Roger Highfield
@RogerHighfield
Museum exec, prof @Dunn_School & @UCLChemistry, ex Ed @newscientist & @Telegraph. Hon Pres @absw. Author https://www.rogerhighfield.com/books Neutron bouncer
And here is @LynnDicks on the @sciencemuseum's #FutureofFood exhibition ... zoo.cam.ac.uk/news/agroecolo…
Fabulous to meet my former @Telegraph young science writer @LynnDicks at the launch of our #FutureofFood exhibition in the @sciencemuseum, which features the research of her @CamZoology group, inc @Iris_Berger_ !!!
Mystery food in Neanderthal diet might be maggots nature.com/articles/d4158… “When you get the lean meat and the fatty maggot, you have a more complete nutrient that you’re consuming.”
Finland breaks heat record with 14 consecutive days over 30°C - go.shr.lc/450G3Q3
“While previous work has explored LLM hallucination and sycophancy, we propose machine bullshit as an overarching conceptual framework that can allow researchers to characterize the broader phenomenon of emergent loss of truthfulness …” arxiv.org/abs/2507.07484
Opening tomorrow! The Future of Food at London's @sciencemuseum.org.uk all about how food🥗must change to protect our planet🌍. Featuring research by Prof @LynnDicks' #Agroecology Group, including @Iris_Berger_. Book your free tickets: bit.ly/4lyxWkL
Fabulous to meet my former @Telegraph young science writer @LynnDicks at the launch of our #FutureofFood exhibition in the @sciencemuseum, which features the research of her @CamZoology group, inc @Iris_Berger_ !!!
Lobopodians! A century-old museum specimen turns out to be a landmark in evolution eurekalert.org/news-releases/… Ironically, it sat in a drawer just feet from the office of Stephen Jay Gould’s office, who popularized the Cambrian oddities in Wonderful Life
There’s a new acid in our rain — should we be worried? nature.com/articles/d4158…
The school holidays start this week and so does Summer of Space, our free programme of out-of-this-world family activities! Can you complete our special trail, help the future of space travel at our explosive Space Show and much more? Science Museum Mission Control is…
People’s brains aged faster during the COVID pandemic — even the uninfected nature.com/articles/d4158…
Always jolly to spend a little time with my old chum @joestilgoe and his gang …
Astronomers witness newborn planet sculpting the dust around it, via @ESO eurekalert.org/news-releases/…
Biggest trial of four-day work week finds workers are happier and feel just as productive nature.com/articles/d4158…
So nice to celebrate the relaunch of Paro with the legend that is @NamitaGokhale_ in Darjeeling Express today - her racy debut novel about the elite of Delhi and Mumbai became a bestseller, and now has been reissued by HopeRoad Publishing to stir things up again!
