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“How does a brain take shape?” Neurobiologist @bassemh.bsky.social on the embryonic cells that fold into the neural tube and become the brain.
Discover more in The Brain’s Secret.

#Biology #Neuroscience #Brain #Education #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement

August 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM

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“Exile is the nursery of political thought.” – Hannah Arendt
@lyndseystonebri.bsky.social on Hannah Arendt’s radical understanding of exile.
A powerful companion to Marina Warner Sanctuary, exploring how stories and ideas build meaning when homes are lost.
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July 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM

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📰 Janina Dill (@janinadill.bsky.social), chair in global security at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social, reflects on the role of journalists in modern conflicts and the ethics of war reporting.

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#War #Media #ReliableKnowledge #PLPEXPeditions

September 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM

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🍝 Davide Michieletto, professor of biomaterials at the University of Edinburgh, reflects on how creating a new pasta shape connects to his research in polymer physics.

#Science #Innovation #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement #PLPEXPeditions @royalsociety.org @erc.europa.eu

September 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM

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Friends at SCETV had me on the air this morning, and I thank Deontre McCray, Sean Birch, and Linda Nunez for partnering with @uscpress.bsky.social to tell important stories about South Carolina and the American South. #allthingsSC #publicradio #reliableknowledge

December 4, 2024 at 2:14 PM

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Before words, there are gestures.
Before fluency, there’s story.
Marina Warner’s Sanctuary grows from work like Stories in Transit, where art helped displaced people speak before they could speak.
#SanctuaryBook #Art #StoriesInTransit #MarinaWarner #EXPeditions #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement

July 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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🧬 Davide Michieletto, professor of biomaterials at the University of Edinburgh, shares what first drew him into biomaterials research and how curiosity drives his scientific journey.

#Research #Biomaterials #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement #PLPEXPeditions @erc.europa.eu @royalsociety.org

October 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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⚖️ Ana Aliverti ( @anaaliverti.bsky.social ), expert on borders and criminal justice, reflects on the most interesting research she has done and its impact on law and society.

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#Law #Borders #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement #PLPEXPeditions

September 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM

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Federica Genovese’s EXPs in our collection with The Leverhulme Trust 🔗 www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4624...

#Climate #Politics #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement #PLPEXPeditions @leverhulme.ac.uk

October 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM

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Daisy Fancourt’s EXPs here in our collection with The Leverhulme Trust (@leverhulme.ac.uk) 👉
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#Health #Art #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement #PLPEXPeditions

Daisy Fancourt

I am a Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology and Head of the Social Biobehavioural Research Group at UCL. My research focuses on the effects of social connections and behaviours on health, includi...

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October 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM

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Deconstruction ≠ destruction. Peter Salmon shows how Derrida helps us rethink what we take for granted.

📚 Explore this idea in The Great Philosophers: A Journey Through Time.

#Philosophy #DerridaExplained #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement

August 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM

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“Finance shapes even the most basic goals of middle-class life.” Caitlin Zaloom on the cost of U.S. higher education. Discover more in What is a Good Education.

#HigherEducation #Finance #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement

August 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM

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🧠 Jessie Munton reflects on ignorance, forgetting, and why not knowing is as important to philosophy as knowledge.

Jessie Munton’s EXPs here in our collection with the Leverhulme Trust 👉 linktr.ee/joinexpediti...

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October 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM

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“Life, oxygen, complexity—three revolutions that made Earth.” Tim Lenton on the Anthropocene: a crisis, but maybe a new beginning. Discover more in The Origins of Life.

#Climate #Earth #Life #History #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement

August 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM

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“Metamorphosis shows that life can hold completely different identities within a single being.” Philosopher Emanuele Coccia on caterpillars, butterflies, and what life means. Discover more in The Origins of Life.
#Philosophy #Biology #Life #Transformation #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement

September 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM

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“Why do we do astronomy? Exploration, laws, cosmic evolution, and the mystery of existence.” Martin Rees, UK’s Astronomer Royal, on the golden age of discovery. Discover more in Stars, Planets and the Vastness of Space.

#CosmicExploration #Astronomy #ReliableKnowledge #PublicEngagement