Super proud of this! Still top 10 on Audible. It follows two families brought together by an unexpected discovery that changes everything they thought they knew about their father & takes us into the stories of the Home Children. Listen now on Audible: adbl.co/orphansmith

Super proud of this! Our Audible @bbcstudios.bsky.social podcast series, Orphan Smith, is in the top ten! We tell the story of the Home Children in Canada through the moving experience of one family. Get your tissues! You can listen here 🎧 www.audible.co.uk/.../Orphan-S...

An Early View: Dr @nancybird1.bsky.social , Prof @turiking.bsky.social, & Prof Hellenthal examine the methodological advances and interpretive limits of genetic ancestry inference. The authors emphasize the need for a stronger focus on conveying uncertainty to mitigate risks of over-interpretation.

Lovely article by @edhollox.bsky.social in the @gensocuk.bsky.social magazine about the University of Leicester's Department of Genetics reaching the grand old age of 60! 🧬😊

So lovely to be part of Orphan Smith: My Father's Secret. We follow two families brought together by an unexpected discovery that changed everything they thought they knew about their father! Narrated by the fab Megan Follows & hosted by me. On Audible adbl.co/orphansmith

Happy #CanadaDay to all who celebrate! 😊🇨🇦🍁

Looking forward to giving at talk at the Ashbourne Festival this evening. I'll be chatting about how DNA can be used to solve mysteries past and present. 😊 Tickets here: 👇 www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bux...

You will not believe what arrived today! Squeak! Nothing less than #SystonKnittingBanxy's @richard-third.bsky.social! He's amazing! So touched! Have taken him to see @uniofbath.bsky.social & @milnerevolution.bsky.social He now has pride of place on my desk! 😍

It was a great pleasure to host Richard Dawkins at the Edinburgh Science Festival last night where we chatted about his latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead. It’s an excellent introduction to his work if you’ve never read any of his books before, and beautifully illustrated by Jana Lenzová.

Somehow feels extra important to vote this time round. 🇨🇦 #CanadaVotes2025

Professors, cleaners, students and administrative staff were among those highlighted on a “Wall of Women” at the University as part of International Women’s Day. The event, led by @turiking.bsky.social, asked people dedicate a plaque to a woman at the University who had inspired or supported them.

Looooook at this! It’s Richard III by Syston Knitting Banxy! Obviously like to think that he would have been so chuffed to see himself in knitted form! 🤩

Yaaaaaay! They’ve changed it!! I know a bunch of you wrote in. Huge thanks to you all! Honestly, sometimes I wonder what century we’re in. 😍

Lovely to be quoted but how come ‘Ms’ King, not Dr or Prof? Being quoted in my professional capacity as the scientist who led the identification of the remains of King Richard III. Notice male Prof gets his title.😉 #everydaysexism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Honoured to help The Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit by explaining about how familial DNA testing works as they carry out a cold case investigation (Op. Otterington) into a 1991 rape. If you have information, contact herts.police.uk/contact youtu.be/nUsqlcKPzmg?...

This #BSW25 we're excited to announce two new trustees have joined BSA Council! Welcome Dr Rachel Williams @sciwithrach.bsky.social & Professor Turi King @turiking.bsky.social, brilliant scientists committed to public communication and engagement: www.britishscienceassociation.org/news/british...

Well this is rather nice. My podcast, which my husband and I basically do in spare time, has been named as one of best 100 genetics podcasts. 😊🧬 www.millionpodcasts.com/Genetics-pod...

An excellent response by @adamrutherford.bsky.social to the latest attempt to de-extinct mammoths. I also wonder who gets to decide which species they target for attempted de-extinction. I see they’re also going for the Dodo… 👇

My very sensible friend @adamrutherford.bsky.social on the absolute NONSENSE of trying to “de-extinct” mammoths. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I had the absolute pleasure of nattering with my lovely mate @bengarrod.bsky.social for the @milnerevolution.bsky.social podcast.Hear about his career and love of all things evolution here: youtu.be/eX4AMXxWEvw?...

The project is being led by @turiking.bsky.social, Director of our Milner Centre for Evolution. #IWD2025 www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

Soooooo much writing to do!

Patricia Cornwall has had an interest in the Ripper case for years & we’ve chatted numerous times. If it’s one thing I know about her, it’s that she wants rigorous scientific study & that’s definitely not been the case with the shawl supposedly associated with the Catherine Eddowes murder. 👇

Congratulations to @turiking.bsky.social, Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, for being appointed a trustee of the @britsciassoc.bsky.social. The Association works to bring people and science together in ways that will have a lasting, positive impact on communities, #research, and society.

Congratulations to our Milner Centre for Evolution Director @turiking.bsky.social on being appointed a trustee of the British Science Association. #Science #WomeninSTEM

Join renowned evolution biologist, Professor @bengarrod.bsky.social as he explores how extinction is one of the most complex, interesting and evolving topics in his upcoming lecture: 'I Do Love A Good Extinction!" https://buff.ly/40IHvEH @turiking.bsky.social

In 2023 EXCEED celebrated its 10th anniversary. To celebrate we hosted a scientific symposium, and launched a podcast series (hosted by @turiking.bsky.social) showcasing the research projects to come out of the study. You can listen to the podcasts here: exceed.org.uk/symposium/

That's not a Roman Beaker. THIS is a Roman Beaker...

Nobody asked us for #SquirrelAppreciationDay plans, but here they are anyway 🌰 Tomorrow, we're handing over the Bluesky keys to Priscilla, the most chronically online red squirrel and self-styled Queen of Formby 🐿️✨ She made us post this photo because she says "it's my best side". 📸Gary Bailey

How this story about the DNA on the so-called Eddowes shawl is still in the headlines baffles me. It’s been debunked numerous times by scientists, including @adamrutherford.bsky.social and @turiking.bsky.social on my podcast, Bad Women ep. 10 www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/bad...

Do you know what the broken sword in this portrait represents? ⚔️ In this posthumous portrait of Richard III, the weapon that Richard holds against his left shoulder is doubtless intended to represent a sword of state - a symbol of royal authority with almost as much significance as the crown.

we're thrilled to share that we've started the year with a new addition to our team! he's extremely smart, capable, charming, persuasive, and boasts a wealth of museum experience

It's Evolutionary Fact Friday! Did you know that treating infectious disease is an evolutionary challenge. Hear Zamin Iqbal speak about his antimicrobial resistance research in our podcast Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/59yY... Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h... YouTube youtu.be/cNWDbNzfXPs

<shameless plug>If you're interested in what women think about AI, I do this podcast for work. All women guests, short, punchy eps of no more than 20 minutes.</shameless plug> open.spotify.com/show/1QTJfOo...

CHEPSTOW, you lovely folk. One week tonight, I am in your town to speak about how one Welsh family beat all the odds to become kings and queens of England. This is the story of the Tudors, before they became THE Tudors, and a central part of story took place in Chepstow! See you next week!

Great afternoon hosting the Images of Research 2024 celebration event spearheaded by our PVC Research and Enterprise, Sarah Hainsworth. Lots of amazing entries & a wonderful way to get researchers thinking about how to showcase their research and its impact in a single image. 📸

Working on something! Out next spring! Watch this space. 😊🎧

Bath getting its sparkle on. 😊✨

Morning run in Bath - route down by the river is a bit damp after storm Bert! 🏃🏻‍♀️

Such sad news. It was reading Colin Renfrew’s books that lead me to read Arch and Anth at Jesus College, Cambridge where he was Master. He was a fantastic lecturer and so kind and generous with his time. The end of an era.

I've made a starter pack for if you want great quality posts about medieval history. Let me know who else to add! go.bsky.app/Eo1HyLT

Ooooo, our podcast Head Number 7 has made @thetimes.com list of best podcasts of the week! Have so enjoyed working on this with @ailsarochester.bsky.social and the Audio Always team! 😊 www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...

I'm going to be speaking to A-level, BTEC and T-level Biology students today at @edu_in_action! Hoping to inspire them with to continue in biology by regaling them with a tale of how DNA🧬 helped identify a King. 😊 👑 educationinaction.org.uk/study-day/bi... @uniofbath.bsky.social

Everyone else is doing it so we've made a starter pack. The only starter pack you need...

A fragment of #Roman terracotta pottery, into the surface of which someone a incised a sketch portrait of a man, some 1900+ years ago - a very round-headed bald man, with a big nose & bushy eyebrows. This is one of my favourite pieces of ancient graffiti! 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology

The #SciComm starter pack is almost full. Make sure to revisit it as l’ve added lots of folk this week. Do share it and flag up if you’d like added. go.bsky.app/VJQzace

Yesterday I created this #starterpack. Unfortunately, it's dominated by Western scholars, whereas much of the important research outside Europe/US is underrepresented... 🌍 So please help me de-Westernize the list and (self)nominate #scicomm scholars from non-Western countries, so I can add them!

Hi everyone. I'm fairly new here so thought I would introduce myself. My background is in archaeology & then genetics so now I use genetics to answer questions in history & archaeology. I led the identification of King Richard III. I also do telly/radio presenting eg. BBC DNA Family Secrets. 😊🧬

New #preprint! We surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries to find out: Where do they come across information about #science? How do they #communicate about it? We also tested country factors like #AcademicFreedom and #PressFreedom and identified interesting patterns 🔎 ➡️ osf.io/preprints/os... 🧵 1/10