SO I work in news and never bother to share any of the neat stuff I see. From now on I'm going to try and bring you some of the latest science that may or may not hit the headlines as soon as the embargo is lifted. Stay tuned for intermittent updates...

COVID-19 – is the pandemic over in Africa? Halima Athumani (Halima Athumani), Michael Kaloki (Michael Kaloki), Harrison Lewis (Harrison Lewis) & Team (SciDev.Net) #Kenya #UK #Uganda scidev.net/global/podcast…

“Physics isn’t something that girls tend to fancy. They don’t want to do it. They don’t like it… There’s a lot of hard maths in there that they don’t want to do.” 🤦🏻‍♀️ Katharine Birbalsingh, UK Government Social Mobility Commission Chair #WomenInSTEM parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/f1…

Check out this brilliant Harrison Lewis The Naked Scientists piece on #ghostpond ressurection in Hertfordshire & Norfolk from FWAG East & us. Ghostpond message is spreading! thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked…

I’m looking for a couple of people with smell loss and taste loss to take part in a BBC World service programme with me. I’ll be cooking for you! First week of august date (tbc) We’ll be filming and recording in London Email [email protected] if your interested!

I worked with Julia Ravey, she’s amazing! Take a listen!!!

So, guys. ZOOS. What do we think? The front line of animal research and vital conservation work? Indefensible animal prisons? Something in between? This one's been quite a journey... Uncaged: the history (and future) of zoos. Tonight 8pm, Radio 4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Are there any delivery drivers working as independent contractors on here that would like to chat about their work and surveillance whilst driving for the BBC?? Would love an off the record chat!

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We just launched GPTZeroX, a new AI detection model built for educators after a month of iteration. Demo👇

Great to be on BBC’s Science in Action again. I had an extended conversation with Roland Pease on Jiankui He’s self-promotion strategy and on findings from our event on CRISPR and social values. Thank you Harrison Lewis. Listen to the replay here (from 6:30) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

As Gareth_Mitchell and I have had so much fun over the years riffing on tech and society, we thought we’d carry on even though BBC Digital Planet is no more. First attempt here.. we plan to do more. cff.libsyn.com until we sort a domain.

So pleased to report that our Mount Sinai-Yale long COVID (MY-LC) paper with @putrinolab & others is now published!! Proud of the hard work of all who contributed. We found biological signatures that can distinguish people with vs. without #longCOVID (1/) nature.com/articles/s4158…

Science in Action leads today with a truly inspirational interview with Katalin Kariko, one of this week's Nobel Laureates for her work laying the path to the COVID mRNA vaccines - on pure/applied science, and keeping going when those around you don't get it. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

See the new article The Importance of Wetland Science for the Success of the D-Day Landings on the 80th Anniversary of the landings. open access link.springer.com/journal/13157/…… #wetlands Society of Wetland Scientists

Had the pleasure of paying respect to the efforts made 80 years ago, on Radio 4 alongside this brilliant Prof. of Wetlands Science Prof. Christian Dunn. Fascinating and courageous story of soil sampling ahead of the D-Day landings #DDay #Radio4 #wetlandscience bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Written by the incredibly knoweldgeable Prof. Christian Dunn Bangor University - some unbelievable details in this story...

We need to cut emissions. We need renewable energy. We also need to consider the use of nuclear power. We haven't yet seen many of the negative effects of climate change in the UK - but we will. We also need to highlight the many associated positives of taking action.

I spoke to the wonderful Jane Goodall about the state of the planet and her work with ⁦JaneGoodalI-Austria⁩ (You can hear me being star-struck and Jane being enchanting on Inside Science on ⁦BBC Sounds⁩) bbc.com/news/articles/…