Dmitri Mendeleev, who created a version of the periodic table of elements, was born #OnThisDay in 1834. 🧪 Of the 10 elements discovered or first isolated here at the Ri, one has a bit of an image problem. @helenarney.bsky.social wrote a great song to remind us that boron isn't boring at all!

The countdown begins 🚀 Set your reminders for the 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI: 28, 29 and 30 December at 7.00pm on BBC Four and iPlayer. Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock will take us on a whistle-stop tour of the Universe searching for evidence of extra-terrestrial life.

How one handwritten notebook changed the course of history 📖 #OnThisDay in 1813, Michael Faraday got a job here at the Royal Institution, kick-starting his scientific career and his work in electrochemistry and electromagnetism. Watch the full talk with Judy Wu: youtube.com/watch?v=0kYMUFzylOs

The Vespa wasn’t designed by a motorbike expert, but by an aircraft engineer. 🛩️ César Hidalgo tells the story of how aviation engineers around the world turned to scooters and motorcycles—revealing the hidden geography of knowledge itself. Watch the full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=q_Hm5Zx-jew

Add water to calcium carbide and a vigorous reaction releases acetylene (C₂H₂). Andrew Szydlo shows us how burning the same gas can have dramatically different outcomes. 🔥 Watch the full talk: youtu.be/uswf_8Ch39s

Space missions often bring back samples to study...only this time, they accidentally returned a bit of Earth to sender 📦 @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social told us about his favourite asteroids during the Q&A portion of his talk. Watch the full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=E7gSucS56kM

10 years ago, Tim Peake joined the Christmas Lectures via video link from the International Space Station. Today, he takes centre stage in our Theatre, right here on Earth! 🌍 Tune in at 7.00pm on BBC Four and iPlayer for the grand finale of the 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI!

Colour isn’t just what you see, but what your brain constructs. 👀 Physicist Andrew Hanson tells us how a simple illusion helped James Clerk Maxwell uncover how we perceive colour. Watch the full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=af78RPi6ayE

Sir David Attenborough's 1973 Christmas Lectures broke the cardinal rule of broadcast television: "never work with animals or children"—and because of that, they gave us some truly magical moments, like this interaction with a ring-tailed lemur.

What happens when matter sits between solid and liquid? Physicist Rachel Edwards explains the science of liquid crystals and switchable privacy windows. Watch the full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=g3MAx1TDEGg

Libya’s largest oil refinery halts operations during fighting! #news #worldnews #libya #oil #libyanews #africa #african #africannews #oilrefinery

EuroBasket 2025 Final Power Rankings #basketball #nba #eurobasket #nbaeurope #nbauk

Where did the first humans come from? Scientists once thought Asia. New evidence changed that. Explore how bias shaped early ideas and why Africa is now seen as the cradle of humanity. Listen: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/out-a... #HumanOrigins #Evolution

You will still be listening to and singing every word of a song that came out this year in 40 years time. And I know this, because I do all the time. You might not remember what you did yesterday but you will still know every lyric of a song from 1983!

History in the making at Yizhuang, Beijing: Humanoid robots just crushed the human half-marathon record.

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Here are the results from the 2026 Derry Feis on Tuesday, April 7. For An Ceol, Classical Music and Speech and Drama. Well done to everyone who took part!

Cal Raleigh will join Clayton Kershaw and the rest of Team USA this week in preparation for the WBC Will Cal have anything to say to Kershaw after the future HOFer (jokingly) called him out at the 2025 MLB ASG?

Uncover secrets 🔍 and seek justice with Buck Taylor in his most gripping case yet! Are you ready for the thrill? 📚✨ #ColdJustice #LinkInBioToShop #BuckTaylorMystery #ColdJusticeBook

🌍 NEW! @PlayShifu Interactive Globe If your kid is glued to screens… they’ll forget their device in minutes. Tap the globe → 3D animals, landmarks, and surprises pop up! 🐅 🗼 Grab it 👉 amzn.to/46YOFsc See more 👇 beacons.ai/kurt.ledbett... #PlayShifu #LearningThroughPlay #AmazonAssociate #ad

Nice diving catch from Austin Martin

🕊️ Hope in Hard Times A mother of a child with disabilities shares gratitude to donor Jerry. Support helped pay for medical tests, school supplies, clothing, and a lamp during outages. 💛 Like & Share #helpchildreninukraine #compassionislife

In the sanctum of artistry, a monstrance fashioned from bones emerges as a paradoxical embodiment of reverence and mortality. Each bone, once a pillar of life, is now a testament to the impermanence of existence, intricately woven into a sacred vessel. In this amalgamation of life's remnants, the...

#OnThisDay 9 May 1985 BBC Schools' SCENE - #VictoriaWood: "Sometimes when your'e in the depths of despair, where you think I've forgotten how to write and I'm going to have to give this up and work on the bins, if they'll have me, sometimes a block moves away from your brain"

WTF is happening? These are minors being manipulated.

