Producer, @BBC Audio Science. Currently #AllintheMind on @BBCRadio4. Science, sea, singing, mountains & coffee, mostly. Cymraes 🏴
Cardiff, Wales
Joined March 2009
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My little boy (age 4.5) wrote to Sir David Attenborough to ask if humans would be extinct one day “like the dinosaurs”. Today he received this beautiful reply: “The answer is that we need not do so as long as we look after our planet properly.”
Sir David is 94. He is a wonder 💚
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Season 80 of BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind is back with a vengeance. I’ll be joining Claudia Hammond discussing the trait environmental sensitivity & common mental health disorders, hoarding & much more. Today at 9:30am, tomorrow 21:30 & on demand
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002krg…
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Very happy to share our @hayfestival special episode of Inside Science. Excellent panellists, a brilliant producer and a very rainy day that brought lots of lovely, curious-minded people to our BBC tent. Enjoy!
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002g4…
If you’re going to #Oasis in Cardiff tonight get yourself to the box office at the top of Westgate St (opposite the Angel Hotel) where they’re giving away 4,000 golden circle wristbands for FREE! 😎
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THEY’RE IN THERE!!!
@liamgallagher and @oasis are testing @principalitysta speakers in Cardiff and they are LOUD
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Our effort to make some scientific sense of the chaos
What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites? bbc.com/news/articles/c5ykjv…
@alisonfrancis @BBCMorelle
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In a few mins on @BBCRadio4, my last Inside Science for a wee while. Dissecting the government’s science funding “boost” , the latest from the UN Oceans meeting & finding out where the heck Planet 9 went. Oh and we have a whole new dinosaur! 🌊 🌍 🦖
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002d8v…
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In a few mins, a special #oceans edition of BBC Inside Science. Me and @DWelsh4 are at the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice as scientists wrap up and the @UN takes over in a effort to save our marine environment
@BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds
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“We think the lion dragged him away by his hip”
More on the brutal story hidden in the bones of a Roman gladiator on @BBCRadio4 Inside Science later
bbc.com/news/articles/cp8v20…
Is noise an invisible killer? @JamesTGallagher & I investigate by visiting some of the loudest places on earth and meeting the scientists trying to solve the problem in a @bbcworldservice documentary on Saturday at 12pm. Do have a listen! ❤️📻🎧 bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7mw…
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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science.
The brain 🧠 in space 🚀 Feathers McGraw makes an appearance at 14:40 min if you listen in🐔@ExpPhysiol @physoc @royalsociety bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028v0…
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Great to speak to the @BBC Inside Science about the Brain in Space @ExpPhysiol @physoc @royalsociety
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How can we tackle perceived & actual gender inequalities in maths/numeracy (& sciences)?
Yesterday, I attended launch of charity @Nat_Numeracy's report "Numbers for Gender Equality".
Today 4.30pm, I'm on @BBCRadio4 Inside Science discussing with @imperialcollege
research fellow Dr @jesswade (we were both 2024 judges @royalsociety Science Book Prize)
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028v0…
#Maths #Numeracy #Gender #InsideScience
📢 Lack of confidence stops over 1 in 3 women from applying for jobs with numbers & data.
Today, the National Numeracy Leadership Council's Gender Taskforce shares key recommendations to close the gender number confidence gap.
🔗 ow.ly/CbFG50Vggzt
#NumeracyForEquality
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Inside Science on @BBCRadio4 now - asteroid anxiety, 364 years of Royal Society scandals and tackling biothreats
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00282s…
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Could a smart watch a day keep the doctor away? 🍏 Join @jamestgallagher for @bbcradio4's Inside Health at @cardiffsciencefestival on 26 Feb to help us explore the ways wearable tech could revolutionise healthcare. Apply for tickets here:bit.ly/4i7ELYJ
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Today’s Inside Science with @amsterdammed is a feast! We discuss the positives & pitfalls of #AI in medicine; what #Trump might do on science; why the strong winds are driving the #lafires2025 & anyone for science-optimised pasta? On @BBCRadio4 at 4.30pm 📻bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026vt…
This week’s Inside Science is all about new year, new science. @amsterdammed is joined by @PennySarchet @storyshaoni & @whippletom to ask what 2025 will bring & what science will do for us this year. Listen on @BBCRadio4 at 4.30pm or on @BBCSounds ❤️📻 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026nh… – at Cardiff, Wales
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Just one day left to nominate a project or person for an All in the Mind Award @BBCRadio4 for supporting your #mentalhealth. Closes at 1pm on Wed 8th Jan 2025 bbc.co.uk/allinthemindawards