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Tool use in ants!

retrain for cyber

That £12 billion of government money for Test and Trace, funnelled through private companies and more or less entirely wasted, is bigger than the whole General Practice budget for England. It's almost twice the total NHS capital spending budget for buildings and equipment.

Hopefully the first of many

New and exciting: We're planning what we believe is the world's first live investigative documentary, RIVERCIDE It will investigate a massive and neglected issue: river pollution. It's low-budget and entirely crowdfunded. Please help: kickstarter.com/projects/frann… Thank you!

I'm guessing the answer is: "Because we gave the contract to a Tory donor, who assured us those binbags are top-quality PPE, and is charging us £19.99 apiece."

.George Monbiot on Why Biden Could Lead to an Even Worse Trump

The effects of testing, when done properly

A snail on a mission, giving a lovely view of its pedal waves

Morning moth and pitfall trapping with Natural Sciences students (& Matt Wilkinson Cicely Marshall Carlos M Luque et al.) at King's College, Cambridge. Can you guess which trap belongs to the meadow vs lawn? 🐛🪰🪱🐜🪲

Huge props Kings College, Cambridge. Balls to all the other colleges' lawns - look at their meadow! Also, I spy Matt Wilkinson!

Getting reacquainted with the wonderful and strange triangle spider on Box Hill

Invertebrate sampling time at King's College, Cambridge with Cicely Marshall. No prizes for guessing which set is from the meadow, which from the lawn.

To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the web (sorry!)

This is an astonishing production, and it's wonderful news that it's coming to London. I can't recommend it highly enough.

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be performing Geoff Page's magnificent adaptation of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner on the 21st October - Coleridge's 250th birthday - at his old college Jesus College. jesus.cam.ac.uk/articles/gift-…

Report on the impact of King's College wildflower meadow (lead author Cicely Marshall ) out today. cam.ac.uk/stories/kings-…

I'll be giving my tuppence-worth on the King's College Meadow project on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science today bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Opening night tonight!