James Romero

I think Ive posted before about dance and movement as a science storytelling and engagement device for public audiences.

There was some great examples at last week's Diwali celebrating Light themed #ImperialLates - captured by the ever brilliant Brendan Foster

Never get tired of seeing these giant solar system sculptures in beautiful cathedrals. Something about the shape and ligthting of the building frames them really nicely

We're pleased to be part of the Festival of Social Science!

The festival explores the world of social science, from how society has shaped our local areas to behaviours that help fight climate change.

Sign up to the UCL events: bit.ly/3Yab00X
Browse the rest of the festival events: bit.ly/3kCUfXb

Oooooh - thats a nice poster

Has a group of people ever had more fun learning about star formation than these people? I doubt it

A real highlight of last night's light-themed #ImperialLates celebrating Diwali 🪔

Vinay Jobanputra, the creator of Bollyqueer, collaborated with Matthaus Schullik from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Astrophysics Group to create a dance class that explored the four stages of star formation ⭐

Two experiments involving Imperial scientists have created the world's most precise measurement of the difference between the mass of two types of #neutrino

Read more here ⬇️

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270453/...

Lovely

Sunday at @newscientist.com live with the family:

- Coding lunar rovers with the National Space Centre

- Detecting cosmic rays with the Boulby Underground Lab

- Enjoying Christopher Jackson's beautiful layered cakes of seismic reflection

- Learning vertical farming with the John Innes Centre

Promotional image by the Royal Society of Chemistry featuring colorful fireworks labeled with chemical elements like Strontium, Copper, Sodium, Barium, Calcium, Aluminum, and Magnesium. Text states "Chemistry is full of wonder. Watch science light up the sky this Diwali. Enjoy the celebrations!"

💫 Celebrate the festival of lights safely, and let the chemistry of joy shine bright!

Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali filled with love, light, and laughter. #RSCIndia #ChemSky #Diwali2025

No one ever wants an #ImperialLates to end, but at the close of next week's event, you'll be treated to a beautiful Bollywood dance by Imperial Indian Society to celebrate Diwali, the festival of light!

🎟️: ow.ly/kJ3W50X9Krw

Stuck for weekend plans? Why not visit The Festival of Social Science!

The festival kicks off this weekend and will be exploring and celebrating the world of social science.

📅 18 Oct - 8 Nov
🎟️ Free entry
📍 Across the UK and online

🔗 Find an event for you: festivalofsocialscience.com

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

In the footsteps of giants - BBC News One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.

Back in June we were back on the Oxfordshire “dinosaur highway”, excavating more dinosaur tracks with our teams from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford & Liverpool John Moores. The BBC have a story out today about our work at the site:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

This is amazing!

🎪 Great Exhibition Road Festival 2026 opens for ideas! 🎪

@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social teams can today propose activities for our celebration of art, science, & innovation

📩 Submit proposals lnkd.in/evbJfwNE
📚 Guidance lnkd.in/eYt6nA6T
💡 Advice sessions lnkd.in/e8HdfmCC
☕ 1-2-1s lnkd.in/eqx5ChZv

Heads up all Imperial staff and students!!

Next Wednesday we will launch 🚀 the proposals process for teams interested in taking part in @ExRdFestival 2026 🎪

More details to follow......

Vast Anomaly in Earth's Gravity Field Signals Shifts Deep Beneath The Surface In 2007, something strange happened over the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

I think it means Earth is about to vomit because it's literally sick of us.

Two female dancers in huge beautiful birds' wings and colourful makeup bow facing each other on the steps of a large Cathedral, a tapestry depicting birds hanging in the background

A female dancer looks to the ceiling, her one bird wing in front of her and the other raised. She is East Asian with black hair, orange makeup. Light shines through the cathedral's stained glass behind.

These images by Tommy Wong of dance company Movema at Liverpool Cathedral during the British Science Festival are too beautiful to just keep to Instagram. But join us on there for more!

In the background, artwork by Maria Loizidou 🕊️

Taking Flight was programmed with Liverpool Biennial 🪶

#BSF25

The soon-to-be confirmed, single-day programme has been pulled together by the wonderful Charlotte Coales Amy Seakins & Grace Blissett - and will involve panel discussions, lightning talks & ‘deep dives’ all exploring how engagement can create lasting impacts

Capacity is limited so get signed up!

🚨 Date confirmed for Imperial's Engagement Day 26! 🚨

If you're academic or professional services Imperial staff Imperial with an interest in societal engagement - this is for you!

📆 26/11
⏰ 09:30-16:00
📌 Scale Space White City, W12 7RZ
ℹ️ More info: lnkd.in/eGHhvHd9
🖋️ Sign up: lnkd.in/exKA5WZp

My wife picked up this lovely children's book a while ago - and our boys love it.

Today it inspired our first mushroom hunt of the end of summer / autumn - around Stanmore Common

Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’ Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases

“If we had not continued to burn fossil fuels over the last decades, most of the estimated 24,400 people in Europe wouldn’t have died this summer.” ~Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College London

Largest social science festival shows research’s impact on lives The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science returns for its 23rd year, offering hundreds of free events across the UK.

The ESRC Festival of Social Science is returning for its 23rd year!

We're proud to fund incredible research, and this festival brings it to the public, showing them just how influential it is on the world.

If you have some spare time, come along!

For more info: www.ukri.org/news/largest...

Imperial staff and students are invited to the live stream watch party for the Launch of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) Mission

🚀 Tuesday 23 September, 11.30 – 13.30
🚀 Main Entrance, South Kensington Campus

Sign up now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19803...

#ImperialSci

🚨 Research teams at Imperial can submit their ideas to tell the story of their science via our open call - www.imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/...

📝 Whilst members of the public can sign up now to attend the first Latesevent - Lights, Colour, Action - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imperial-l...

Celebrate Diwali 🕯️ at an evening festival of light 🌟, explore the nature of time ⌛ through dance 💃 & immersive art, or find out all the ways science can improve your wellbeing 🙂

Its the return of the Imperial Lates - our adult evenings of scientific discovery!
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268433/...

And that’s a wrap on the 194th British Science Festival! 🎉
For four days, Liverpool was alive with inspiring talks, hands-on experiences, and city-wide celebrations of science!

We were proud to help shape this year’s programme, with research from across all three Faculties showcased. 🙌

I was privileged to support the Branch Line Society 'Piccadilly Explorer' tour yesterday, which raised £1,000 for Northwick Park Hospital League of Friends. First stop: South Harrow for the gasworks viaduct stub and signal relay room, plus the original 1903 station building 🧵1/7

One more year: Ice loss at Konkordiaplatz on Aletsch #Glacier is just... wow 😲 Minus 4.6 metres of ice.
Will there ever be a call:
"Make Aletsch Great Again"?
It would be about time