Peter Gallivan

So exciting to win, but moreso an honor to share a stage with so many amazing people!

Excellent management - thanks for a great event!

Thanks!

I was imagining being on dragons den and pitching a new alternative to lab gloves but made from sodium alginate.

Completely surprised and overwhelmed to have won this award, and join an amazing list of previous champions.

On my way to the #BIGEvent2025 at @ri-science.bsky.social, perhaps the only conference it's perfectly normal to bring a blender with you to... @big-stem-network.bsky.social

An amazing, BUSY day!

We're live at #LambethCountryShow! Come and say hello and try out some ph painting and make an algorithmic keyring. Find us in the discovery zone! @kingsnmes.bsky.social

And... spotted for sale in Hatchards at St Panceras!

On the train to London to Launch my new book at The Royal Institution @ri-science.bsky.social!

So excited to see this in the wild - available at all good bookshops: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hidd...

Teacher workshops: understanding neutrinos Two free online workshops for GCSE teachers to support them to deliver classroom activities on the topic of neutrinos.

SCIENCE TEACHERS! Join our physics researchers for one-hour online workshops on ⚛️NEUTRINOS⚛️ - tiny particles that make beta decay work & are whizzing right through you right now - including neutrino activities for GCSE teaching!
💻Online
📅5 & 19 June
🕒4-5pm
More info: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/teach...

It was really fun to run this activity - it led to some really suprising discussions about what it means to be human, and the surprising importance of the word poop!

Amazing work! There was a patch of these growing up the valley from where I used to live in the Swiss Alps - amazing to know its back growing here too.

Today in STEM outreach - reusing my clothes dryers and ladder to make a mass red cabbage indicator paper factory.

A Minimal Turing Test We introduce the Minimal Turing Test, an experimental paradigm for studying perceptions and meta-perceptions of different social groups or kinds of ag…

Thanks to @aiatkings.bsky.social for organising a fantastic festival of events! The research paper our minimal turing test activity was based on is well worth a read:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Great family day at the @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Festival of AI! Children tried a mini turing test, choosing one word to prove they are human. Of course skibidi appeared! We also built a simple image recognition AI, which detected drawings of cats and (sometimes) dogs. @kingsnmes.bsky.social

From impossibility to possibility: Hear from Raheem Sterling scholarship student as 2025/26 applications open Applications for the third year of Raheem Sterling Foundation scholarships are now open.

Inspiring to hear from students succeeding in life thanks to this amazing scholarship programme!

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/from-im...

Come and join me at The Ri for a fun journey through the history of science, and meet some amazing scientists you maybe don't know about!

I'll also be signing books after the event (which feels like a WILD sentence to write 🤣).

World Environment Day Live 2025: Stories, Science & STEM for Schools A free, live-streamed author event for KS2 & KS3 exploring science, literacy & nature through inspiring stories and real-world STEM links.

Celebrate World Environment Day with me and some fab author friends! Book your class in for this FREE online event; I'll be introducing you to some of the amazing scientists you can meet in my new book 'The Hidden Heroes of Science'.

June 5, 11:00
Book here 👇

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-envi...

So excited to receive this grant, and be able to support running our Girl's Robotics Challenge for another year! I was blown away by the amazing robots the teams built this year and the creative problem solving on display.

Cant wait to see what our 2025/6 cohort of students achieve!

I have never felt older than this afternoon, when I had to explain to a university student how blue tack works 😂

Niche design moment today - excited too see the colourful stickers TFL have used to cover up the 'ghost' on the Elizabeth Line! Smart way to cover up dirty marks left by people cumulatively over the years 😎

Thanks!

Team Whizz Kidz London Marathon 2025 Help Peter Gallivan raise money to support Whizz Kidz

This Sunday I'll be running my first ever London Marathon, raising money for the fantastic @whizzkidz.bsky.social !

Any donations greatly appreciated, as is some friendly cheering along the route!

www.justgiving.com/page/peter-g...

Such a privilege to host events like this at King's! The students who took part this year really blew me away with the robots builds - creative and technically accomplished, with some really design flair.

One is quite rare these days, so I guess if I sold it I'd be a little richer!

This book looks great! Speaking as a proud owner of two seiko 5s and a random Russian mechanical watch from the 70s.

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

Hi Allen! These BitBot Pros have more accurate motors and so would be much better suited to drawing. We only got the MK3 model as they were cheaper and included a distance sensor!

What an amazing end to a fantastic competition! I was blown away by the robots built by all the teams this year, showcasing engineering talent, design skills and some really out-of-the-box ideas.

We're looking for more schools to make part next year - get in touch!