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You can listen to 's brilliant talk at the last night here youtube.com/watch?v=68rSyx He discusses the importance of historical and cultural perspectives in debates about biotechnology.
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Great to wish @philipcball all the best for his prestigious @royalsociety talk tonight, #RemakingOurselves - and thank you for taking the pic, @ProfMariaFitz! twitter.com/royalsociety/s…
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Aficionados of air grabs, bizarre costumes, power ballads and pop are not the only ones preparing for the #Eurovision final tomorrow.
Scientists are now attempting to predict the popular vote, reports Science Director
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“The hope is that digital twins will enable healthcare to become forward-looking, truly personalized, and predictive, removing much of the guesswork.” -,
"Virtual you" by Peter Coveney & Roger Highfield is available here: press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove
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Huzzah for nonabelions! They could fix quantum computers’ error problem.
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Great to wish all the best for his prestigious talk tonight, #RemakingOurselves - and thank you for taking the pic, !
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Biotechnologies have entered uncharted territory, with the ability to precisely edit the human genome. Join @philipcball at the Royal Society on 11 May as he explores the scientific, historical and cultural perspectives around human genome editing: royalsociety.org/science-events
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[NEW] Future of UK’s health research at risk: urgent action needed, says our report 
'Future-proofing UK Health Research: a people-centred, coordinated approach' published TODAY 10 May 2023.
Read the full report:
acmedsci.ac.uk/future-proofin
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Yes it will. And if it doesn’t, the government should remember that we are scientists and we have lasers.
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Will the UK join the #HorizonEurope science research programme? Viscount Stansgate quizzes government in #LordsQs from 11.05am:
Watch #HouseOfLords online parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/42
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This event should be a fun collision(?) of worlds hosted at the in June: how science fiction interacts with faith and spirituality. I'll be presenting a short presentation on "The Eschatology of Science Fiction".
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Huzzah for - if there is one thing you need to know, it is that he's a brilliant populariser of science!
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There's nothing like signing books under a lovely chandelier! At the Royal Institution last night.
@Ri_Science @OMaraBooks @FelicityBryan
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Is there any science in Eurovision?
Yes, as I explain for the ! sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/blog/the-scien
Thanks to Antonios Siganos & for helping me see behind the bizarre costumes, power ballads and pop of !
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The Lewes Speakers Festival is back - l'll be there on Saturday morning to discuss personalised medicine, human digital twins and my book, #VirtualYou
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Do join brilliant at the tonight! The Royal Society awarded the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal to Phil for his outstanding commitments to sharing the social, cultural, and historical context of science
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Biotechnologies have entered uncharted territory, with the ability to precisely edit the human genome. Join @philipcball at the Royal Society on 11 May as he explores the scientific, historical and cultural perspectives around human genome editing: royalsociety.org/science-events
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Jellybean quantum dots are possible in silicon!
A sweet solution for overcrowded circuitry in quantum computers
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‘Sea butterfly’ life cycle threatened by climate change may impact Southern Ocean ecosystem
Human embryo science: can the world’s regulators keep pace? Over to
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Huzzah for the human pangenome! Researchers release draft results from an ongoing effort to capture the entirety of human genetic variation nature.com/articles/d4158
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We're 
revolutionizingthe human genome reference. The #HumanPangenome Consortium, co-led by @ucsc, has just published a draft of a more robust, diverse, and complete reference. This will be a game-changing resource for genomics & health research news.ucsc.edu/2023/05/pangen
revolutionizingthe human genome reference. The #HumanPangenome Consortium, co-led by @ucsc, has just published a draft of a more robust, diverse, and complete reference. This will be a game-changing resource for genomics & health research news.ucsc.edu/2023/05/pangenShow this thread
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First UK mitochondrial replacements: what scientists want to know. The fertility regulator has revealed that the treatment has been used to create a child using DNA from three people, but details are scant.
nature.com/articles/d4158
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First UK baby with DNA from three people theguardian.com/science/2023/m
Been awaiting this for a long time, after much scrutiny: telegraph.co.uk/technology/334
Great to say hello to Sir Doug Turnbull when l gave my @InsightsNCL talk a few days ago - many congrats to him & his colleagues
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The Lewes Speakers Festival is back - l'll be there on Saturday morning to discuss personalised medicine, human digital twins and my book, #VirtualYou
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"Roger Highfield Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine", The All Saints, Lewes on Sat 13 May 2023 9.50AM, #festival tickets:
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Researchers have a new map that better represents human genetic diversity. It’s made up from DNA from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. The aim is to have treatments that work better on a wider range of people. 1/3 bbc.co.uk/news/science-e
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Researchers have a new map that better represents human genetic diversity. It’s made up from DNA from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. The aim is to have treatments that work better on a wider range of people. 1/3
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The ocean is hotter than ever: what happens next? nature.com/articles/d4158 Record temperature combined with an anticipated El Niño could devastate marine life and increase the chances of extreme weather
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Is there any science in Eurovision?
Yes, as I explain for the ! sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/blog/the-scien
Thanks to Antonios Siganos & for helping me see behind the bizarre costumes, power ballads and pop of !
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Aficionados of air grabs, bizarre costumes, power ballads and pop are not the only ones preparing for the eclectic . Scientists are now attempting to predict the popular vote ..
Here's an account of our event, from three person babies to gene editing and artificial embryos
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REF is ruining UK research, argues my bestselling #VirtualYou coauthor, , with in timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ref-ru Short time horizons and a focus on cost-efficiency are limiting production of truly groundbreaking research.
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First UK baby with DNA from three people theguardian.com/science/2023/m
Been awaiting this for a long time, after much scrutiny: telegraph.co.uk/technology/334
Great to say hello to Sir Doug Turnbull when l gave my talk a few days ago - many congrats to him & his colleagues
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Here's Sir Doug with me and at to celebrate the 40th of #IVF blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/test-tube-baby
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And, of course, the IVF revolution began in the UK blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ivf-revolution
Even more, in my book #TheDanceofLife, with
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Peter Thompson, Chief Executive, : "The UK was the first country in the world to allow mitochondrial donation treatment within a regulatory environment. The HFEA oversee a robust framework which ensures that mitochondrial donation is provided in a safe and ethical manner"
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First UK baby with DNA from three people theguardian.com/science/2023/m
Been awaiting this for a long time, after much scrutiny: telegraph.co.uk/technology/334
Great to say hello to Sir Doug Turnbull when l gave my talk a few days ago - many congrats to him & his colleagues
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To my fellow UK Trekkies. The has a Science fiction exhibition with loads of cool sci-fi pieces including the beauty. Defo worth checking out before it shuts in August!
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Proof that fungi are really cool
Need to keep your picnic cool? Try mushrooms instead of dry ice
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Dungeness crab populations are crashing. Could losing their sense of smell be one of the important reasons why?
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First evidence of beaufort gyre stabilization eurekalert.org/news-releases/ Stabilization of the gyre could be a precursor of a huge freshwater release, which could impact the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Tipping points background: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/earth-at-a-tip
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