This week on The Cluster F Theory, we talk about Parafiction- that is, fiction presented as fact- with Carrie Lambert-Beatty and look at what contemporary art can tell us about our post-truth world. theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/13-paraficti…

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Dealing with an inflight technical problem on a BEA Trident (1971).

Captain Ron Gillman & his crew help resolve the issue (& any knock-on problems) with ‘Beatech’ via HF…

Imagine life on a planet that's tidally locked to its star; the day side is smeltingly hot and the night side is in permanent darkness (although winds still carry heat around)

A beautiful Hubble image of the galaxy NGC 4826, located about 17 million light-years away. NGC 4826 has a strange internal motion. Gas in the outer regions and the gas in its inner regions are rotating in opposite directions, which might be related to a recent merger.

#OnThisDay in 1993, CERN put the World Wide Web in the public domain, later made available with an open licence, allowing the web to flourish.

Here we see Sir Tim Berners-Lee's proposal for the World Wide Web, revised back in May 1990.

The World Wide Web will be one of the…

This is a great thread about post-Brexit border issues - and it is purely factual :-)

Mark Carney,former BoE governor says Brexiteers destroyed the future for Britain;listen to his wise words;why can’t politicians admit when their decisions are wrong & damaging—leave your egos at home! Think country first,egos last!

This could be exciting - a possible optical counterpart to a recently detected black hole-neutron star merger. Worth keeping an eye on...

Peter Higgs sadly died this month aged 94. Martin Bauer from Durham Physics has explained how Peter’s work on particle physics means his legacy will live on.

👉 brnw.ch/21wJ3S3

IPPP Durham

#OnThisDay in 1564, playwright William #Shakespeare was born.

The Beastie Boys

'I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It’s fragile.' —Alan Shepard, first American in space

This 'Blue Marble' photo, taken by the Apollo 17 crew in Dec 1972, is one of the most widely distributed photos in history and a symbol of a worldwide movement. #EarthDay

🪐🎶 Brian Cox talks about combining science and music in his new stage show.

Watch #TheOneShow live now 👉 bbc.in/4d1syDb

I'll be on BBC The One Show later chatting about bringing my Sydney Opera House show to London. Mahler, Strauss, Sibelius, Cosmology, Astronomy, 90 piece orchestra, the meaning of life .. etc. If you fancy joining us at the end of July, tickets here: roh.org.uk/tickets-and-ev…

🪐 Science 🤝 Music 🎶

Brian Cox's stage show combines both and he’ll be telling us all about it on #TheOneShow tonight 🙌

Do you have a question for Brian? Drop it below 👇 or email [email protected] 📩

‘It’s neigh good for yer, man’ explained the horse ….

We're aiming to rebuild bridges between young Europeans on both sides of the Channel.

We've proposed to EU Council to open negotiations with the UK on youth mobility.

This would make it easier for young citizens to study, work and live in 🇬🇧 and 🇪🇺.

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