Listen out to BBC R4 #InsideScience tonight to hear my brief thoughts on this very cool tooth! 🧪
🏺 🧪 🦣 I've commented on this research elsewhere, but while #Neanderthals using a stone tool to dig around in a rotten tooth is far from surprising (we know they used tooth picks), I don't think it's possible to describe it as being "drilled".
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Earliest evidence for invasive mitigation of dental caries by Neanderthals
Neanderthal medical knowledge has long attracted scholarly interest. Evidence suggests they cared for sick, injured, and elderly group members, with possible use of medicinal plants. However, it remai...
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May 14, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Listen out to BBC R4 #InsideScience tonight to hear my brief thoughts on this very cool tooth! 🧪
Lots about the material of our age on #insidescience this week
July 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Lots about the material of our age on #insidescience this week
Our very own Dr Liz Thomas is on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science this week! 🎙️
Tune in to hear her talk all things ice cores 🧊
Listen now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct8txv
#InsideScience #IceCores #PolarScience
Tune in to hear her talk all things ice cores 🧊
Listen now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct8txv
#InsideScience #IceCores #PolarScience
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Our very own Dr Liz Thomas is on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science this week! 🎙️
Tune in to hear her talk all things ice cores 🧊
Listen now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct8txv
#InsideScience #IceCores #PolarScience
Tune in to hear her talk all things ice cores 🧊
Listen now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct8txv
#InsideScience #IceCores #PolarScience
On #insidescience this week - @chrislintott.bsky.social on the delights and demands of Vera Rubin images, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social on the new dino at @nhm.org and Simon Middleburgh on the air strikes at enrichment sites. Plus @carolinesteelscience talks through the week’s best science.
June 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On #insidescience this week - @chrislintott.bsky.social on the delights and demands of Vera Rubin images, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social on the new dino at @nhm.org and Simon Middleburgh on the air strikes at enrichment sites. Plus @carolinesteelscience talks through the week’s best science.
Every time I take someone into a museum storeroom, their excitement is so contagious. Come behind the scenes with me and @amsterdammed.bsky.social on today's #InsideScience, where I make the bold claim that natural history #museums can help save the world. From 8mins30
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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.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Every time I take someone into a museum storeroom, their excitement is so contagious. Come behind the scenes with me and @amsterdammed.bsky.social on today's #InsideScience, where I make the bold claim that natural history #museums can help save the world. From 8mins30
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Recording for @bbcradio4.bsky.social #Insidescience . Future of batteries with the awesome @markmiodownik.bsky.social . I didn't feel I spoke as coherently as I would have liked but I am sure the editors will do their thing. 🤞
January 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Recording for @bbcradio4.bsky.social #Insidescience . Future of batteries with the awesome @markmiodownik.bsky.social . I didn't feel I spoke as coherently as I would have liked but I am sure the editors will do their thing. 🤞
🎧 Science questions answered!
@profmarkmaslin.bsky.social joins BBC Inside Science to explore curious listener queries—from planetary shapes to goose chatter 🪐🦢
🔗 tinyurl.com/ucl-curious
#UCLGeography #InsideScience #MarkMaslin #SciencePodcast #BBCSounds
@profmarkmaslin.bsky.social joins BBC Inside Science to explore curious listener queries—from planetary shapes to goose chatter 🪐🦢
🔗 tinyurl.com/ucl-curious
#UCLGeography #InsideScience #MarkMaslin #SciencePodcast #BBCSounds
BBC Inside Science - Answers to Your Science Questions - BBC Sounds
Translating noisy geese to time travel across the universe.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🎧 Science questions answered!
