Remarkable BBC Radio 4 programme just finished on the little-known pre-#DDay story of the perilous commando reconnaissance of the Normandy beaches & their geology, to determine scientifically their fitness for the proposed mass landings. Such courage! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Amazing extendable appendages of "Swan's Tears" Lactymaria olor protists popping out 30x body length, top this week's Science in Action. Manu PrakashLab explains the origami molecular skeleton that makes these extensions possible. Great story! bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Rick Bright gave us a long interview for Science in Action addressing the inadequate govt response to the continued spread of H5N1 across US farms. "It's like PTSD from Feb/March 2020" he says of the testing regime. 2030 BST tonight, or podcast for more. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Grateful for excellent discussion w/ Roland Pease for BBC BBC News (World) BBC World Service #ScienceInAction for the latest news on #H5N1 in the US. Tune in soon for the premiere soon or catch online: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

A real pleasure to chat to Roland Pease earlier this week for Science in Action about our New Phytologist paper showing that orchids supply their seedlings with carbon via shared fungal networks (from 20:44): bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3… Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil Science at Sheffield Prof David Johnson Emily Magkourilou

Is it better to come first or second? 🥇🥈 One study found that Olympic silver medallists lived a year longer than their first-place counterparts – and ended up earning more money. Hear more on Unexpected Elements 🎧 bbc.in/3VOYunA

Nick Drake: An orchestral celebration With The Unthanks Olivia Chaney Marika Hackman BC CAMPLIGHT Scott Matthews BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and Jules Buckley 📻 listen on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds from 7.30pm

#Paris2024 #Olympics

Join me! It’s the British Broadcasting Century’s walking tour… this Saturday, central London:

A joy to talk today to #NobelPrize2024 laureate Victor Ambros & his wife and life-long collaborator Rosalind "Candy" Lee about their discovery of microRNAs. And yes, I did ask the chromosome question. SinA 2moro for the answer. Here Candy is describing their "Mom & Pop" lab style

How do hurricanes form, and what role does climate change play in fuelling storms like Milton and Helene? 🎧 Hear more on Science in Action: bbc.in/3XVxxhO

BBC Science in Action starts soon with a deep dive into the Nobel science prizes this week, ending with a long conversation (esp in the podcast version) with husband & wife team Victor Ambrose (#Nobel2024) and Candy Lee on their work uncovering microRNAs bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Time out from the US election on the BBCWS with Science in Action - as Rozenn Pineau transports us to the remarkable single-clonal-plant Aspen grove "Pando" ('I spread') which could be up to 80,000 yrs old, according to its genetic clock. Here - bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c… 2030 GMT

Jump, Jump John!

If there’s a group or a person who deserves an award for supporting you through a mental health problem there are just two days left to nominate them for an All in the Mind Award ⁦BBC Radio 4⁩ Closes 1pm on Wed Jan 8th bbc.co.uk/allinthemindaw…

Matthew Cobb and Shobita Parthasarathy discuss the responsibility in science 50 years after Asilomar on the BBC Science in Action podcast. myumi.ch/Q6y2D Be sure to check out Shobita's Science Magazine editorial: myumi.ch/dAj58

"Potential fungal 'Agroterror'? What is Fusarium graminearum and why were scientists allegedly smuggling it into the US?" 🎙️ My interview for "Science In Action" BBC World Service as a podcast ▶️ bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c… Thanks Roland Pease for the opportunity 🤗!

Cuts to BBC World Service funding would ‘make us less safe’, MPs tell ministers theguardian.com/media/2025/jun…

Had a wonderful time chatting with Roland Pease BBC about our study uncovering thousands viral proteins — thank you for the opportunity to share our work with the broader public!! 🙏 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Pardis Sabeti Science Magazine Broad Institute Harvard Medical School