Are you a scientist with an interest in plastic materials or sedimentary geoscience?
Join our upcoming residential scientific meeting in Birmingham from 18 - 19 March 2024:
royalsociety.org/science-events…

Interesting BBC Breakfast about a decrease in the number of people who are self-employed.

If you want to support your freelancers:

- Pay on time
- Set up a realistic payment schedule (no one should work for ages with no pay)
- Don’t expect additional work for free

“I still grapple with the guilt of having dissected a man who may have wanted to rest in peace.”

Between 2017 and 2021, the number of unclaimed bodies used in teaching increased nearly sevenfold, reports Eli Shupe with The Conversation U.S.: buff.ly/477tRgx

My full response to Sunak & critics of HS2 who trashed Britain’s future 🧵
You would think, from Sunak & the media, that HS2 was dead & deserved its fate. But as HS2’s main architect back in 2009/10 I only wish Labour had stayed stayed in office long enough to see it through 1/

Our Ar/Ar Geochronology course is now fully online, and you can download your 20 hour CPD certificate after completing the quizzes.

#Geology #geochronology Natural Environment Research Council National Environmental Isotope Facility Geochronology & Geochemistry Research Group Dan Barfod Dan Condon

So, Pharaoh dropped yesterday. Very pleased and honored to have worked with the talented CA Sofia team as a historical consultant on it. Always wanted to help out on a video game and now it has come to pass…Lots of fun and a great game!
Total War Maya G.

I think there's actually quite an obvious path: undo everything Musk has done. It's just that Musk can't and won't do it.

Join us for the UK premiere of 'Nuclear Now', the new film directed by Oliver Stone, taking viewers on a thought-provoking journey through the powerful impact of nuclear energy.

A Q&A will follow the screening.
rigb.org/whats-on/nucle…

As part of our ongoing #VolcanoStories project, we @geotenerife have been curating and uploading blogs on the post-eruptive and recovery situation in #LaPalma .

It's a very complex situation, and here some updates from March 🧵1/5

See the update here:
geotenerife.com/la-palma-erupt…

German band Trigger Cut being refused entry into the UK is a worrying sign of things to come. Baffling reason as well. No point moaning about Brexit. It has to be dealt with by relevant music and arts related bodies. Who are these bodies? Where are they? What are they doing?

Nominations are now open for the 2023 Hugo Awards. My story 'Lena' is eligible in the category of Best Short Story! Please nominate if you can!

qntm.org/mmacevedo

Despite living in completely the wrong country, this statement from Hawaii Civil Defense nonetheless gives me comfort.

People, go back to bed or work or to the sofa - there is no emergency.

The first big political event of the year is happening in the U.S. - Kevin McCarthy's attempt to become Speaker of the House. His likely failure will plunge Congress into chaos, with no clear way out. Below a short primer for Europeans who may not have been paying attention. 1/

#5albums79 Richard Shaw

1. Overkill - Motörhead
2. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
3. Solid State Survivors - Yellow Magic Orchestra
4. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
5. Einstein on the Beach - Philip Glass

Competitive year: Cabaret Voltaire, The Police, Michael Jackson all strong.

#5albums79

Einstein on the Beach is a weird one, because its an opera and it is associated with 1976, the year it was first performed. But it was first released as recorded music in 1979, and in classical circles there is no 20th century piece more significant. It matters.