Kate Phillips

she/her, Science Communicator @ MuseumsVictoria, fascinated by living connections and the work of science, keen to promote climate solutions. Opinions my own.

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist

[Kate Phillips @Kateinmelbourne]

Favourite invertebrate? It was a challenge to choose from among the wonderful creatures including insects, arachnids and crustaceans

Source: the Guardian
Shared via the Google app https://t.co/iMP6vGn1pX

[Abier @abierkhatib]

The way she articulates facts is stunning, I’m in awe !" ♥️

[United Nations @UN]

"War is the worst enemy of human rights."

As conflicts surged in 2024, @UNHumanRights chief @volker_turk reflects on the profound impact wars are having on people’s rights around the world.

“The pursuit of war —the practice of escalation— cannot become the new normal.”

[Kate Phillips @Kateinmelbourne]

@liz_churchill10 Nonsense

[Kate Phillips @Kateinmelbourne]

Enjoyed Ann Patchett on Thursday. Fabulous program continues today at the Sydney Writers’ Festival ⁦@SydWritersFest⁩ ⁦@annmossop⁩ #writers

[Tracking Australian Painted-snipe @TrackingAPSnipe]

Could this be the finest photograph ever taken of the endangered Australian Painted-snipe? 👏👏👏
December 2023, Sandy Camp, Brisbane
📷 Peter Sternes
Insta: @biomephotography

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Long considered damaging to walls, a living coating of ivy can actually stabilise temperature and humidity and lower your energy bills, finds @Botanygeek. https://t.co/euflsF5Dym

[Cosmos @CosmosMagazine]

Okay so it turns out wombats *can* run at 40km/h. But was Museums Victoria right to say there's no proof? Yeah, kinda:
https://t.co/xhDO89frGp

[Kate Phillips @Kateinmelbourne]

@ASusanChandler Glad you like it Andrea. Happy sewing!

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

4 ways millets can promote healthy communities and help ensure a better life for all👇

#IYM2023 #4Betters #YearOfMillets Via @FAO

[MattGolding Cartoons @GoldingCartoons]

Bryan's shopping tips.

[Kate Phillips @Kateinmelbourne]

Spot the parrot! Rainbow Lorikeets are eating nectar in our garden this morning.

[Kate Phillips @Kateinmelbourne]

@MOfP2021 I’ll suggest it to our boss.

[Gregory Andrews @LyrebirdDream]

Dr @SophieScamps came down & sat with me for at least half an hour today. I thanked Sophie for everything the independents are doing. She asked me to “stop & help rebuild Australia’s democracy”. But she also listened & acknowledged that I am in charge of my #ClimateHungerStrike.

[Kate Phillips @Kateinmelbourne]

Day13:storage ⁦@melbournemuseum⁩ #Museum30 Clean, safe and well organised.Forget your stereotypes of the dusty museum and piles of stuff!

[Sangamon Experience @Sangamon1821]

#Museum30 day 11: #handwriting

A fortune-teller with a gift of gab went to prison in 1897. His talent? Slate-writing. Slate writing was a trick used by mediums that involved school slates and the claim that spirits were writing messages on them.

[Kate Phillips @Kateinmelbourne]

Day 11: Handwriting #museum30 @melbournemuseum where we are developing a new exhibition and work collaboratively on ideas… many which don’t make sense unless you know the context…

[Kate Phillips @Kateinmelbourne]

Lovely ridiculous birds of Australia! This one is a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.