air guitar like pose
#TFW youβre walking through central #Londonβ¦and bump into a giant photo of yourself on a banner hanging outside the @rigb.org! π #ChristmasLectures
1/ Ein absolutes Highlight fΓΌr #WissKomm, und das schon 1977. Hier ist eine qualitativ gute Version der Weihnachtsvorlesung von Carl #Sagan, wohl der wichtigste Vorreiter fΓΌr astronomische Breitenbildung und Wissenschaftskommunikation. #ChristmasLectures π
Dr Jo and chair of judging panel Dr Niki Kaiser with certificate and medal in front of pink theatre seats
#RoyalInstitution #FaradayTheatre #ChristmasLectures #ScienceWithAPieceOfPaper #ScienceCommunication #STEMEducation #RI #ScienceLivesHere #ScienceIsEverywhere #BeCurious #DrJoScience
I also happened to be picking up an award while I was there! #RSCPrizes @rsc.org
Maggie Aderin-Pocock to take us on an epic voyage through space and time in the 2025 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, celebrating 200 years since Michael Faraday first introduced them in 1825! ππ #ChristmasLectures #Discover200 @Ri_Science
#RoyalInstitution #ChristmasLectures on #astrobiology this year - I like the sound of that www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/14/life... #science #PublicUnderstanding
They are not bugs they are microorganisms. π
#dumbingdown
#royalinstitutelectures
#Christmaslectures
That was marvelous #ChristmasLectures
Although bit disappointed by what I (only partially) saw of the (Covid restriction limiting) 2020 #RoyalInstitution #ChristmasLectures, #JimAlKhalili's #BBCR4 #LifeScientific interview with geologist & presenter #ChrisJackson well worth the short listen:
