"Diplomatic wheels, it seemed, were in motion, even as the lack of detail left many around the world with suspicious minds, as Elvis once crooned." Great read from @zurch.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NEW article by me! We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before. We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.

2 Jan and already a strong contender for most beautifully apt data viz of the year from @beckydale.bsky.social and Jess Carr www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Turtley good news 🐢🐢🐢 #friyay #turtles www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Exercising muscles pumps out substances that can suppress the growth of breast cancer cells, a new study found. “Our work shows that exercise can directly influence cancer biology,” said a senior author.

"Starballing" is my new favourite word www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Insightful reporting from Natalie Sherman in Massachusetts where manufacturers say President's Trump's tariffs are squeezing their businesses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What's driven 50,000 small boat crossings under Labour? My Sounds explainer 🎧👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Claims circulating online that a picture shows a young Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell are misleading. It is actually of Mr Johnson with his first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, while the pair were at university.

Progeria is a disease of rapid, brutal aging. Scientists may be on the verge of a cure.

Important public service announcement. Reading it might just save a life.

Last week I learned that gerrymandering gets its name from a Massachusetts governor called Elbridge Gerry and the shape of a redrawn Boston district, said to resemble a salamander. H/T @therestpolitics.bsky.social US!

We wanted to know if the money that the EU has put into rearmament is turning into production capacity — and the answer is: yes. Industry is rearming.

Highly recommend this Channel4 doc series about how police hacked into #encrochat , an encrypted messaging service being used for serious organised crime across continents. Every episode is jaw-dropping; and the drama recon and graphics are superb www.channel4.com/programmes/o...

Beyond grim. Excellent reporting in this story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos, writes @georginarannard.bsky.social The intricate tattoos of leopards, a stag, a rooster, and a mythical half-lion and half-eagle creature on the woman's body shed light on an ancient warrior culture. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lovely scrollytelling stories out today, first up @mrdiscopop.bsky.social 's look at pop song length and tone in the age of TikTok with great data viz from Jess Carr www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

We geolocated the view out of the window as Jeremy Bowen's team filmed packages falling from a plane over Gaza yesterday. They were dropped into a "dangerous combat zone", which Palestinians are warned not to enter because it would put their lives at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

This kind of #cancertreatment development is so exciting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here again is the remarkable impact of immunotherapy for intractable cancer via engineered T cells gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/h...

The impact of the trade court tariffs ruling – in numbers My BBC Verify analysis 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today's coding is brought to you by the entire Weyes Blood back catalogue #musicforcoding #weyesblood open.spotify.com/album/3mF47P...

Very nice post by @scientificdiscovery.dev on why cancer mortality has declined. Spoiler: it’s not just that fewer people are smoking.> www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/the-declin...

The British trial, published in the journal Allergy, shows adults with serious allergies can increase the amount of peanut they can tolerate by 100 times. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC Verify investigation by @olgar.bsky.social , me, Olga Malchevska and Matt Murphy into exactly how thousands of homes in Mariupol are being seized and transferred to Russians. Ukrainians can try to get their homes back but there’s a catch… www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Here's two major US stock markets since the election as of this afternoon - Nasdaq 5.6% lower and S&P 500 down 2.4% 👇

How flawed data is leaving the UK in the dark: on.ft.com/3EuxrYA

"The impact this has had on me can be summed up by one word: trauma.... For Alice, Elsie, Bebe, Heidi and the surviving girls, I’m surviving for you." Southport dance teacher Leanne Lucas on the devastation wrought by Axel Rudakubana www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...

Not many icebergs you can see from space! Really interesting read from @georginarannard.bsky.social and @erwanrivault.bsky.social on the mega berg A23a www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A story of survival told in terrifying detail by those who escaped the Red Sea dive boat sinking. Great writing by Joe Inwood #seastory www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Something fun to watch this weekend: seven ways the legendary tech show Tomorrow's World predicted 2025 back in 1995 (the year I did my A levels... officially feeling ancient). So much of the news is hard going at the moment - this was a treat to voice www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

BBC Verify has examined 24 hours of Elon Musk's timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts. Watch the video by @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

"I had to call and tell all of my neighbours that their homes were gone." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A good news story AND a pretty chart 🤩 🌬️🪁 ! Wind provided more electricity than ever last year as the UK moved further away from planet-warming fossil fuels to power the nation, new data shows. Lovely work by @beckydale.bsky.social and Mark Poynting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New Saint Etienne album sounds intriguing. Lovely Sarah Cracknell interview on BBC 6 Music right now with Mark Radcliffe.

A momentous day in Parliament as MPs backed taking a proposal on assisted dying through to the next stage in becoming law. Find out how your MP voted with our lookup www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

He was one of five people rescued more than 24 hours after the boat sank in the Red Sea on Monday. #SeaStory www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Long time coming this - MPs first asked the government to look at oversight of non-police prosecutions four years ago. Also an examination of the paper-based fast track for minor offences which is another big deal with evidnce of injustices - partic for vulnerable: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Is this like getting a blue ✔️ ?

There are now 5 reports like this—#AI performing better than physicians + AI—and we don’t have the explanation for why yet (hybrid was supposed to be best) Gift link nytimes.com/2024/11/17/hea…

We’ve put a lot of work into making Bluesky a healthier social network. This app is designed to give you a choice — in what you want to see, what you don’t want to see, and how you want to interact. Some tips on how to customize your experience:

Donald Trump’s nomination of Congressman Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general arrived like a thunder-clap in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon, writes @zurch.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“He can really hurt you, not meaning to, of course, and there is a real fear about where this is going.” Parents of children with severe learning difficulties describe desperation at lack of respite care. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Very much enjoying the second series of The Coming Storm from Gabriel Gatehouse, produced by Lucy Proctor. Latest episode includes a crazy story of the FBI posing as a documentary crew following a standoff in Nevada www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Really nice visual explainer of how AI chatbots like ChatGPT work from The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/n...