Science Literacy Project

The SLP - Promoting science literacy and ethical science journalism 🙂

[NASA @NASA]

It's not too late to send your name to Mars! 🤖

Our #Mars2020 Rover is gearing up for its seven-month journey to the Red Planet and you can send your name along for the ride. Get your boarding pass: https://t.co/mX7bZ5Ev6g

[NASA @NASA]

Fly, #Dragonfly, fly! Our next destination in the solar system is Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, where our rotorcraft-lander will explore dozens of locations across the icy world. Discover why: https://t.co/GhopCqDjx4

[NASA @NASA]

For the first time, we will fly a drone for science on another planet! 🐉🚁Our #Dragonfly mission will explore Saturn's icy moon Titan while searching for the building blocks of life. Discover more in this @Twitter moment: https://t.co/4DMlIBJ9sw

[University of York Science Education Group @UYSEG]

The EEF @EducEndowFoundn Improving Secondary Science report cites our @BestEvSciTeach project as a good source of diagnostic questions & activities that promote metacognition. Our poster shows how BEST can help you work towards the report's recommendations https://t.co/tgchy9Azml

[STEM Learning @STEMLearningUK]

With Outdoor Classroom Day taking place on 23 May, there has never been a better excuse to get outdoors! Whether you spend an hour, a day or a week discovering the outdoors, our primary STEM Learning magazine shares small ways to get started https://t.co/OPGLEMGIFm

[CERN @CERN]

#DetectivePikachu spotted at CERN!

Why not #PokemonGO and visit @CERN too?
➡️ https://t.co/jTsW3KgI3d

Images: @alenorr

[Physics World @PhysicsWorld]

Nanoconfinement quantum effects without nanoconfinement? https://t.co/F9EhB7tHOM

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

In the 70s, Ada Yonath decided to map the 3D structure of the ribosome. “This was the beginning of a long quest that took over two decades, in which I was met with reactions of disbelief and even ridicule.”

In 2000 she completed her quest and in 2009 was awarded the #NobelPrize.

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

The newfound fossil—named Ambopteryx—is just the second feathered dinosaur found with bat-like membrane wings https://t.co/KfkRluShSY

[Fermilab @Fermilab]

What was it like for @theDESurvey crew on the final night of observations? This 360 video shows the view from the mountain. You can learn more about DES completing its six-year mission here: https://t.co/koTbdiPJ8r

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

Today, a new global study confirmed that permafrost is thawing quickly across much of the world, with the greatest warming seen in parts of Siberia https://t.co/WPVEK2i3iR

[BIS @BIS_spaceflight]

#Space News: Journey to the #Moon 🌖...
Now we can all experience the historic descent with this wonderful footage of the #Chang_e_4 touch down on the #FarSideoftheMoon ... prepare for a bumpy landing!
#History #STEM #STEAM

[NERSC @NERSC]

RT @ics_psu: @IBM's new GPU-based weather forecasting system, a collab w/ @NCAR_Science and @weathercompany, will provide the highest res global forecasts we've seen to date: https://t.co/AiFSWfeCUy.

[Sense about Science @senseaboutsci]

Are you an #EvidenceHunter? Today we launch the free after-school activity pack Evidence Hunter - designed to encourage young teenagers to critically evaluate the claims they meet online, in advertising and from celebrities. READ MORE HERE: https://t.co/x5quFlA2nX

[Phys.org @physorg_com]

Making #ammonia 'greener' @ScienceAdvances https://t.co/wD24V6GA3z

[Scientific American @sciam]

How does the flu actually kill people? https://t.co/EDWZP7SruZ

[Wellcome @wellcometrust]

Measuring brain activity when we move can be hard. @UniofNottingham and @ucl have developed a new brain scanner has the potential to revolutionise the world of human brain imaging… #ReasonsToBeCheerful

[nature @Nature]

The year 2019 marks 150 years since Nature’s first issue. https://t.co/3UiFsy1OKE

[Physics World @PhysicsWorld]

The practical transmission of single photons over a record-breaking distance of 20,000 km has been demonstrated between satellites in Earth orbit and a ground station in Italy. https://t.co/ZaDOE92BsE

[Johns Hopkins APL @JHUAPL]

#UltimaThule, now in stereo! The @NASANewHorizons science team created the first stereo image pair of Ultima Thule. This image can be viewed with stereo (3D) glasses to reveal the unique Kuiper Belt object's three-dimensional shape. https://t.co/fKsyLeEyyq