Science journalist. Ex-biochemist. Editor at BBC Future (https://xitter.cf/t.co/tXHE6iSVXh). Coffee drinker. Climber. https://xitter.cf/t.co/ZQ5KTTdhoa
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Joined March 2009
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An iceberg plate works as a tuning fork," says Alexander Gavrilov, a professor at the Centre for Marine Science and Technology at Curtin University in Australia. "The song frequencies depend on iceberg's dimensions." @chalkmark
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And somehow we shoehorned an anecdote about James Baldwin and Margaret Mead into this delightful story about critter cams??? bbc.co.uk/future/article/202…
I couldn't be more thrilled to read this headline on a dingy Friday afternoon: bbc.com/future/article/20240…
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The far-reaching impacts of #wildfiresmoke – and how to protect yourself. Last year smoke from massive fires in Canada blew all the way to New York, resulting in #AirQuality alerts being issued. A great article on the subject..... bbc.com/future/article/20240…
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🇦🇶 The experience of living in Antarctica, almost totally cut off from the rest of the world, can change how you speak
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by @chalkmark
via @BBC_Future
Very much enjoying this list of successful partnerships from the natural world, including the slimy mutualism of periphyton: bbc.com/future/article/20240…
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Is asbestos in drinking water safe? A year ago, @journalismfund awarded our cross-border team a grant to investigate whether asbestos fibres from old pipes leaching into drinking water was safe: I wrote the UK investigation for @BBC_Future 1/ bbc.com/future/article/20240…
Anyone who has 24 minutes to spare this week, I can very much recommend these three excellent short films presented by @rifish about deep time. Beautifully shot, and delightfully lyrical. I found them strangely calming: bbc.com/reel/video/p0f7smlm/…
The picture captions in this week's Future Planet story are making me smile a lot this week: bbc.com/future/article/20230…
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"Our analysis allows us for the first time to actually put a number on what Exxon knew - that the burning of their fossil fuel products was going to heat the planet by about 0.2C of warming every decade" - what a scientist behind new findings told me
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We tend to associate dinosaurs with ground-shaking roars, but latest research shows that this is probably mistaken.
📝: Read @chalkmark’s interesting article @bbcfuture
⏳: Estimated Time of #MeaningfulProcrastination: 9 min
💌: #ProcrastinatorTimes
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Microscopic fragments of plastic are absorbed from the soil by plant roots. What does this mean for the food we eat? bbc.com/future/article/20230…
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Could dinosaur calls have been more like birds than fearsome movie monsters? bbc.com/future/article/20221…
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Most space agencies aim for the Moon – the UAE’s aimed for Mars. bbc.com/future/article/20221…
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Artemis I is paving the way for humanity’s return to the Moon. bbc.com/future/article/20220…
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I’m on @BBCBreakfast in the next hour talking about Black Holes - with the ‘other’ Brian Cox. One day I will tell the full story about me trying to check into the hotel last night. Confusion doesn’t begin to describe it.
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Someone only went and put the Jaws theme over @NASA's asteroid collision mission. Now nobody is safe... – at Lewisham, London
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It was a pleasure writing this article for @BBC_Future !
Why a workout is good for your gut bacteria bbc.com/future/article/20220… via @BBC_Future
