I was shortlisted for the @emergence_zine@SarabandBooks@FP_Centre Future Places Writing Prize @PlacesPrize ❄️
Thank you to the prize partners (tagged) for reading & selecting my essay and to Jenny Bavidge & @RobGMacfarlane for the guidance & support during research/writing!
I visited the Millennium Seed Bank to see the largest 'doomsday' vault in the world. Inside? The keys to food security, biodiversity and – possibly – future substances that could be core to our survival. My words about the vault (and why it's been opened)> https://t.co/D8KqAKrLLn
Great news that conservation is working, says new report - but we already knew that @ChrisGPackham & @sophiepavs say, who I spoke to for my latest BBC @sciencefocus piece. "There is plenty of hope, but there's no urgency. ... Let's get on with it"
https://t.co/hkK1Y6jjKL
Spoke to @StankovicStasa abt her fascinating work on delaying #menopause + the impact on #womenshealth. Staša told me about how, from when we start as eggs in our grandmother's wombs (yes, you read that right), everything is finite⏳👉 read here https://t.co/LBFthz2U74
“We all share a common blueprint and set of building blocks. Variation in how those blocks are put together and the properties of those blocks that make us unique as individuals.” - Ed Lein, Sr. Investigator
More: https://t.co/8zBN6Hc78q
✍️ @noaleach for @sciencefocus
If humans are going to live in space, how will we reproduce? What happens to women's bodies? And are 'space babies' even possible? 👽 We spoke to space gynaecologist (yes, you read that right) @vjain102 (from @EdinUni_CRH) to find out. Listen here ⏭️ https://t.co/m7i0MsGe90
Loved speaking to @SophieMorse20 at the @BritishSciFest about the mind-blowing science behind new brain disease treatments - Sophie and her team plan to use it to delay ageing: https://t.co/R5Iu54YXWe
@sciencefocus 👶👧👩👩🦳
🤬Think you know the ultimate swear word?
A mathematician has written code that analysed swearwords and created a new one.
https://t.co/NKDwzQlVTj
by @noaleach
via @bbcsciencefocus
Super cool news this #environmentday - research by @KiersToby @KatieField4 @MerlinSheldrake and Dr Heidi Hawkins, who I had the pleasure of speaking to, shows just how important mycelium is when it comes to carbon storage - but more research needed 🍄🍄🍄 https://t.co/Qj565pYR0E
Really enjoyed speaking to @PatriciaThornl4 about e-fuels 🚗 and learning about how likely they are to fill our cars soon, how they could help to lower the carbon footprint of transport, and what the heck they actually are 👉https://t.co/C5sJkDp1Ug
⚡️breaking!⚡️ new study from Harvard & Columbia shows that taking your daily multivits can stave off memory decline *reaches for effervescent tablets*
Read more in BBC @sciencefocus#memoryloss https://t.co/PhnFM1nIv9
These findings could "contribute to the development of more effective... control strategies, leading to better prevention of mosquito-borne diseases"
@AliciaShowering in @sciencefocus on Zambia study into link between human body odour & #mosquitos.🦟
👉https://t.co/L9bNIkzSRY