Had a fantastic conversation with @unibe.ch's Gino Caspari about the huge burial mounds in the Valley of Siberian Kings, the cannabis seeds found inside, with sacrificed horses and maybe even sacrificed humans. Gory funerals made easier, he suggests, by quantities of cannabis. #BBCInsideScience
An analysis of hair in a 2800-year-old tomb in Siberia has yielded the earliest direct evidence of psychoactive cannabis use.
The findings in Science shed light on the plant’s role in ancient societies. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4z75lcy
The findings in Science shed light on the plant’s role in ancient societies. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4z75lcy
November 7, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Had a fantastic conversation with @unibe.ch's Gino Caspari about the huge burial mounds in the Valley of Siberian Kings, the cannabis seeds found inside, with sacrificed horses and maybe even sacrificed humans. Gory funerals made easier, he suggests, by quantities of cannabis. #BBCInsideScience
Moth spores can survive in the vacuum of space?!? WTF. 😳
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November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Moth spores can survive in the vacuum of space?!? WTF. 😳
#bbcInsideScience
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The biology scientist sounded desperate to convince the programme that Google's 'co-scientist' LLM is doing novel 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔. That's not possible with an LLM, it's an algorithm, not a thinking brain.
The LLM is simply much faster at considering all iterations than the human.
#bbcInsideScience #AI
The LLM is simply much faster at considering all iterations than the human.
#bbcInsideScience #AI
March 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The biology scientist sounded desperate to convince the programme that Google's 'co-scientist' LLM is doing novel 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔. That's not possible with an LLM, it's an algorithm, not a thinking brain.
The LLM is simply much faster at considering all iterations than the human.
#bbcInsideScience #AI
The LLM is simply much faster at considering all iterations than the human.
#bbcInsideScience #AI
Once again a BBC Radio 4 programme (this time presenter Victoria Gill) imply #DeepSeek LLMs are censored. They are not.
The hosted service in China adds a layer of censoring to comply with China's laws. Run the model locally and you can ask it whatever you want.
#bbcInsideScience
The hosted service in China adds a layer of censoring to comply with China's laws. Run the model locally and you can ask it whatever you want.
#bbcInsideScience
January 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Once again a BBC Radio 4 programme (this time presenter Victoria Gill) imply #DeepSeek LLMs are censored. They are not.
The hosted service in China adds a layer of censoring to comply with China's laws. Run the model locally and you can ask it whatever you want.
#bbcInsideScience
The hosted service in China adds a layer of censoring to comply with China's laws. Run the model locally and you can ask it whatever you want.
#bbcInsideScience
Nice to hear @UKLadybirds putting sense into the #invasivespecies debate. A lot of piffle is being spouted at the moment #bbcinsidescience
December 1, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Nice to hear @UKLadybirds putting sense into the #invasivespecies debate. A lot of piffle is being spouted at the moment #bbcinsidescience
#bbcinsidescience Paul Nurse's assumption that childcare is a women-only issue is part of the problem, not the solution @AdamRutherford
March 6, 2015 at 11:51 AM
#bbcinsidescience Paul Nurse's assumption that childcare is a women-only issue is part of the problem, not the solution @AdamRutherford
Very interesting point on #bbcinsidescience from @jesswade @DrEOChapman: so many people do diversity-in-STEM *stuff* but don’t assess the actual impact. As scientists, we need to do better.
August 2, 2018 at 5:55 PM
Very interesting point on #bbcinsidescience from @jesswade @DrEOChapman: so many people do diversity-in-STEM *stuff* but don’t assess the actual impact. As scientists, we need to do better.
So delighted to hear Joanna on #BBCInsideScience this evening.
Random comment I know -- She won't remember me but I think we were at school together, and her lovely Mum taught me French. 🤓
Random comment I know -- She won't remember me but I think we were at school together, and her lovely Mum taught me French. 🤓
November 11, 2024 at 8:42 PM
So delighted to hear Joanna on #BBCInsideScience this evening.
Random comment I know -- She won't remember me but I think we were at school together, and her lovely Mum taught me French. 🤓
Random comment I know -- She won't remember me but I think we were at school together, and her lovely Mum taught me French. 🤓
Geoffrey Hinton's mother-baby model for a AI-human future seems pathetically weak.
