Beautiful visual journalism on the solar eclipse by Paul Sargeant, @georginarannard.bsky.social and team. #eclipse2026 #solareclipse 🌞🌚 www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Chris Jeavans
@chrisjeavans.bsky.social
Senior data journalist at BBC News / BBC Verify. Social trends, health, elections, inequality. Runner, nature-lover, Midlander in London.
“It is a house that was built for my [late] mum... and it is the place of our memories. Of my childhood” - Ivanna is just one of thousands of Ukrainians whose homes have been seized by Russian officials in illegally occupied regions. Our investigation: www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
How Russia is seizing homes in occupied Ukraine leaving many with 'nowhere to return to’ - BBC News
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Just out! 📢 "Why is life expectancy in England & Wales falling behind?" We used a decomposition approach to understand why life expectancy improvements in E&W lagged behind other European countries between 2011 and 2019. 📉 The findings might surprise you. 🔍📄 doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2026.2682462 1/N
Brilliant visual storytelling here from Jess Carr and Callum Thomson - analysing the seismic shifts seen in the local and national election results #dataviz #localelections2026 www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
How Britain's political map has been torn up - BBC News
A visual guide to post-election Britain
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"Diplomatic wheels, it seemed, were in motion, even as the lack of detail left many around the world with suspicious minds, as Elvis once crooned." Great read from @zurch.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ultimatums, diplomacy and a trip to Graceland as Trump eyes a deal with Iran
America may be a nation at war, but the president's activities have been a mix of diplomacy and diversions - with the occasional swing toward the surreal.
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NEW article by me! We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before. We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.
The golden age of vaccine development - Works in Progress Magazine
The first vaccine was a lucky accident. Now we can design new vaccines in weeks, atom by atom.
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2 Jan and already a strong contender for most beautifully apt data viz of the year from @beckydale.bsky.social and Jess Carr www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Exercising muscles pumps out substances that can suppress the growth of breast cancer cells, a new study found. “Our work shows that exercise can directly influence cancer biology,” said a senior author.
A single exercise session may slow cancer cell growth, new study shows
Exercise may not only help prevent cancer but also could fight it at a cellular level.
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Insightful reporting from Natalie Sherman in Massachusetts where manufacturers say President's Trump's tariffs are squeezing their businesses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Donald Trump's tariffs put US manufacturing revival hopes to the test
The gulf between Trump's rhetoric and the reality on the ground is starting to show.
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What's driven 50,000 small boat crossings under Labour? My Sounds explainer 🎧👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
What's driven 50,000 small boat crossings under Labour? - BBC Sounds
Ben Chu from BBC Verify looks at the data behind the numbers.
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Claims circulating online that a picture shows a young Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell are misleading. It is actually of Mr Johnson with his first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, while the pair were at university.
Archive picture does not show Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell – Full Fact
The image actually shows a younger Mr Johnson with his first wife.
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Progeria is a disease of rapid, brutal aging. Scientists may be on the verge of a cure.
How an Ultra-Rare Disease Accelerates Aging
Teen-agers with progeria have effectively aged eight or nine decades. A cure could help change millions of lives—and shed light on why we grow old.
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Important public service announcement. Reading it might just save a life.
Trish Greenhalgh@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · last yr.Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...
Last week I learned that gerrymandering gets its name from a Massachusetts governor called Elbridge Gerry and the shape of a redrawn Boston district, said to resemble a salamander. H/T @therestpolitics.bsky.social US!
We wanted to know if the money that the EU has put into rearmament is turning into production capacity — and the answer is: yes. Industry is rearming.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · last yr.Analysis of radar satellite data shows rearmament on a historic scale, stretching over 7mn sq metres of new industrial development on.ft.com/3HsEbYG
Highly recommend this Channel4 doc series about how police hacked into #encrochat , an encrypted messaging service being used for serious organised crime across continents. Every episode is jaw-dropping; and the drama recon and graphics are superb www.channel4.com/programmes/o...
Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text
The inside story of a huge police investigation into crime bosses’ encrypted phone network
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2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos, writes @georginarannard.bsky.social The intricate tattoos of leopards, a stag, a rooster, and a mythical half-lion and half-eagle creature on the woman's body shed light on an ancient warrior culture. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lovely scrollytelling stories out today, first up @mrdiscopop.bsky.social 's look at pop song length and tone in the age of TikTok with great data viz from Jess Carr www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Three-minute heroes: TikTok made songs shorter but artists are pushing back with longer tracks with more emotional resonance - BBC News
Pop songs got drastically shorter in the streaming era. But new BBC research shows that trend is over
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We geolocated the view out of the window as Jeremy Bowen's team filmed packages falling from a plane over Gaza yesterday. They were dropped into a "dangerous combat zone", which Palestinians are warned not to enter because it would put their lives at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Here again is the remarkable impact of immunotherapy for intractable cancer via engineered T cells gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/h...
The impact of the trade court tariffs ruling – in numbers My BBC Verify analysis 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What does court ruling mean for Trump's tariff agenda?
BBC Verify examines what the latest development means for US and global trade.
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Today's coding is brought to you by the entire Weyes Blood back catalogue #musicforcoding #weyesblood open.spotify.com/album/3mF47P...
The Innocents
Weyes Blood · Album · 2014 · 10 songs
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Very nice post by @scientificdiscovery.dev on why cancer mortality has declined. Spoiler: it’s not just that fewer people are smoking.> www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/the-declin...
The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking
I respond to the claim that the decline in cancer mortality is mostly, or almost entirely, because of the decline in smoking.
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The British trial, published in the journal Allergy, shows adults with serious allergies can increase the amount of peanut they can tolerate by 100 times. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'My peanut allergy nearly killed me - now I eat them every day'
Just a few years ago, Chris Brookes-Smith could have died from eating peanuts - but taking part in a clinical trial has changed his life.
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