Jonathan Blackwell

Journalist making science and health radio programmes for Radio 4 & World Service @BBC Audio Science Unit 📻 🏳️‍🌈 ⚽️ @Pompey fan

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

I recently produced an episode of CrowdScience for @bbcworldservice answering the question 'Why am I gay?' A number of listeners had asked the question from all over the world - we looked at the science and tried to provide them with some possible answers! https://t.co/EFAg4tjPU7

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

If you're missing Halloween then do listen to a CrowdScience I produced on the science of horror! 🎃
The first minute of the programme includes a lot of me screaming!
We got to go to the Recreational Fear Lab in Aarhus and a very scary haunted attraction!
https://t.co/5hbR6xZx1B

[Roland Pease @PeaseRoland]

Thrilled to have won, with @jonpblackwell, the @theAGU David Perlman award, for "excellence in science news reporting prepared with a deadline of one week or less", for an edition of Science in Action we made on preparations for the close approach of Asteroid Apophis in 2029.

[Roland Pease @PeaseRoland]

As ever, our reporting was possible only thanks to the help of many excellent scientists who shared their stories with us: Patrick Michel, Rick Binzel, Sabina Raducan, Anjani Polit, Lorraine Fesq, Daniel Scheeres, Naomi Murdoch & Steve Squyres.
❤️❤️❤️
https://t.co/aKW3qy1DIq

[WildCRU, Oxford @WildCRU_Ox]

Have you heard of strawberry leopards?

These animals have an extremely rare colouration caused by a mutation in their DNA. Find out more from Charlotte Searle in BBC Discovery’s latest Tooth and Claw episode.

Listen here 👉 https://t.co/UCaiAD1r6j

@OxfordBiology

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

Really enjoyed making this episode of Tooth and Claw! We addressed their cannibalistic reputations, importance to humans and why they have been know as the 'mother of snakes'! @AdamHartScience @bbcworldservice

[Julio Rivera, PhD @piskomantis]

I’m thrilled to have been featured on BBC Radio’s Tooth and Claw to talk about the extraordinary praying mantises. From hunting strategies to their overlooked economic value, it is always a pleasure to bring these amazing insects closer to the public 🔗 https://t.co/HoYMK87tym

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

@EdwardAdoo @JazzieB @Soul2SoulUK Ahahaha this is a wonderful throwback! I still hear it every time - those are the lyrics to me! 😅

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

Last year was the first Jogging For Josh - for my partner who passed away in July 2023 - a 5k run organised by his parents.
Somehow I got a medal!
I’m in North Carolina for it again this Sat.
Take part virtually at https://t.co/PSLmzbPuUL
Or support at https://t.co/FefkWpVRTD

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

@buckIeydiaz What about ‘Make the Yuletide Gay’ (2009)? That’s a classic!

[GoodGym Cardiff & The Vale @GGCardiffVale]

New hand model alert...... Four eager volunteers got a great paint job going tonight, whilst staying active. Looking for something to do on your Tuesdays, come give @goodgym a try.

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

@justAfanDavid @BBCWorld Hi David, I’m the producer of the programme. This isn’t a news article, it is the description for today’s episode of the radio programme Science in Action. Each paragraph is describing one of the three topics covered in the programme this week. Hope that helps!

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

How can South Africans protect themselves from the first detected cases of rabies in Cape fur seals?

🎧 Prof Wanda Markotter explains where scientists think the outbreak began and shares safety tips for keeping people (and their pet dogs) safe
https://t.co/bM69rviyWv

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

@_ZoeTwoDots Yes please! 1603 7506 4708 - any of them would be great :)

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

A year ago today my partner Josh passed away. A few days ago I saw Josh’s parents who were in London from North Carolina. I took them to Soho and they got to see their first drag show! It was an evening Josh would have loved and he would have so laughed seeing us all there

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

@Ashmead72 Worried about playing Pompey next season are you? 😉

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

In North Carolina this week for Jogging for Josh - a 5k organised by his parents to remember him and raise money for a scholarship to his university, happening tomorrow.
If anyone fancies running virtually this weekend then do sign up at https://t.co/PSLmzbPuUL

[Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social @Ollopa]

Do not miss this great preview of the Apocalypse that is not to come. @esa hosted @nasa and @JAXA_en for a week of science about Hera and OSIRIS-APEX. Well done @jonpblackwell and @PeaseRoland for keeping it real!
https://t.co/S1MeMvEqg2

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

Learnt so much producing this programme, attending the Apophis conference at @esa ESTEC with @PeaseRoland. Missing the Earth, Apophis will come closer than one-tenth the distance to the moon giving an opportunity to conduct research which may be crucial for planetary defence.

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

An aircraft carrier-sized asteroid called Apophis is due to fly by Earth on Friday 13 April, 2029.

Astronomer Richard Binzel says it will be near enough to “buzz the treetops” but stresses scientists are sure it will miss hitting our planet 🌎

https://t.co/zkv7VUIbQr

[GoodGym Cardiff & The Vale @GGCardiffVale]

What a great evening of volunteering that was. Some getting active, sweating with our work and then celebrating Jonathan's 50th good deed.

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

So enjoyed producing this episode of The Life Scientific on @BBCRadio4 with the most wonderful interviewee, Fiona Rayment.

[United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory @UKNNL]

Want to feel inspired? Next Tuesday, 9 April at 9.00a.m. NNL’s special advisor, former CSTO and President of the Nuclear Institute, Fiona Rayment is Prof Jim Al-Khalili’s guest on Radio 4’s #TheLifeScientific.

👉 https://t.co/DQIadvrtKF

[Jonathan Blackwell @jonpblackwell]

@harrisonjbrock Distraught the power rankings are gone but v understandable - this series is dire 💤 Feel like they've slashed the budget and the You're Fired show is even more painful now...