The utterly wonderful @amsterdammed.bsky.social presented her last Inside Science last week. Can’t believe this brilliant woman won’t be my partner in science broadcasting crime - at least for a while. Do listen to the warmest, smartest & goodest of eggs at work: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

What we all need right now. I LOVE the comedy wildlife photography awards www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our show on the scientific secrets of games - and why we love to play them - is on @BBCRadio4 1630 today. With the brilliant @gillyforrester.bsky.social @steckl.es and #TheTraitorsUK ‘s Jazatha Christie himself - Jaz Singh. So much fun to make. Hope you enjoy! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This is spectacular - and fascinating www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Mental arithmetic really stresses me out and science has proved it www.bbc.com/news/article...

Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life, reports @bbcvic.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life www.bbc.com/news/article...

#Vaccine breakthrough for deadly #elephant #virus ... | #ElephantEndotheliotropicHerpesvirus | #EEHV | #haemorrhagicdisease | #immunesystem | By @bbcvic.bsky.social via bbc .com

Need some positive news today? Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus www.bbc.com/news/article...

A serene force of nature who changed our understanding of the animal world. RIP #JaneGoodall www.bbc.com/news/article...

We’re talking the ACTUAL scientific evidence about autism, diving into black holes and relativity and searching for a miracle eagle on the Isle of Mull on Inside Science today. 1630 Radio 4. (And that’s me away for a bit, so thanks for listening!) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Scientists have found the mileage clock inside our brains: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So touching to speak to scientists working with organisers of the moving Tribute in Light #September11 memorial. Volunteers & researchers will search the light for migrating birds. We spoke to Andrew Farnsworth from @cornelluniversity.bsky.social on Inside Science www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Why scientists collected #Antarctic seabed mud and shipped it thousands of miles north How long tubes of mud could reveal how Antarctica is changing www.bbc.com/news/article...

Awesome day @greenmanfest.bsky.social science journalist and presenter @bbcvic.bsky.social, #Traitors #faithful Jaz Singh, and mathematician @steckl.es for a live recording of #BBC Radio 4 Inside Science - all about games and the role they play in human and animal life 🎲🎰🎮

A scientific race is on to save the world’s most beautiful snails from #extinction Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty www.bbc.com/news/article...

Very happy to share our @hayfestival.bsky.social special episode of Inside Science. Excellent panellists, a brilliant producer and a very rainy day that brought lots of lovely, curious-minded people to our BBC tent. Enjoy! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

In just a mo on Radio 4: The science of keeping cool indoors, daffodils’ surprising DNA secrets, robo-taxis on the loose and telling the difference between an ancient comet and an alien spacecraft. (And other space news) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Our little team won an @absw.bsky.social award for our doc on Churchill, Manitoba. Chuffed & proud - of our film & fab colleagues Thank you @PolarBears & to the amazing people in Churchill who were so warm, generous & kind. (You can watch *Where the Polar Bears Wait* on BBCiPlayer now)

Delving into quantum circuitry, reinventing musical instruments and exploring seismic signalling in Inside Science on BBCRadio4 in a mo. All under the watchful gaze of Albert at a (rather warm) @royalsociety.org summer science exhibition

I feel the world needs this story right now Killer whales 'massage' each other using kelp www.bbc.com/news/article...

Our effort to make scientific sense of some of the madness What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites? www.bbc.com/news/article...

WATCH, READ, LISTEN: A BBC News article shared drone images revealing the impacts of nickel mining, used for electric vehicle batteries, in one of the most marine-biodiverse zones in Indonesia. 📝 @bbcvic.bsky.social

www.bbc.com/news/article... @bbcvic.bsky.social

On air now 📻 a special #oceans edition of Inside Science on BBC Radio 4. Me and super-producer Dan Welsh are at the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice as scientists wrap up and the @UN takes over in a effort to save our marine environment

I did kinda want to take our @hayfestival.bsky.social blackboard with me ❤️

Wild chimps filmed using forest “first aid” - using plants to treat their own wounds and each others’ Some extraordinary footage in this story www.bbc.com/news/article...

In an extraordinarily sweet but sort of ridiculous move, my vet just sent me a sympathy card because one of my chickens was put down

An informative, educational AND entertaining ep of Inside Science up on BBC Sounds Deep ocean exploration, the science of war and a gorgeous birthday audio time capsule of Sir David Attenborough. The excellent @pennysarchet.bsky.social brings us the science news www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Pretty sky. Cotton grass. Best boy 💚

It was a genuine delight to talk to Hannah on the #bbc What in the World pod about the remarkable, endangered, perpetually smiling #axolotl www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

I’m back on BBC Inside Science today with @bbcvic.bsky.social, chatting about this week’s science news. Fun, but I had to wrap my head around atomic clocks alarmingly quickly. - a new periodic table - the genetics of burns - a sea lion that’s more musical than you www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Inside Science Day again!

Endangered axolotl release raises hopes for rare amphibian

I feel moved to share the fabulousness of this VERY good boy enjoying a sunny view this morning

“We think this gladiator was incapacitated, then the lion dragged him away by his hip” More on the brutal story hidden in these Roman bones on Inside Science later www.bbc.com/news/article... @yorkuniversity.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie

The lightest dusting of northern lights pink in the sky last night

“Owners of slim dogs are not morally superior - and the same is true of slim people” Genetic drive to overeat found in labradors and humans www.bbc.com/news/article...

U.S. judge blocks NIH’s plan to slash overhead cost payments | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

If there’s anything I love more than a fancy dinner, it’s a fancy dinner with a giant periodic table looming over proceedings! (Thank you, Blavatnik Awards)

We’ve been looking at the Royal Society row over a certain divisive billionaire. We hear that a letter will be sent. Which is just about the most British response to the situation I can imagine www.bbc.com/news/article... Cc @esmestallard.bsky.social

My last Inside Science day for a while folks! And we’re taking a deep dive into #AI, including high-speed discoveries & the bizarre, burgeoning realm of generative AI fakery. (Which gives me an excuse to post a rather beautifully censored version of this haunting ‘scientific’ image) Radio 4 1630

We’re talking scandal, asteroids & bio-threats today. The brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social @proftimob.bsky.social @ellahubber.bsky.social & @libbyjackson.com cut through the headline-induced anxiety & bring us the fascinating facts. Inside Science on Radio 4 at 1630 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Inside Science pod this week: Trying to make sense of US science chaos with the help of the excellent @davidmalakoff.bsky.social & @carolinesteel.bsky.social is back to talk phone bans and massive, invasive snakes www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

6 years exactly since this story on life inside the #chernobyl zone. Today the news is of a drone strike here. The idea of war was unfathomable to me back then Chernobyl: The end of a three-decade experiment www.bbc.com/news/science...