@profmarkmaslin.bsky.social joins BBC Inside Science to explore curious listener queries—from planetary shapes to goose chatter 🪐🦢
🔗 tinyurl.com/ucl-curious
#UCLGeography #InsideScience #MarkMaslin #SciencePodcast #BBCSounds
@profmarkmaslin.bsky.social joins BBC Inside Science to explore curious listener queries—from planetary shapes to goose chatter 🪐🦢
🔗 tinyurl.com/ucl-curious
#UCLGeography #InsideScience #MarkMaslin #SciencePodcast #BBCSounds
The #climate cost of #war, and a scimitar tooth kitten from the permafrost. Top #InsideScience from the BBC this week
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002553h
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002553h
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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, The climate cost of war
What is the climate impact of conflicts around the world?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2024 at 9:46 AM
The #climate cost of #war, and a scimitar tooth kitten from the permafrost. Top #InsideScience from the BBC this week
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002553h
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002553h
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🌌 What did come before the Big Bang - and why don’t scars fade?
🎙️ @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social (MSc #ClimateChange) joins BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science to tackle big questions from curious celebrity minds.
🎧 Listen on BBC Sounds: tinyurl.com/ucl-insidescience
#UCLGeography #InsideScience @ucl.ac.uk
🎙️ @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social (MSc #ClimateChange) joins BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science to tackle big questions from curious celebrity minds.
🎧 Listen on BBC Sounds: tinyurl.com/ucl-insidescience
#UCLGeography #InsideScience @ucl.ac.uk
BBC Inside Science - Answering Celebrity Science Questions - BBC Sounds
From what came before the big bang to why snowflakes are six sided.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
🌌 What did come before the Big Bang - and why don’t scars fade?
🎙️ @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social (MSc #ClimateChange) joins BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science to tackle big questions from curious celebrity minds.
🎧 Listen on BBC Sounds: tinyurl.com/ucl-insidescience
#UCLGeography #InsideScience @ucl.ac.uk
🎙️ @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social (MSc #ClimateChange) joins BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science to tackle big questions from curious celebrity minds.
🎧 Listen on BBC Sounds: tinyurl.com/ucl-insidescience
#UCLGeography #InsideScience @ucl.ac.uk
It looks like I'll be on BBC #InsideScience today (4.30pm BST) on Radio 4! 📻
I took @amsterdammed.bsky.social behind the scenes at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social to chat about my new book #NaturesMemory, and how #museums like ours can help save the world.
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I took @amsterdammed.bsky.social behind the scenes at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social to chat about my new book #NaturesMemory, and how #museums like ours can help save the world.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, How can science help us fight wildfires?
In the past few days, UK firefighters have been tackling wildfires across the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It looks like I'll be on BBC #InsideScience today (4.30pm BST) on Radio 4! 📻
I took @amsterdammed.bsky.social behind the scenes at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social to chat about my new book #NaturesMemory, and how #museums like ours can help save the world.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I took @amsterdammed.bsky.social behind the scenes at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social to chat about my new book #NaturesMemory, and how #museums like ours can help save the world.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
this week on #InsideScience. tsunami warnings, a Summer of Sports... data. And Scrumping. Primate scientist Cat Hobaiter explains why she's taken the word to describe how apes eat boozy fruit. Plus studio guest @garethmitchell.bsky.social on the best tech news. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Why wasn’t the Russia mega earthquake as damaging as previous ones?
The 8.8 magnitude quake sent tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the US west coast.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
this week on #InsideScience. tsunami warnings, a Summer of Sports... data. And Scrumping. Primate scientist Cat Hobaiter explains why she's taken the word to describe how apes eat boozy fruit. Plus studio guest @garethmitchell.bsky.social on the best tech news. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
"But what if your furry companion was also a sentinel for your physical and social health and welfare as well?"
🐾Check out our #blogpost Inside Science to learn more: dogagingproject.org/inside-scien...
#insidescience #dogaging #caninecompanions
🐾Check out our #blogpost Inside Science to learn more: dogagingproject.org/inside-scien...
#insidescience #dogaging #caninecompanions
Inside Science: Canine Sentinels - Dog Aging Project
In this article at Science.org, our Dog Aging Project team members Courtney Sexton and Audrey Ruple lay the framework for how our close relationships with canine companions can offer an opportunity to...
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December 4, 2024 at 9:18 PM
"But what if your furry companion was also a sentinel for your physical and social health and welfare as well?"
🐾Check out our #blogpost Inside Science to learn more: dogagingproject.org/inside-scien...
