Great start to UoM Physics & Astronomy Data Science 101 lecture with Rene Breton. Good to see so many students engaging and I look forward to teaching the second half of the course later this semester. Their favourite topic is the last, so surely they'll participate actively throughout 😀

Super photo of the Lovell Telescope made by JBCA staff member Anthony Holloway - these nicely show the new surface replacement from the back. UoM Physics & Astronomy UoM Science and Engineering The University of Manchester News RadioNet JIVE e-MERLIN

What sort of a joke is it @Eurosport_UK to screw up and end the Giro coverage with 8km to go to the stage?

Should Knowledge Be Free? Open Access publishing, etc. Very interesting YouTube op-ed youtu.be/PriwCi6SzLo. Thanks Ricardo Twumasi for sharing this to me.

Editing #DataScience lecture subtitles on a Sunday. Hardly a reason to smile, but this one worked: apparently I’m discussing the “Ikea information Criterion”. cc Rene Breton

His talk is entitled: "Brief introduction to pulsars". He will briefly describe the nature and properties of pulsars, which are some of the most extreme objects populating our Universe, having the largest observed magnetic fields and fastest known rotational periods.

Hey twitters friends. Tonight is public talk number 2 out of 3 this week for me! You can watch live on YouTube bit.ly/AoffT-EDI Also feature colleague Romeel Dave.

In case you like computing and physics, or know someone who does...

Well done to my former MScR student Susmita who now has her first paper out, from back in her days working at Jodrell Bank Pulsar Group with me.

All these years I've been frying eggs wrong. Learned proper way today. Recipe: 1. Open Microsoft Excel 2. Put in a bunch of numbers in two sheets 3. Do a lookup to cross-match entries 4. Wait for laptop to heat up and go crazy (won't take long) 5. Cook eggs Enjoy

Some results involving colleagues, and my postdoc Colin Clark, connected to a paper we published recently: True identity of mysterious gamma-ray source revealed manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/…

This amazing initiative has been set up by DARA Project student Ann Njeri Ng'endo Dr. Njeri to ensure as many Kenyan girls as possible continue their education. Read more about it below and follow the ElimishaMsichana account for updates & activities. elimishamsichana.org/about

Got my first covid-19 jab! Yay!

Jodrell Bank finds a way to be active (beyond observing the sky, of course!) during the pandemic: manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/…

Our lovely cat Poutine disappeared on the night of Wednesday to Thursday and hasn't come back since. If you walk around the Birchfields Park area (M14) or even Platt Fields Park, please keep an eye out for her. 🙏 instagram.com/p/CR_HOXUrHTH/…

Road Closed - Oxford Road is closed in both directions between Booth Street West and Grafton Street outside the University due to a serious water leak, causing major flooding on the road. Sgt K

First attempt at kintsugi @ Manchester, United Kingdom instagram.com/p/CYPGMBPolp5/…

Physics trio take their research to Parliament manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/…