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@badboyofscience.bsky.social

Uni of Cambridge and LHC physicist (Graduated) Science communicator and YouTuber The Bad Boy of Science Linktree: https://linktr.ee/badboyofscience

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This isn't science communication anymore.

It's contrarian and libertarian coded bs reskinned with physics.

It's the usual formula of the influencer.

01.10.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All this, whilst she remains entirely silent on the real war on science both ideological (insert classic outraged "are we really financing THAT" popular article here) and practical (let's get rid of these unproductive funds/positions)

30.09.2025 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Did We Just Find Life On Mars? Mars Scientist Explains.
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science Did We Just Find Life On Mars? Mars Scientist Explains.

Had a brilliant time discussing the latest results from the NASA @nasapersevere.extwitter.link rover on Mars.

Did we just find a biosignature and evidence that life once flourished on the red planet?

Mars scientist Henry Manelski breaks down the science!

Link: youtube.com/watch?v=PQUEXBy2J2Q

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23.09.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Did We Just Find Life On Mars? Mars Scientist Explains.
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science Did We Just Find Life On Mars? Mars Scientist Explains.

Had a brilliant time discussing the latest results from the NASA @nasapersevere.extwitter.link rover on Mars.

Did we just find a biosignature and evidence that life once flourished on the red planet?

Mars scientist Henry Manelski breaks down the science!

Link: youtube.com/watch?v=PQUEXBy2J2Q

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23.09.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I've been trawling through some old science comedy sets.

Here's why physics is just like sex...

Link: youtube.com/shorts/EurEA...

#science #comedy

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15.09.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I've been trawling through some old science comedy sets.

Here's why physics is just like sex...

Link: youtube.com/shorts/EurEA...

#science #comedy

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15.09.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's an important continuation of the trend that "all experts are shills and must not be trusted, only populists can be trusted"

Even domains that seem far from public policy are attacked. Because if their experts can be trusted, then maybe there are other experts elsewhere, too.

15.09.2025 08:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are no personal attacks here

15.09.2025 06:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today LHCb presented a new measurement of the decay of a B meson into a K* and a ฮผ+ ฮผ- pair

Previous results disagreed with the Standard Model prediction for the branching fraction and angular distribution

The new measurement has almost twice as much data and still disagrees!

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09.09.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Have you ever wondered why physicists are so excited to study the Higgs Boson at a new Higgs Factory collider?

Wonder no more!

I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.

Check it out!

Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk

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08.09.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Have you ever wondered why physicists are so excited to study the Higgs Boson at a new Higgs Factory collider?

Wonder no more!

I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.

Check it out!

Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk

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08.09.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is not the quality of pseudoscience infotainment to which I have grown accustomed Teasing the public with fraudulent or self-deluded promises of aliens used to mean something. It took work. It meant slapping togetherโ€ฆ

I have a complaint about Avi Loeb's latest work and I want to speak to management.

medium.com/@steve.desch...

08.08.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 406    ๐Ÿ” 110    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38
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06.08.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was a pleasure, Steve! Thanks for taking the time!

05.08.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Had the pleasure of chatting with Prof Steve Desch (@deschscoveries.bsky.social) regarding Avi Loeb's latest claims that an interstellar object might be a hostile alien probe.

Spoiler alert: It isn't.

We break down Loeb's weak, cherry picking arguments.

Full link: youtube.com/watch?v=B4wp...

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05.08.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Had the pleasure of chatting with Prof Steve Desch (@deschscoveries.bsky.social) regarding Avi Loeb's latest claims that an interstellar object might be a hostile alien probe.

Spoiler alert: It isn't.

We break down Loeb's weak, cherry picking arguments.

Full link: youtube.com/watch?v=B4wp...

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05.08.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
The Insane Science of Carbon-14: Part 1: The Discovery of Carbon-14
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science The Insane Science of Carbon-14: Part 1: The Discovery of Carbon-14

Carbon-14 may be the most important radioisotope ever discovered.

It has revolutionised our understanding of the past, helped demystify bio pathways and confirmed anthropogenic climate change.

Come learn about its incredibly fraught discovery!

Link: youtube.com/watch?v=47tPQWHL190

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25.07.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Insane Science of Carbon-14: Part 1: The Discovery of Carbon-14
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science The Insane Science of Carbon-14: Part 1: The Discovery of Carbon-14

Carbon-14 may be the most important radioisotope ever discovered.

It has revolutionised our understanding of the past, helped demystify bio pathways and confirmed anthropogenic climate change.

Come learn about its incredibly fraught discovery!

Link: youtube.com/watch?v=47tPQWHL190

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25.07.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My final thoughts on the now infamous Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate and the absurdly inflated play that Eric - and his ideas - get in online spaces.

Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VIOV...

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19.06.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My final thoughts on the now infamous Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate and the absurdly inflated play that Eric - and his ideas - get in online spaces.

Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VIOV...

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19.06.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A huge hitโ€ฆ sadly

06.06.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Eric Weinstein: Sean Carroll's Terrence Howard
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science Eric Weinstein: Sean Carroll's Terrence Howard

My thoughts on the Sean Carroll and Eric Weinstein debate.

Eric's ideas only exist in the worlds of YouTube grievance, culture war nonsense, and the negative space left by the perceived failings of string theory.

tl;dr Eric lost badly.

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Full video: youtu.be/27RVNYSc2lw

06.06.2025 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Eric Weinstein: Sean Carroll's Terrence Howard
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science Eric Weinstein: Sean Carroll's Terrence Howard

My thoughts on the Sean Carroll and Eric Weinstein debate.

Eric's ideas only exist in the worlds of YouTube grievance, culture war nonsense, and the negative space left by the perceived failings of string theory.

tl;dr Eric lost badly.

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Full video: youtu.be/27RVNYSc2lw

06.06.2025 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Lab Leak Goes Mainstream | If Books Could Kill Get more from If Books Could Kill on Patreon

This month's bonus episode is about the rise of the lab leak theory from an unfounded theory promoted by right-wing cranks to an unfounded theory promoted by prominent liberal journalists.

30.05.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 416    ๐Ÿ” 73    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 45
Exclusive: Inside the thriving wild-animal markets that could start the next pandemic Live-animal markets are a natural laboratory for viruses to evolve and spark deadly outbreaks, yet scientists lack support to study the risks they pose.

The legacy of the promotion of the ragbag of unevidenced and often mutually exclusive lab leak theories by a motley crew of lunatics, conspiracists and MAGA proto-Fascists is that that this will all happen again - the same way it did in 2019.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

03.06.2025 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Breaking: The muon discrepancy seems to be officially gone. The Muon gโ€“2 experiment at @fermilab.bsky.social
has just announced its final magnetic moment of the muon, improving precision by 1.8x. This is now in agreement with updated calculations published last week by the Theory Initiative ...๐Ÿงต

03.06.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Yeah, it's nonsense

02.06.2025 08:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Short summary of the recent Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate:

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25.05.2025 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Short summary of the recent Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate:

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25.05.2025 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a bald man in a blue and white shirt is saying spicy ALT: a bald man in a blue and white shirt is saying spicy

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14.05.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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