#BBCInsideScience
#BBCPM
#BBCInsideScience
#BBCPM
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Geoffrey Hinton's mother-baby model for a AI-human future seems pathetically weak.
#BBCInsideScience
#BBCPM
#BBCInsideScience
#BBCPM
February 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
There's much to say about natural history #museums & the (often biased) ways they represent nature, or their surprising (sometimes violent) social history, but in this #BBCInsideScience I share some of the stories from #NaturesMemory about how they help save the world
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BBC Inside Science - How can science help us fight wildfires? - BBC Sounds
In the past few days, UK firefighters have been tackling wildfires across the UK.
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April 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
There's much to say about natural history #museums & the (often biased) ways they represent nature, or their surprising (sometimes violent) social history, but in this #BBCInsideScience I share some of the stories from #NaturesMemory about how they help save the world
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The unintended consequence of the invention of the plastic #nappy is a nightmare for primary school teachers and for the environment. #BBCInsideScience
July 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The unintended consequence of the invention of the plastic #nappy is a nightmare for primary school teachers and for the environment. #BBCInsideScience
This week on #bbcinsidescience: solar panels in space, @simonparkin.bsky.social and @valmcdermid.bsky.social talk about Simon’s book, The Forbidden Gardens of Leningrad, shortlisted for the @royalsociety.org Trivedi Book Prize. @adamhartscience.bsky.social talks hunting for conservation.
August 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This week on #bbcinsidescience: solar panels in space, @simonparkin.bsky.social and @valmcdermid.bsky.social talk about Simon’s book, The Forbidden Gardens of Leningrad, shortlisted for the @royalsociety.org Trivedi Book Prize. @adamhartscience.bsky.social talks hunting for conservation.
Great! RT @AdamRutherford: Helen MacDonald will be on #bbcinsidescience tomorrow with some goshawk researchers.
December 2, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Great! RT @AdamRutherford: Helen MacDonald will be on #bbcinsidescience tomorrow with some goshawk researchers.
Catch a special #bbcinsidescience at @hayfestival on Sunday with @AdamRutherford @MarcusduSautoy Steve Jones & me https://www.hayfestival.com/p-10776-inside-science.aspx
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December 1, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Catch a special #bbcinsidescience at @hayfestival on Sunday with @AdamRutherford @MarcusduSautoy Steve Jones & me https://www.hayfestival.com/p-10776-inside-science.aspx
Excellent @DaveGoulson & @mjpmccarthy on #bbcInsideScience just now. #nomoremothsnowstorm
December 3, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Excellent @DaveGoulson & @mjpmccarthy on #bbcInsideScience just now. #nomoremothsnowstorm
Excellent @DaveGoulson & @mjpmccarthy on #bbcInsideScience just now. #nomoremothsnowstorm
December 3, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Excellent @DaveGoulson & @mjpmccarthy on #bbcInsideScience just now. #nomoremothsnowstorm
Listening to @SellaTheChemist locking minds with @AdamRutherford on #bbcinsidescience. #chemistry
November 21, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Listening to @SellaTheChemist locking minds with @AdamRutherford on #bbcinsidescience. #chemistry
"The right way to think about the brain is like a neural parliament with parties competing to steer the ship of state..." #bbcinsidescience
November 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
"The right way to think about the brain is like a neural parliament with parties competing to steer the ship of state..." #bbcinsidescience
For #DIWorldTour bias discussion:
MT @AngelaDSaini on #BBCInsideScience discussing her new book #Inferior: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v
MT @AngelaDSaini on #BBCInsideScience discussing her new book #Inferior: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Science in Fire Prevention
Applying scientific techniques to reduce fire risk in tal...
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November 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
For #DIWorldTour bias discussion:
MT @AngelaDSaini on #BBCInsideScience discussing her new book #Inferior: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v
MT @AngelaDSaini on #BBCInsideScience discussing her new book #Inferior: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v
For #newsgeist gender/inclusion session:
MT @AngelaDSaini on #BBCInsideScience discussing her new book #Inferior: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v
MT @AngelaDSaini on #BBCInsideScience discussing her new book #Inferior: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Science in Fire Prevention
Applying scientific techniques to reduce fire risk in tal...