I filmed a whole YouTube video of me painting this custom Five Below back pack only to see I misspelled SCREAM! Thankfully I caught it while editing and was about to fix it🤧 Making Wearable Art...5Below Makeover youtu.be/gpX1uYNM014 #customart #dyslexia #custombackpack #ghostface #artwork

TKD man gets a warning for falling down after the kick is blocked. He's been doing it a bit previous to this.

This one warms my heart.

Completed all "Siege of Osaka (Summer)" missions on Way of the Demon. #Nioh #PS5Share

Culers have shown up in Oslo to support Barcelona & are making themselves heard ❤️💙 🎥: FCBfemeni

🎙️ New EdUp Canada Podcast! Michael Sangster speaks with Larissa Bezo on Canada’s international education system, how rapid policy changes are shaping global perception, and what it will take to rebuild trust through long-term thinking and collaboration. 🔊 buff.ly/iuoa1i3 #TheEdUpExperience #NACC

This CNN segment is peak GOP—and peak phony Scott Jennings. Faced with a failing war, president, and administration, he can’t defend any of it, so he lashes out with a fake jab at Adam Mockler: “Get your f***ing hand out of my face.” Except Mockler’s hands never left his own space the entire time.🤦🏿‍♂️

Robinhood Launches AI Agents for Trading and Credit Card Purchases, Raising Fears of Automated Financial Control Claude Agent: Handing wallets to AI agents will drive rapid mainstream adoption of automated finance #TheFactum #LIMINAL

Endymion Ball New Orleans. Pregame in the SuperDome

"Awhile back in a galaxy far, far away....'

🇫🇷 Gérald #Darmanin, le ministre de la #Justice française, a défendu l'idée d’un "moratoire de trois ans sur l’immigration légale" dans les colonnes du JDD. 🔎 Il défend également une #réforme constitutionnelle pour instaurer des quotas #migratoires. La chronique politique de Flore Simon ⤵️

Good Afternoon And Good Evening From The Legend One And Only G.6. Mindset President Fox Happy Hump Day And Happy Wednesday Enjoy The Rest Of Your Day Mutch Love From G.6. FOX GOD DID G.6. 😀😀😀

Craving a heart-pounding read? 📚 Dive into Chuck Morgan's thrillers for an adrenaline rush! 🕵️‍♂️✨ Who's your favorite crime hero? 🤔👇 http://dlvr.it/TSnndz

Source #Japan #Nippon

Exakt sowas passiert mir jeden Tag #Playstation5 #DarwinsParadox

Virginia it’s time to Vote!! Election Day is tomorrow. Visit: abigailspanberger.com/vote/ for your voting info. #Virginia #vote #elections

Zeit für Alice Weidel 💙💙Gemeinsam für Deutschland💙AFD💙💙💙 #AFD 💙💙💙

Yalta, Crimée occupée, soirée du 30 mai. Bientôt dans toute la "Fédération" de russie.

GUYS YOU ARE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS A new trailer for AGNI: Village of Calamity by Separuh Intearctive (ID) has just been released on @sixoneindie.com showcase 2026 They also just acquired a publisher @wiredproductions.com, which you might know them with Hotel Architect on Steam #Sixoneindies

كيفه تحس روحك كي يكون عندك اشتراك  Claude Max #ذكاء_الإصطناعي #ai #Claude

Building workforce resilience amid geopolitical change – 3 chief people officers discuss www.weforum.org/stories/2026... Seminars on WORK-related topics where professionals share their expertise. digitalsocietypress.com #DigitalSocietyPress #GlobalSeminars #CareerGrowth #WEF #workforce

Americans are losing hope in their economic future. Criticisms of the Trump administration is not enough—we need transformative solutions and change.

ICE presenting as an equivalent solution to funding TSA sending in the group that has consistently had court orders finding that they had a reckless negligent and violent disregard for any form of civil rights is normalization. @willztalks.bsky.social

Art is everywhere... and that's how little artists get inspired! 🔥 🎥: @martapagnini #Rhythmic #Gymnastics #Varna2026 @gymnastics

The Boys have been predicting way to accurately, let's hope this scene doesn't come to bear.

Els fans de "Com si fos ahir" han estat cara a cara amb els seus personatges preferits. I tots coincideixen en una cosa: necessiten una temporada més! #3CatEnViu #ComSiFosAhir3Cat

I'M ACTUALLY SCREAMING, YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BENE WAITING FOR THIS?!?

One more day till I'm Mexico bound!! 🕺🎶🇲🇽🎉

The fog in metro Denver rn feat. Birds

We can't be having "conspiracy theories" about the hidden power of elites, can we Tony?

During Women’s Health Week, I’m reflecting on how important it is for women & families to have available & quality OB/GYN care… how important it is to protect women’s access to birth control… And how important it is to protect IVF for families, because three of my kids came via IVF.

David Raya sobbing after Champions League Final loss

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What's the best magical girl anime, and why is it Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya? Every stressed-out anime fan should own the three Genesis of Purity ero toys by Magic Eyes. Review here! jli.st/3TRgflg