You probably know the start of this Olympic story, but do you know how it finished? This photo is of Eric Moussambani, aka 'Eric the Eel' from Equatorial Guinea, competing in the 100m Freestyle event at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, alone. Why? /1

It has been an incredible week for us and for 19 Afghan medical students. Thanks for all your messages, kind words, retweets, good wishes, offers of help, and donations. We truly appreciate it. 🫶

Woman of the Day seamstress Ellie Foraker born OTD 1930 in Delaware. No woman has ever set foot on the moon but no man would have done either without the skill and determination of the women who were instrumental to the success of the Apollo missions. Ellie was one. Consider the

It's not her rape trial. She's not on trial. It's the trial of her rapists. What a shortcut to take with language - and they didn't even need to, saying the factually correct thing would have fitted in the tweet just fine

How good are doctors at predicting 6 month life expectancy? Honest answer: Pathetic. A study of over 100k terminally ill patients showed only 32% accuracy in predicting the patient was in their final 6 months. A third of those patients were still alive over a year later. This

Woman of the Day engineer and biophysicist María Telkes born OTD in 1900 in Budapest, a pioneer of solar energy who believed in applied science - creating inventions useful in the real world. “Sunlight will be used as a source of energy sooner or later anyway,” she said in 1951.

In 2021, I organized Afghanistan's first all-female flight together with Kam Air. Many media outlets covered the event and the video reached millions of people but what happened to the women after the Taliban took over and where are they now? A Thread 🧵

This fella here, will protect your house from outside evil spirits.

How did international superstar Eartha Kitt end up at a market stall in Batley, tasting tripe and being taught how to sing Yorkshire's unofficial 'national anthem'?

Woman of the Day anatomist and anatomical wax modeller Anna Morandi Manzolini born OTD 1714 in Bologna, appointed Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bologna in 1756, the first person ever to reproduce - in wax - minute parts of the body. It’s difficult to convey just how

🧵Our critics seem to think we are bad faith actors, campaigning against surrogacy because of "perceived threats to societal stability posed by non-traditional families, as a means of reaffirming the hegemony of the nuclear family and the heteronormative social order"

We’re calling for the Government to develop a National Curriculum that gives young people the life skills to thrive 💪 A recent youth-led report from the Youth Shadow Panel – which our Youth Ambassador Kea is part of, reveals that young people feel that their “learning is not

Trans people did not lose a single right today. Nobody was even trying to take any rights from them, and nobody ever has been. They (still) have the same rights as everyone else, but also the same obligations to act in accordance with what the law actually is.

latsot I do strangulation exams as part of my job. I have taken extensive training in strangulation and am qualified to testify as an expert in strangulation cases. The general public has no idea how bad this epidemic has become, how many women and girls this is happening to, or how

Ross Greer Well that's hyperbolic. They can do as they please, dress as they want. They just can't colonize another historically marginalized group's rights by claiming they ARE that group. Come on, mate.

Could better urban planning get more children playing outside? Amol Rajan spoke to Tim Gill, author of Urban Playground and Justine Roberts, CEO and founder of Mumsnet, about tackling the decline of outdoor play. #R4Today

🚨Doctor assisted suicide for England & Wales🚨 13 key issues to be decided on Friday 13th Only Kim’s amendments are guaranteed a decision — but all of these should be put to a vote. MPs must engage with the detail of what is in THIS Bill and what precisely they are saying yes

I can’t tell you when Woman of the Day Jane Corran - also known as Jenny Pipes - was born or indeed very much about her but in 1809, she became the last woman in England to be immersed in water in a ducking stool for the crime of being a “common scold”. The term “ducking stool”

OTD in 118 AD, some bloke called Hadrian triumphantly entered Rome as the new emperor and four years later, built a wall in Britannia incorporating the Roman fort of Vindolanda in Northumbria. This isn’t about him though. This is about Woman of the Day Claudia Severa, whose