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Check out the pics from last week's IAA Royal Summer Banquet - are you in there? facebook.com/media/set/?set=… #iaauk #iaasummerball
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The two fantastic women behind gorgeous jewellery brand Coco & Kinney #jewellery #womendesigners #creativeindustries
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Anybody know if this is a real “integral” (not sure of the name in English @Cambridge_Uni @Just_Maths @mathstimejoy #maths @MIT
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From capturing one of the world's most endangered cat species on camera, to a glimpse of life under the Antarctic ice - don't miss your last chance to see @NHM_WPY #WPY53 at the Museum. Closes 1 July nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/…
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Absolutely love this!! @BethCKerridge 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 xitter.cf/shit_reviews/status/99…
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#QuestionOfTheWeek: Pearls have been much-admired for many hundreds of years, prized for their exquisite beauty and incomparable sheen. But how are they made? nhm.ac.uk/discover/quick-que…
Introduced into India c.1300s, astrolabes were used to track the movements of stars across the sky, tell time and navigate. See an astrolabe on display in our free exhibition #IlluminatingIndia. Closes today! bit.ly/2EujxVt
Discover the Fontainebleau school of artists and their exceptional prints and drawings in our free display: ow.ly/NuOE30jAF3E
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Legend has it Romulus founded Rome #onthisday in 753 BC. This coin shows him with his twin brother Remus – according to the story the infants were suckled by a wolf
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Antarctic expedition hopes for Ernest Shackleton bonus bbc.in/2qlvfJ9
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In 2015 the @LIGO experiment detected a gravitational wave on Earth for the first time, almost 100 years after Einstein predicted their existence. This prototype now in Making The Modern World is part of the technology that made this moment possible bit.ly/2uRdcjj
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This monumental 3.5-metre-tall print is one of the largest ever made! It was produced by German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer, who died #onthisday in 1528 ow.ly/j8Jf30jcNlx
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Rodin is known to have loved ancient Greek sculpture – sometimes he even drew directly from these ancient works. Rodin’s ‘The Age of Bronze’ mirrors the pose of this figure from the Parthenon frieze. ow.ly/aeV630iQJLq #RodinExhibition
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In ancient Mesopotamia, each person was put under the protection of a certain god when they were born. In this video, Curator Irving Finkel describes what might happen if your god abandoned you, which demons to watch out for, and how to protect yourself: youtube.com/watch?v=FOT75GB6…
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#WorkoftheWeek is Paula Rego's The Company of Women, currently on display in #AllTooHuman at Tate Britain. goo.gl/9azY2u The action in Rego's paintings typically takes place in domestic settings. She says she ‘can only understand ideas in terms of human relationships’.
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For #WorldWildlifeDay we’re taking a moment to remind ourselves of the beauty and majesty of the natural world, and our crucial role in protecting it. Thanks to #WPYalumni Charl Senekal for sharing this beautiful footage with us.
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Across the world, corals are dying because of rising ocean temperatures. Scientists working for @SECORE_coral have now found a way to speed up the recovery of degraded reefs. Find out more in this week's #FromTheLab
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New research has revealed the world’s earliest figural tattoos on two 5,000-year-old natural mummies in the British Museum, including the oldest known example of female tattooing. Read more➡️ blog.britishmuseum.org/world…
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★★★★★ ‘Again and again, sheer sensitivity and honesty floor you’ - The Guardian #AllTooHuman: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life opens today at Tate Britain. Book here: goo.gl/9azY2u Members go free.
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This month we’re celebrating #WomenInSTEM and #WomensHistoryMonth by featuring female scientists from all over the Museum. Find out why these women chose their careers in science and hear their tips for following in their footsteps.
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