America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.

Hahaha

Preserving our olfactory heritage with the latest science of scent. The remarkable heritage scientist, Dr Cecelia Bembibre, shows us how she uses the latest techniques to preserve the past

Friend, co-presenter and neurobiologist of olfaction, Prof Stuart Firestein leads the afternoon session @ifrauk Fragrance Forum at the Royal Institution reminding us that it hard, scientifically, to pin down odours as molecules

Thank you! Yes, lots to reflect on

First speaker at the annual @ifrauk Fragrance Forum at the Royal Institution @ri_science is Jonas Olofsson, cognitive neuroscientist of olfaction at Stockholm University and author of The Forgotten Sense talking about use of AI to capture olfactory knowledge

Tasting day pt 1. Early start at the Art Worker’s Guild for the Global Drinks Awards panel judging. Lovely venue. Now the hard work begins

Tasting day pt 2 @sciencemuseum.org.uk introducing wines and a stellar cast of Astrophysicists: Sheila Rowan, Sera Markoff, Stephen Smart, Nikku Madhusudhan making the invisible perceptible. Fabulous wines from countries with the key telescopes. Inspired curation by Laura Joy Pieters

A much poorer world if so. No flavours, no familiar scents of people, place and things, ni wine aromas, no danger signals, or mate attractions. I’m sure the tech bros will do just fine

Great job here by Ian Dunt. Dare to believe. Go for it,, for as he says, if not now, when

👀 "Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC he would leave the country if Brexit were not a stunning success. For reasons that no one can quite fathom, he is still here."