#insidescience #dogaging #caninecompanions
🐾Check out our #blogpost Inside Science to learn more: dogagingproject.org/inside-scien...
#insidescience #dogaging #caninecompanions
Great to hear @richgreg3.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social with @bengarrod.bsky.social on this week's #InsideScience discussing ongoing declines in bird populations. We know what's needed to fix that as Government have promised - they just need to crack on! ➡️https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002909y
March 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Great to hear @richgreg3.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social with @bengarrod.bsky.social on this week's #InsideScience discussing ongoing declines in bird populations. We know what's needed to fix that as Government have promised - they just need to crack on! ➡️https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002909y
🌍 @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social joined BBC Radio 4 Inside Science last week to tackle big science questions:
🟢 Why is Earth alive, but not the Moon?
🟢 Will evolution give us plastic-eaters?
🟢 Did Tesla really invent free electricity?
🔊 Listen in: tinyurl.com/ucl-ins
#UCLGeography #InsideScience
🟢 Why is Earth alive, but not the Moon?
🟢 Will evolution give us plastic-eaters?
🟢 Did Tesla really invent free electricity?
🔊 Listen in: tinyurl.com/ucl-ins
#UCLGeography #InsideScience
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Your science questions answered
We answer a selection of fascinating science questions, from Nikola Tesla to microplastics
www.bbc.co.uk
June 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🌍 @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social joined BBC Radio 4 Inside Science last week to tackle big science questions:
🟢 Why is Earth alive, but not the Moon?
🟢 Will evolution give us plastic-eaters?
🟢 Did Tesla really invent free electricity?
🔊 Listen in: tinyurl.com/ucl-ins
#UCLGeography #InsideScience
🟢 Why is Earth alive, but not the Moon?
🟢 Will evolution give us plastic-eaters?
🟢 Did Tesla really invent free electricity?
🔊 Listen in: tinyurl.com/ucl-ins
#UCLGeography #InsideScience
Listen to BBC #InsideScience to hear from Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize-nominated author Simon Parkin on his book The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad and the incredible story of the botanists working at the world's first seed bank during the Second World War: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
BBC Inside Science - Could solar panels in space be the energy source of the future? - BBC Sounds
The science of extraterrestrial solar panels and whether they can power our energy needs.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Listen to BBC #InsideScience to hear from Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize-nominated author Simon Parkin on his book The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad and the incredible story of the botanists working at the world's first seed bank during the Second World War: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Love flywheels! MT @AdamRutherford On #insidescience R4 @ 1630: energy storage in F1 flywheels; science for politicians; UKBirdAtlas.
December 2, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Love flywheels! MT @AdamRutherford On #insidescience R4 @ 1630: energy storage in F1 flywheels; science for politicians; UKBirdAtlas.
Penguin cams!! RT @AdamRutherford #insidescience @1630 BBC R4: @bengoldacre on #alltrials, @WanderingGaia on gaming, flu vax & penguin cams!
December 2, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Penguin cams!! RT @AdamRutherford #insidescience @1630 BBC R4: @bengoldacre on #alltrials, @WanderingGaia on gaming, flu vax & penguin cams!
Argh! I just casually flicked Radio 4 on and, boom, my old pal Ben Garrod doing an awesome job presenting a very entertaining #InsideScience. Nice. Although poor Caroline!
March 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Argh! I just casually flicked Radio 4 on and, boom, my old pal Ben Garrod doing an awesome job presenting a very entertaining #InsideScience. Nice. Although poor Caroline!
That was interesting about solar storms affecting North American farms.
Probably not affecting #TheArchers yet, they haven’t started using self-drive tractors.
Perhaps not suitable for their relatively small farms?
#InsideScience
Probably not affecting #TheArchers yet, they haven’t started using self-drive tractors.
Perhaps not suitable for their relatively small farms?
#InsideScience
January 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM
That was interesting about solar storms affecting North American farms.
Probably not affecting #TheArchers yet, they haven’t started using self-drive tractors.
Perhaps not suitable for their relatively small farms?
