#ThroughHerEyes There is so much to learn from pioneering science communicator Mary Mulvihill about how we can retrieve the untold stories of our own ingenuity and, as she did, rescue the contributions of women ignored by history. irishexaminer.com/opinion/column…

I don’t think I’ve ever signed an open letter or petition before. I don’t see it as my role as a journalist. When I was initially asked to sign a week ago my automatic response was “I agree with every word but I don’t sign open letters.” And to be honest > chronicle.com/blogs/letters/…

A Polish tech entrepreneur has launched "Code with Pope", a global project in cooperation with the Vatican offering free courses for children in computer programming notesfrompoland.com/2023/11/07/pol…

Does our hyper-polarised, opinion-heavy, fact-light media need another TV chat show rn? Or: world class investigations and insightful reporting that adds context that traditional bulletins don’t have time for? Public service argument for the latter overwhelming #Newsnight

Today is World Nuclear Energy Day! 💡 On this day in 1942, Italian physicist Enrico Fermi and his team achieved the first controlled nuclear chain reaction with Chicago Pile-1, ushering in the age of nuclear energy. Chicago Pile-1 was an experimental setup located under the

One of my favorites by Wendy Cope:

"..important victory was support of Bridget Phillipson for school guidance. Without Lab’s shift to sane position on gender all other gains c'd be swept away at next election. Once again grassroots women organised despite efforts by LGBTLab to silence.. thetimes.co.uk/article/4df3b3…

A glimpse into the strange, secretive party that stands on the brink of power in Ireland 2irelands2gether.com/2024/01/08/a-g… via Andy Pollak

In debates concerning the Government's Rwanda policy, the European Court of Human Rights has been labelled "a foreign court" by some. Sir Bob Neill KC (Hon) highlights that this description is both misleading & counterproductive, emphasising that "the UK has a shared ownership of the court."

'Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.' Happy #DarwinDay, everyone!

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Manifestos of Italy's League and Brothers of Italy (FdI), EU Parliamentary elections 2024. Here are some brief thoughts. They are just first impressions, certainly not a systematic content analysis… SHORT THREAD BELOW

Today is International Women in Engineering Day - #INWED24! At UKAEA we are always looking to encourage and develop the next generation of #fusioneer. To find out more, visit careers.ukaea.uk/early-careers/

It looks as if a number of current UK Cabinet members will lose their seats. But don’t cry for them: George Osborne, who bears as much responsibility as anyone for Britain’s debacle, is making lots of money in the City theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

Micheál Martin once had a simple "Brits out" view of Northern Ireland. Now he sets out a radical alternative. Dismissing even planning for a 2030 border poll, the Taoiseach tells me uniting Ireland constitutionally is less important than reconciliation. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

The Taoiseach places his stance in line with a revisionist reading of two traditionalist taoiseagh, Éamon de Valera (who was willing to keep Stormont rule over NI) and Seán Lemass (who said compelling northerners into a united Ireland would be "morally destructive").

TODAY! My 88 yr old father, Ernesto, who spent 50 years at Princeton University's Plasma Physics Lab, is one of the most honest and rigorous scientists I know, dedicating his entire life to curiosity, discovery and experiments--and especially never scared to speak out when

Netanyahu’s idea of “total victory” in Gaza echoes Putin more than Churchill – and it’s a vision most Israelis no longer support | Anshel Pfeffer אנשיל פפר haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Wake up boys and girls. It would have made no sense to let Burnham run. Sure, he might have won the by-election, but at cost of donating the Mayoralty to Reform and months of turmoil in the Labour Party. He should have known that without having to be told.