Pallab Ghosh

Science Correspondent for BBC News. Also on @pallabg.bsky.social

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Artemis II crew: 'humans as well as heroes “We left as friends - we came back as best friends”. https://t.co/yJG8ovBB3X

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.⁦@NASAArtemis⁩ 2 mission has obvious parallels with the Apollo 8 mission in 1968, which paved the way for the Moon landing a year later. It gave us a photo that changed the world. Can the Artemis programme do the same? https://t.co/zS8YEEwseq

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Artemis II mission was a triumph. Now comes the hard part https://t.co/eGlrXaYlz2

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@jim_c_1985 That’s so kind of you! Thank you, Jim.🚀

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Has Artemis II shown we can land on the Moon again? https://t.co/9SbUrvno1U

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.⁦@LJScarsbrook⁩ : “He shows us his results, and we're like, '(Gosh), this guy might have actually found a dog that far back in time."
lachie’s actual language was more colourful, because he knew how big the breakthrough could prove.
https://t.co/v62w3faL4v

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So what’s the scientific basis between the special bond between humans and dogs? A new ancient DNA study of a jawbone found in a cave in Somerset might have the answer. https://t.co/v62w3faL4v

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The @CommonsSITC questioned Ministers on science cuts yesterday, @BBCPallab has a really good deep dive on the concerns https://t.co/Fx1QewFnx4

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@RogerHighfield @BBCPallab Of course, if they said that’s what they were doing, then we could debate whether that’s necessary or good. To pretend that it’s all the result of bad planning seems like such a Sir Humphrey wheeze. “No cuts were made… they just somehow happened in the absence of any decision”

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.⁦@UKRI_News⁩ says physics cuts needed because of poor financial planning by the previous management. Previous management flatly deny this to me saying that money must have been diverted. https://t.co/SaXaO26RKl

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.@royalsociety president Sir Paul Nurse says the new science funding system that has allegedly led to cuts has been rushed. “Some of the problems that have arisen could have been avoided if things had just been taken more slowly, in a more considered way." https://t.co/SaXaO26RKl

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For ⁦@SciTechgovuk⁩ Lord Vallance says: “"It is not right to portray this as a massive cut. It's not, it’s about managing a budget responsibly". He added that the UK was and would continue to be the second biggest funder experiments @CERN.
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.⁦@ChiOnwurah⁩ tells @BBCNews MPs on the science select committee were “very disappointed to learn that we couldn't actually track how science funding was changing .. whether
curiosity-driven research in particle or nuclear physics being cut or not." https://t.co/SaXaO26RKl

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Minutes of ⁦⁦@STFC_Matters⁩ record the Council's head of strategy describing "a major shift of funding from curiosity-driven research to priority areas and targeted programmes". @UKRI say this was a “misstatement” https://t.co/SaXaO26RKl

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UK particle physics and astronomy are facing “catastrophic” cuts while science spending received a record increase. Documents seen by ⁦@BBCNews⁩ suggest money has been diverted away to government research areas. https://t.co/SaXaO26RKl

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What does science have to say about soulmates? Is there someone out there just right for you, or is it a Hollywood Rom Con? https://t.co/KiJ9OQpS9Q

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The moment humans first learned to make fire has been pushed back by hundreds of thousands of years. Read the astonishing detective story that found the earliest known evidence of human created fire was in the east of England. https://t.co/3LgHKk78GH

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Britain’s research visa restrictions “shooting ourselves in the foot” says new ⁦@royalsociety⁩ President Sir Paul Nurse in interview with ⁦@BBCNews⁩ https://t.co/c4b0A3VbtL

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.⁦@SciTechgovuk⁩ sets out an ambitious plan to eliminate all animal experiments except under exceptional circumstances. Is this a credible plan or one to be seen to meet a hard to deliver manifesto commitment? https://t.co/8Q2RtbVWWo