Victoria Gill
@bbcvic.bsky.social
BBC science bod - correspondent & Radio 4 blatherer
Birdsong’s surprisingly simple secret revealed by scientists @science.org Scientists find the secret of birdsong's 'spectacular diversity' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Secrets of birdsongs' 'spectacular diversity' revealed
A scientific study has revealed the acoustic secret that connects all birdsong - and it is surprisingly simple
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Where does radioactive waste come from and what are the plans to manage it over timescales longer than human civilizations? ☢️ I chat with @bbcvic.bsky.social on BBC's Inside Science. Listen here to learn more: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @sw-nuclearhub.bsky.social @cabot-institute.bsky.social
BBC Inside Science - How to bury radioactive waste - BBC Sounds
And how can future civilisations remember where we put it?
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On Radio 4 now - tech billionaires on the Moon, making the brain less selfish and navigating our way from fish discos to spinal injury breakthroughs. Joined by the excellent @libbyjackson.com and @carolinesteel.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Will there be a city on the moon in ten years?
What would it really take to build a city on the moon?
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Polar bears on Norwegian islands fatter despite ice loss, scientists say www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Polar bears getting
Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.
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Killer whale cam captures co-operative hunt with dolphins. Amazing footage and research www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Killer whales and dolphins seen hunting together in rare video
Researchers say the footage, captured near the North-West Pacific coast, is the first recorded evidence of the two species working together.
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The utterly wonderful @amsterdammed.bsky.social presented her last Inside Science last week. Can’t believe this brilliant woman won’t be my partner in science broadcasting crime - at least for a while. Do listen to the warmest, smartest & goodest of eggs at work: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
BBC Inside Science - Have scientists created a bionic eye? - BBC Sounds
The bionic microchip implant which allows registered blind people to see again.
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What we all need right now. I LOVE the comedy wildlife photography awards www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures
From a red-throated loon touching down on water, to good and bad hair days, and an airborne squirrel, here is a selection of the finalists in this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards
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Our show on the scientific secrets of games - and why we love to play them - is on @BBCRadio4 1630 today. With the brilliant @gillyforrester.bsky.social @steckl.es and #TheTraitorsUK ‘s Jazatha Christie himself - Jaz Singh. So much fun to make. Hope you enjoy! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Why do we love to play games?
The science and maths of playing The Traitors recorded at Green Man Festival.
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Mental arithmetic really stresses me out and science has proved it www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thermal cameras read stress on my face
Psychologists subjected a BBC reporter to a carefully designed thermal camera stress test.
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Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life, reports @bbcvic.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...
Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life
The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.
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Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social · 10mo agoWhy does the naked mole rat have the longest lifespan of any rodent, nearly 40 years? A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today! Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life www.bbc.com/news/article...
Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life
The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.
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#Vaccine breakthrough for deadly #elephant #virus ... | #ElephantEndotheliotropicHerpesvirus | #EEHV | #haemorrhagicdisease | #immunesystem | By @bbcvic.bsky.social via bbc .com
Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus
A vaccine against a deadly disease that affects young elephants is shown to be effective in a world-first trial.
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Need some positive news today? Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus www.bbc.com/news/article...
Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus
A vaccine against a deadly disease that affects young elephants is shown to be effective in a world-first trial.
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A serene force of nature who changed our understanding of the animal world. RIP #JaneGoodall www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins
Those she inspired say she not only revolutionised our understanding of chimpanzees - but challenged how we relate to the natural world.
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We’re talking the ACTUAL scientific evidence about autism, diving into black holes and relativity and searching for a miracle eagle on the Isle of Mull on Inside Science today. 1630 Radio 4. (And that’s me away for a bit, so thanks for listening!) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, The science behind autism
What do we know about the causes of autism?
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Scientists have found the mileage clock inside our brains: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scientists pinpoint the brain's internal mileage clock - BBC News
They located this key area of function by recording the brain activity of running rats.
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So touching to speak to scientists working with organisers of the moving Tribute in Light #September11 memorial. Volunteers & researchers will search the light for migrating birds. We spoke to Andrew Farnsworth from @cornelluniversity.bsky.social on Inside Science www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, 11/09/2025
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
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Why scientists collected #Antarctic seabed mud and shipped it thousands of miles north How long tubes of mud could reveal how Antarctica is changing www.bbc.com/news/article...
Antarctic Ocean secrets hidden in layers of seafloor mud
How long tubes of mud - drilled out of the Antarctic seafloor - could reveal how the frozen continent is changing.
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Awesome day @greenmanfest.bsky.social science journalist and presenter @bbcvic.bsky.social, #Traitors #faithful Jaz Singh, and mathematician @steckl.es for a live recording of #BBC Radio 4 Inside Science - all about games and the role they play in human and animal life 🎲🎰🎮
A scientific race is on to save the world’s most beautiful snails from #extinction Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mission under way to save 'world's most beautiful' snails
Researchers in Cuba and the UK are working together to reveal the biological secrets of the beautiful but endangered Polymita snail.
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Very happy to share our @hayfestival.bsky.social 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! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
BBC Inside Science - The surprising culture of the animal kingdom - BBC Sounds
The latest science of how animals communicate, with a live audience at the Hay Festival.
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In just a mo on Radio 4: The science of keeping cool indoors, daffodils’ surprising DNA secrets, robo-taxis on the loose and telling the difference between an ancient comet and an alien spacecraft. (And other space news) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, How can we keep our homes cool in a changing climate?
Science that makes living in our homes safer and cooler in a changing climate.
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Our little team won an @absw.bsky.social award for our doc on Churchill, Manitoba. Chuffed & proud - of our film & fab colleagues Thank you @PolarBears & to the amazing people in Churchill who were so warm, generous & kind. (You can watch *Where the Polar Bears Wait* on BBCiPlayer now)
Delving into quantum circuitry, reinventing musical instruments and exploring seismic signalling in Inside Science on BBCRadio4 in a mo. All under the watchful gaze of Albert at a (rather warm) @royalsociety.org summer science exhibition
I feel the world needs this story right now Killer whales 'massage' each other using kelp www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Our effort to make scientific sense of some of the madness What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites? www.bbc.com/news/article...
What are the risks of bombing a nuclear site?
Destroying Iran's stores of enriched uranium would bring danger for people nearby but not trigger another Chernobyl.
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WATCH, READ, LISTEN: A BBC News article shared drone images revealing the impacts of nickel mining, used for electric vehicle batteries, in one of the most marine-biodiverse zones in Indonesia. 📝 @bbcvic.bsky.social
How a race for electric vehicles threatens a marine paradise
Photographs appear to show how nickel mining damaged one the world's most diverse marine environments
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On air now 📻 a special #oceans edition of Inside Science on BBC Radio 4. Me and super-producer Dan Welsh 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
