Roger Highfield

Museum exec, prof @Dunn_School & @UCLChemistry, ex New Scientist, MRC, & Telegraph. Hon Pres @absw. Author
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@brianclegg @sciencemuseum I agree, though I don't like the two cultures framing, see here! https://t.co/6ElbZP60ZN

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Admit you have the reading skills of a nine-year-old and the room goes quiet. Say you’re hopeless with numbers and everyone laughs along.

Why? My Substack on the Lords numeracy report, after Lord Agnew’s visit to the @sciencemuseum today https://t.co/T6DykO5YTo

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Admit you have the reading skills of a nine-year-old and the room goes quiet. Say you’re hopeless with numbers and everyone laughs along.

Why? My Substack on the Lords numeracy report, after Lord Agnew’s visit to the @sciencemuseum today https://t.co/T6DykO5YTo

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Good morning!

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@Bobby_Seagull @UKHouseofLords @richmondproj Great to see you Bobby - l wrote the event up for my Substack (subscription is free!) https://t.co/sR1X3o5ocN

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Societies could lose ability to respond to climate change https://t.co/eCsdjoUiyZ

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He spent a year on ‘Mars’: NASA science officer emerges from mock mission https://t.co/9zVD5K9JLz

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@NaderEngheta Congratulations!

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Good morning!

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Battle for Reality: Mistrust and Medicine https://t.co/NMpsgSFTVx

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Good morning!

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Confidence that the science we hear is “generally true” fell from 50% to 40% in six years. More communication, less confidence. My @ABPI_UK talk on medical misinformation https://t.co/oBS3UowWer

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Good morning!

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In 1990 I wrote about Brookside’s bid to make science sexy. 36 years on, its creator Sir Phil Redmond and I are still making the same point: science isn’t adjacent to culture. It’s one of culture's engines. New on my (free) Substack: https://t.co/zTAlEhx5dg

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Good morning!

[Roger Highfield @RogerHighfield]

In 1990 I wrote about Brookside’s bid to make science sexy. 36 years on, its creator Sir Phil Redmond and I are still making the same point: science isn’t adjacent to culture. It’s one of culture's engines. New on my Substack: https://t.co/p7lRcDM99G

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Toothbrush zaps bacteria with electricity made when bristles move https://t.co/9NC42bx8HI Innovative polymer could give the manual toothbrush its first radical redesign in more than 1,000 years.

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Good morning!

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Fascinating discussion about Policy & AI with Simon Coles of @unisouthampton, Bridget Gorham of @RoySocChem , and Ali Salehi-Reyhani of @imperialcollege at #LabInnovations yesterday!

Background re some of the things I mentioned:
https://t.co/qxOd0o5nBJ
https://t.co/wqieoHUb7j

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@DrMatthewSweet I was rooting for The Great Dictator!