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
For #newsgeist gender/inclusion session:
MT @AngelaDSaini on #BBCInsideScience discussing her new book #Inferior: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v
MT @AngelaDSaini on #BBCInsideScience discussing her new book #Inferior: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tbf4v
@sophiescott @AdamRutherford just listening to #BBCInsideScience and noted the comment about original IQ tests being adjusted b/c teenage girls were perceived to overperform. Would love to read more on this. Do you have a source? 🙂
November 21, 2024 at 3:59 PM
@sophiescott @AdamRutherford just listening to #BBCInsideScience and noted the comment about original IQ tests being adjusted b/c teenage girls were perceived to overperform. Would love to read more on this. Do you have a source? 🙂
We always celebrate the #ozone layer restoration as the biggest environmental sccess story.
But is it safe?
No - new threats: space junk, space launches.
And this will be not as easy to fix...
"Will the Hole in the Ozone Layer Close?" @bbc #bbcInsideScience
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But is it safe?
No - new threats: space junk, space launches.
And this will be not as easy to fix...
"Will the Hole in the Ozone Layer Close?" @bbc #bbcInsideScience
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BBC Inside Science - Will the Hole in the Ozone Layer Close?
Listen to BBC Inside Science - Will the Hole in the Ozone Layer Close? by BBC Radio 4 on Podcast Addict. 40 years ago scientists in Antarctica discovered a hole in the Ozone layer. The world acted qui...
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June 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We always celebrate the #ozone layer restoration as the biggest environmental sccess story.
But is it safe?
No - new threats: space junk, space launches.
And this will be not as easy to fix...
"Will the Hole in the Ozone Layer Close?" @bbc #bbcInsideScience
podcastaddict.com/bbc-inside-s...
But is it safe?
No - new threats: space junk, space launches.
And this will be not as easy to fix...
"Will the Hole in the Ozone Layer Close?" @bbc #bbcInsideScience
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Jane Goodall on #BBCInsideScience 🥰
Followed by a depressing segment on 'poetry' made by ChatGPT. "Can you guess which of these two poems has been made by a human?"
Turns out most people couldn't. 🙄😭😑
Followed by a depressing segment on 'poetry' made by ChatGPT. "Can you guess which of these two poems has been made by a human?"
Turns out most people couldn't. 🙄😭😑
November 14, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Jane Goodall on #BBCInsideScience 🥰
Followed by a depressing segment on 'poetry' made by ChatGPT. "Can you guess which of these two poems has been made by a human?"
Turns out most people couldn't. 🙄😭😑
Followed by a depressing segment on 'poetry' made by ChatGPT. "Can you guess which of these two poems has been made by a human?"
Turns out most people couldn't. 🙄😭😑
"How the #BBC Almost Drove me Mad". Heard #BBCInsideScience earlier: Prof Johnjoe Mcfadden: #QuantumBiology, #QuantumSensor, #OxfordGroup
Then downloaded #podcast: NOTHING in the show!!! Listened to "Radio 4 live" and heard it again.
WHY DO YOU DO THAT @tomwhipple.bsky.social ...WHY????
Then downloaded #podcast: NOTHING in the show!!! Listened to "Radio 4 live" and heard it again.
WHY DO YOU DO THAT @tomwhipple.bsky.social ...WHY????
February 3, 2026 at 1:58 AM
"How the #BBC Almost Drove me Mad". Heard #BBCInsideScience earlier: Prof Johnjoe Mcfadden: #QuantumBiology, #QuantumSensor, #OxfordGroup
Then downloaded #podcast: NOTHING in the show!!! Listened to "Radio 4 live" and heard it again.
WHY DO YOU DO THAT @tomwhipple.bsky.social ...WHY????
Then downloaded #podcast: NOTHING in the show!!! Listened to "Radio 4 live" and heard it again.
WHY DO YOU DO THAT @tomwhipple.bsky.social ...WHY????