Peter Wheatley

Professor of astronomy working on exoplanets at the University of Warwick

[Lucien Heurtier @LucienHeurtier]

I couldn't say it better than the Astronomer Royal of Scotland, in her letter to Nature.

"...whoever made this decision failed to foresee the disastrous and damaging repercussions for UK science and the economy."

🧪🔭 #UKRI #DSIT #STFC #ScienceFunding

https://t.co/fHYfqzasAV

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

This is indeed a superb letter from The Astronomer Royal of Scotland. “Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why.” I agree - my colleagues in particle physics have also tried, without success, to discover who owns the decision to damage physics research in the UK, perhaps irreparably, at a time when our economy desperately needs the skills and knowledge we develop and teach. @UKRI_News need to get a grip urgently and fix the problem someone, somewhere, has created.

[Metro @MetroUK]

Woman who first shared fake Southport suspect rumour that sparked riots arrested https://t.co/aNMyiOYUox

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of surreal archeological discoveries 🧵

1. Roman mosaic found under Italian vineyard

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

5 days to go. Remember when senior Conservatives showed they don't understand anything about trade

[The Policy Institute @policyatkings]

EVENT: US and UK elections: polls, predictions and global implications.

Join us and @IpsosUK as @KellyIpsosUK, @greenmiranda, @CliffAYoung, @BobbyDuffyKings & ex-head of NATO George Robertson discuss these two key votes

➡️ https://t.co/L35fRxWmbS

[Peter Wheatley @peterwheatley]

Impressive speech on an important matter of principle. Facts matter, and the conservative government’s use of the law to overrule reality is an embarrassment.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Lord Anderson of Ipswich (Crossbench), "We are in the end game now"

"The benefits of the Rwanda bill remain to be seen"

"It's costs will be measured not only in money but in principles debased"

"Disregard for our international committmments"

"Avoiding statutory protections for the vulnerable"

"And the removal of judicial scrutiny over the core issue over the safety of Rwanda"

"We are concerned over the safety of Rwanda both in the present and in the future. This bill is honest about neither"

(At 6-45) "The Rwanda bill is a legal fiction that makes the law look like an ass, and those who make it, asses"

[UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA]

If you're making plans for any holidays abroad this year, it's important to make sure you're up to date with #vaccinations, like the #MMR vaccine, before you travel.

Dr Anjali Pai, Consultant in Health Protection & Border Health Lead shares more useful info 🔽
#TravelHealth 🧳✈

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

Worth remembering that in France, only 71% disapproval for the president is considered “astonishingly popular”

[Gary Lineker @GaryLineker]

Heartbreaking.

[Tim Harford @TimHarford]

Hebborn was a faker on a grand scale - but what really captured my imagination were his fake fakes: claiming to have forged a Brueghel, a Da Vinci, and nobody is entirely sure whether he did or not...
(My money is against the Da Vinci - but who knows?)

[Martha Clokie @MarthaClokie]

Was a great pleasure to be involved in this programme. The @Leicester_Phage spent a fascinating day with @timhayward + Richard Badge showing them what we do to understand phages better and why we do this 🙂!Tune in tomorrow from anywhere to BBC R4 at 13.30 https://t.co/AChiI1a1rs

[Peter Wheatley @peterwheatley]

@Jim__Gough Great, congrats!

[Peter Wheatley @peterwheatley]

Well done Evie! @evi_ahrer

[Peter Wheatley @peterwheatley]

Magnificent final day of the ashes today! Fantastically dramatic and tense atmosphere, and a fairytale ending.

[Levent Parman @cazhareketi]

🎶Cotton Tail (D.Ellington)
🌟Ella Fitzgerald
🌟Duke Ellington & his Orchestra
#jazz #Jazzmusic

[Peter Wheatley @peterwheatley]

Looking forward to it!

[Sam Gill @ThetweetofSam]

Excited to go to the first post-covid @NextGenTransits consortium meeting at @AstroQUB this week!

[Peter Wheatley @peterwheatley]

Fascinating and surprising thread, brilliantly explained.

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.

My column: https://t.co/dBIhT9eZLv

And some utterly damning charts.

1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.

[Peter Wheatley @peterwheatley]

@WarwickAstro Well done Tim (and all)!

[Peter Wheatley @peterwheatley]

@AstroJake Is it an annual scheme? I empathise with your frustration, but fellowships are always very heavily oversubscribed and the final selection is a lottery. Readvertising the scheme for the next round will be no comment on your application. Don’t be discouraged!