{"id":227,"date":"2026-01-19T11:59:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk\/atoms2bits\/?page_id=227"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:59:53","slug":"sunnybains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk\/atoms2bits\/sunnybains\/","title":{"rendered":"SunnyBains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-c7ebd8d6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-rounded is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:75px;border-top-right-radius:75px;border-bottom-left-radius:75px;border-bottom-right-radius:75px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-8cad1f489f930370fb62a04f2253205a\" id=\"sample-heading-1\">Sunny Bains <br>University College London<br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk\/atoms2bits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/01\/sunny_squared2-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:75px;border-top-right-radius:75px;border-bottom-left-radius:75px;border-bottom-right-radius:75px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk\/atoms2bits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/01\/sunny_squared2-1.png 318w, https:\/\/www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk\/atoms2bits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/01\/sunny_squared2-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk\/atoms2bits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2026\/01\/sunny_squared2-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-4-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr\u00a0Sunny\u00a0Bains\u00a0is a scientist and journalist based at University College London where she teaches technical journalism and communication to scientists and engineers. 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