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A gateway to the world of scientists & all things geek-chic in real life, fiction, art & popular culture. We are LabLiterati, the staff of https://t.co/X8KRvAzVLU! #lablit

London, UK, & Norwich, UK
Joined May 2009
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@lablit
LabLit
2 years
'x'-ing [formerly tweeting!] for @lablit is either @HStiles1 [dom] or @JennyRohn who created the idea of #lablit as a genre
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@lablit
LabLit
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Fresh #LabLit! Chapter Seventeen: The Virus by Richard P Grant:
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@lablit
LabLit
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Fresh #LabLit! Underwear science by Alaina Hammond:
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@blackwelloxford
Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop
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@newscientist
New Scientist
5 months
Two independent research teams have developed methods for hacking noisy quantum computers based on a row-hammer attack, a type of interference used to infiltrate traditional computers
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Two independent research teams have developed methods for hacking noisy quantum computers based on a row-hammer attack, a type of interference used to infiltrate traditional computers
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@tcboyle
T.C. Boyle
5 months
One of my favorite books of all time. I've read it many times now.
@BirgitWeil92563
Birgit Weiler
5 months
@tcboyle Also recommended
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@SmithsonianMag
Smithsonian Magazine
5 months
After a four-hour battle, an angler in Texas reeled in a humongous fish that will likely set a new world record.
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Art Weston and Kirk Kirkland reeled in and released the enormous freshwater fish, known as an alligator gar, after a four-hour battle on Lake Livingston
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@EdwinRose3
Edwin Rose
5 months
The Cambridge launch for my new book, Reading the World, is at the Whipple Museum, 5-7pm on Wednesday 21st May. Please do sign up if you would like to come along! https://t.co/SY3CK6ASsS
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@thebookseller
The Bookseller
5 months
.@paradigmpubserv is expanding its offering to include database development, hosting and distribution, with the first project to be the Collected Works of Albert Einstein in partnership with @PrincetonUPress 👇
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Paradigm Publishing Services (PPS) is expanding its offering to include database development, hosting and distribution, with the first project under the new initiative to be the Collected Works of...
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@for_fi
Fiona Forsyth
5 months
A terribly important Substack: https://t.co/RtpZ950PrM
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@cambskeptics
Cambridge Skeptics
5 months
Zoologist @arikkershenbaum joined @Nature podcast host Benjamin Thompson in 2024 to talk about his book Why Animals Talk.
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Nature - Arik Kershenbaum talks to Nature about his book Why Animals Talk
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@lablit
LabLit
5 months
On Monday we discussed as #lablit Mr Einstein's Secretary by @Matthew_Reilly - I [dom] very much enjoyed it - a female protagonist who is a frustrated physicist & witness to major events in the first half of the 20th Century
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@lablit
LabLit
5 months
Hullo to those still here - we are mainly on Bluesky now - presently less... than this place, though who knows for how long?!
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@Booktrust
BookTrust
5 months
At our #ReadingRights summit with @frankcottrell_b, @MetroMayorSteve explored the value of libraries and other professionals & organisations coming together to make a difference to families. Find out more about Reading Rights: https://t.co/FqXKOWTuR1 @CILIPinfo @libsconnected
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@libsconnected
Libraries Connected
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Children who have been read to from an early age have a significant head start on those who have not. Public #Libraries are ideally placed, through storytimes and rhymetimes, for a major role in @frankcottrell_b and @Booktrust's #ReadingRights campaign.
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"For too long, the life-changing benefits of children’s reading have not been taken seriously. And now – as our children face an unknown future – we risk…
@Booktrust
BookTrust
5 months
At our #ReadingRights summit with @frankcottrell_b, @MetroMayorSteve explored the value of libraries and other professionals & organisations coming together to make a difference to families. Find out more about Reading Rights: https://t.co/FqXKOWTuR1 @CILIPinfo @libsconnected
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@savebutterflies
Butterfly Conservation 🦋
5 months
Missed this year's UK Butterfly Recorders’ Meeting? All the brilliant talks from the day, including the latest results from @UKBMSLive, are now available to watch back on YouTube! 🙌 Catch up 👉 https://t.co/vMaKzDS07e 📷: Chris Stamp #UKBRM #UKBMS50 #ButterflyEmergency
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@lablit
LabLit
5 months
This week reading Mr Einstein's Secretary by Matthew Reilly to discuss on Zoom on Monday... 🤓
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LabLit
5 months
If you want more regular posts we are mainly on Bluesky now... sorry!
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@lablit
LabLit
5 months
These two biologists found purpose—and love—trying to save Nigeria's bats | Science | AAAS
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Benneth Obitte and Iroro Tanshi’s efforts have documented a major hot spot of African bat diversity
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@lablit
LabLit
6 months
Fresh #LabLit! Twenty years of https://t.co/TXnDkVorUz by Jenny Rohn:
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