Prof Sam Illingworth
Professor of Creative Pedagogies | Poet | Game Designer | Bridging creativity and communities through poetry, games, and GenAI.
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- 🌅 Today’s haiku: amber slits the ridge into molten strokes of lake - damp reeds catch the fade 🎨 Inspired by Sunset at Ambletsuse (1899) by Theo van Rysselberghe #Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
- 💪🗳️ Do strong men still signal authority? A new study finds left-wing authoritarians dislike physically strong men as leaders, while conservatives prefer them. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SciComm #Psychology 🧪
- 🌊🔥Global warming triples marine heatwave days A new study found human-driven global warming has tripled marine heatwave days and boosted peak intensity by 1 °C, threatening ocean life. 🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪
- 🌊 Just how much of the deep seafloor have we seen? A new study estimates that only 0.001% of Earth's deep ocean floor has been visually explored – an area smaller than Rhode Island. 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia... 🧪 #DeepSea #SciComm 🐙
- 🧬 One jab for flu and COVID? A new trial shows the combined mRNA-1083 vaccine is safe and generates stronger immune responses than separate flu + COVID vaccines in adults 50+. 🔗 doi.org/10.1001/jama... #SciComm #Vaccines #PublicHealth 🧪
- 🧪 Antibiotics in our rivers: a global problem A new study has found that 8,500 tonnes of antibiotics from human use end up in rivers every year. In 6 million km of rivers, levels are high enough to harm ecosystems or promote resistance. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas... #SciComm #WaterQuality #AMR
- 🧪 Plastics stop sleep A new study shows chemicals from plastic food packaging (PUR & PVC) disrupt circadian rhythms by acting on the adenosine A1 receptor - the same one caffeine blocks. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SciComm #Plastics #Toxicology 🧬
- 🐝🔥Heat + land use = bad news for bees A new study shows that rising temperatures make land-use stress even worse for bees – but not for predatory insects higher up the food chain. Night-time heat was especially harmful. 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪 #Bees
- 🧠🗯️ Why do people fall for BS? A new meta-analysis finds that belief in motivational quotes, conspiracy theories, and intuition is linked to higher bullshit receptivity – while stronger reasoning skills help guard against it. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/acp.... #SciComm #Psychology 🧪
- ⛳🧠 Proximity to golf courses linked to Parkinson’s disease A new study found living within 1–3 miles of a golf course was associated with higher Parkinson’s disease risk, likely linked to pesticide use and groundwater contamination. 🔗 doi.org/10.1001/jama... #SciComm #NeuroScience 🧪