#InsideScience
Probably not affecting #TheArchers yet, they haven’t started using self-drive tractors.
Perhaps not suitable for their relatively small farms?
#InsideScience
Professor Eloise Marais joins BBC Inside Science to mark 40 years since the Montreal Protocol—and discuss how rocket launches may now be harming the ozone layer.
🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/ucl-ozone
#OzoneLayer #AtmosphericScience #EloiseMarais #UCLGeography #InsideScience
🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/ucl-ozone
#OzoneLayer #AtmosphericScience #EloiseMarais #UCLGeography #InsideScience
BBC Inside Science - Will the Hole in the Ozone Layer Close? - BBC Sounds
40 years since we discovered a hole in the Ozone layer, we ask what threatens it today
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May 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Professor Eloise Marais joins BBC Inside Science to mark 40 years since the Montreal Protocol—and discuss how rocket launches may now be harming the ozone layer.
🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/ucl-ozone
#OzoneLayer #AtmosphericScience #EloiseMarais #UCLGeography #InsideScience
🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/ucl-ozone
#OzoneLayer #AtmosphericScience #EloiseMarais #UCLGeography #InsideScience
Thank you, @AdamRutherford, for another great #insidescience podcast.
Thank you especially questioning @Magda_Skipper's evasions about open access. As an @nature subscriber, I hope for clearer answers from the ed-in-chief.
x.com/AdamRutherford…
Thank you especially questioning @Magda_Skipper's evasions about open access. As an @nature subscriber, I hope for clearer answers from the ed-in-chief.
x.com/AdamRutherford…
December 7, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Thank you, @AdamRutherford, for another great #insidescience podcast.
Thank you especially questioning @Magda_Skipper's evasions about open access. As an @nature subscriber, I hope for clearer answers from the ed-in-chief.
x.com/AdamRutherford…
Thank you especially questioning @Magda_Skipper's evasions about open access. As an @nature subscriber, I hope for clearer answers from the ed-in-chief.
x.com/AdamRutherford…
📍 Did you spot us on #BBC #InsideScience the other week?
If not, do not worry! The episode is available for another 26 days:
🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Featuring the fresh article by Greg Davis &Co on paying #attention to zebra stripes 🦓
Share your thoughts below👇
#Radio4 #vision #eyetracking
If not, do not worry! The episode is available for another 26 days:
🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Featuring the fresh article by Greg Davis &Co on paying #attention to zebra stripes 🦓
Share your thoughts below👇
#Radio4 #vision #eyetracking
BBC Inside Science - Would our ancestors have benefited from early neanderthals making fire? - BBC Sounds
New evidence shows that early neanderthals made fire 350 thousand years before we thought.
bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
📍 Did you spot us on #BBC #InsideScience the other week?
If not, do not worry! The episode is available for another 26 days:
🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Featuring the fresh article by Greg Davis &Co on paying #attention to zebra stripes 🦓
Share your thoughts below👇
#Radio4 #vision #eyetracking
If not, do not worry! The episode is available for another 26 days:
🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Featuring the fresh article by Greg Davis &Co on paying #attention to zebra stripes 🦓
Share your thoughts below👇
#Radio4 #vision #eyetracking
16.30 Radio4 InsideScience: Crash risk; Mary Rose bacteria; History of Science; Greenwich telescope http://bbc.in/11x2XtJ w/@AdamRutherford
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Crash risk; Mary Rose b...
With seven disasters last month, Adam Rutherford asks if ...
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December 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM
16.30 Radio4 InsideScience: Crash risk; Mary Rose bacteria; History of Science; Greenwich telescope http://bbc.in/11x2XtJ w/@AdamRutherford
#bbc #insidescience on #radio4 talking about the great lengths the agri industry is going to to justify the safety and environmental credentials of #bovaer as a good additive to cattle including all the animal testing etc. No mention of just giving up meat and milk....
December 5, 2024 at 4:42 PM
#bbc #insidescience on #radio4 talking about the great lengths the agri industry is going to to justify the safety and environmental credentials of #bovaer as a good additive to cattle including all the animal testing etc. No mention of just giving up meat and milk....