Dr Robert Dickinson

PAPER: arxiv.org/abs/2509.00462

@ImperialSandC new MRes is enrolling now. Translational Research in Surgery Perioperative and Critical Care. One year full time with the chance to do an amazing research project. Come to the virtual open day! imperial.ac.uk/events/208204/…

This is wrong. We need to call out misinformation, no matter who the source is.

We’ve been rolling out air filters across London schools, all delivered by electric vehicles (@mangologistics), fully installed with pre-set timers. Now we’re looking to bring this to Bristol. As @TheGreenParty shares our goal of cleaner, healthier classrooms, we’d love to talk.

If there’s one thing we *know* the median MAGA voter was animated by when they voted for Trump in November 2024, it was the creation of more spaces for rich people to do ballroom dancing

New series from @EmpirePodUK THE HISTORY OF GAZA

Presented by @SaleyhaAhsan 👇

If you could tell everyone in the world three things about Covid, what would they be? Mine would be: Stop telling yourself covid is over Stop telling yourself covid is harmless Stop telling yourself covid is unstoppable

1/ Something that's not being reported much re: ICE crackdown at Hyundai-LG Georgia battery factory: Korean companies investing billions cannot get proper visas, are then criminalised for bringing skilled workers to fill gaps American labour cannot. Sentiment is one of betrayal.

Nigel Farage's greatest magic trick is breaking Britain and then convincing the public that he's the solution to a 'Broken Britain'.

“We need to stop trusting the experts.”That’s not critical thinking. That’s how society collapses. When RFK Jr says this, he isn’t encouraging thoughtful skepticism. He’s replacing evidence with ideology - and science with suspicion. Here’s the reality: ✅ We trust engineers to build bridges. ✅ We trust pilots to fly planes. ✅ We trust doctors to treat illness. Not because they’re infallible - but because they’re trained, tested, and accountable. That’s how expertise works. Science doesn’t demand blind faith. It invites scrutiny, replication, and debate. It evolves. It self-corrects. But what happens when we stop trusting experts? ❌ Public health collapses. ❌ Conspiracies thrive. ❌ People suffer. Trust in science is not a weakness. It’s one of our greatest strengths. Let’s stop pretending that every influencer with a microphone knows better than someone with decades of evidence-based work. 🎯 Support scientists. 🎯 Teach critical thinking. 🎯 Don’t confuse contrarianism with courage. We don’t need fewer experts. We need better understanding of how science actually works.

For months, folks on this website have pushed a set of "gotcha" tropes to debunk the existence of famine in Gaza. In fact they are mostly debunking their own credibility on famine dynamics. As we await tomorrow's IPC report, here is a pre-buttal 🧵of some of those tropes.

I would pay good money for a reporter to ask Donald Trump to explain what an mRNA vaccine is and what his administration’s exact objection to it is.

Good news - @Channel4 will air this important film by @Basement_Films about medics under fire in #Gaza. The one the BBC refused to show. Watch at Weds 10pm.

Nearly half of all farmworkers in California, where large portions of this country's food are grown, are undocumented. If you raid farm fields, you won't have food on your table.

Quite the lead story on the BBC. An in depth article by Bowen that deserves your attention. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Climbers Summited Mount Everest in Record Time. Did Inhaling Xenon Help? S&C's @DrRobDickinson research into xenon gas neuroprotective effects after a brain injury, such as a stroke or a traumatic blow to the head, is referenced in this @sciam article ⬇️ scientificamerican.com/article/did-in…

UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform USA: Hold my beer...

Just in case you wondered whether President Trump was right about the ‘genocide’ of white farmers in South Africa…. BBC Verify shows he wasn’t. bbc.com/news/articles/…