What's really amazing is that you can move them around and it still works.

Brilliant Maps@brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 3d ago

Did You Know Australia's 3 Biggest Cities Line Up Perfectly On A Circle? More maps of Australia: brilliantmaps.com/country-m...

The Times’ Science Writer @whippletom.bsky.social tried out the method underpinning our Risks Beyond Human Eyes project. For one day, he slid along the riverbank in collaboration with Grass Snake to understand systemic risk from their perspective. Read the piece:

I slid inside mind of a grass snake by spending a day on my tummy

A project on the River Tone aims to improve our understanding of the risks that animals face by getting volunteers to act like them

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1. consider having cold drinks instead of hot ones 2. remove unnecessary layers - yes, even that gilet! 3. Investigate those mechanical devices that exchange hot air for cold air 4. Stick your head in the fridge

Jamie Douglass@jamesldouglass.bsky.social · 4w ago

I mean, none of this is *bad* advice? It's just that in the same way as every "money-saving tip" turns out to be "spend less money", every "heat management tip" turns out to be "be less hot" www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

I'm sorry, but I can't see "Patriotic Alternative" without thinking it's what a WWII Major would use as a euphemism for self-abuse rather than contracting VD.

Quite the last line on The Economist's review of JD Vance's new book, about his conversion to Catholicism. t.co/4WOvJjP7Xd

a testdrive of the new jobcentre AI by @whippletom.bsky.social . He poses as a parrot looking for job advice. "you may want to request workplace adjustments under the Equality Act... though whether a parrot would qualify under these may require some negotiation" xcancel.com/whippletom/s...

Has 2016-2026 been the most unstable decade ever in British politics? No. By my measure, it's only the 3rd worst period of prime ministerial turmoil

It looks like this by @hcpearson.bsky.social is superb www.newscientist.com/article/mg27...

What to read this week: the excellent Beyond Belief by Helen Pearson

Solving society's problems with evidence is a work in progress, argues a must-read new book. The process is surprisingly new – and riddled with complexities, finds Michael Marshall

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Baffled (and perfectly happy) by why 100 people have suddenly followed me here in the past twelve hours. What did I do? Anyway, welcome.

Why have the police STILL not learnt binary search? www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My bike was stolen from Ealing Broadway bike racks right under a CCTV camera - understand that the police can’t look at hours of footage for every theft. But how can I get access to the footage?

54 years ago, three men left the moon for the last time. As they woke on their last day, Mission Control played them a song. "We've only just begun." My Saturday assay on Artemis and why, just possibly, this time that's true. thetimes.com/article/b449...

This is a giant leap towards the real space age

Mankind has not landed on the moon since 1972, but if Artemis mission marks a serious effort to start building a lunar economy, it could transform life back on Earth

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Twice a year, when the clocks change, me and Peter Hitchens meet on Twitter, and do battle.

Over on twitter. This is mesmerising. What do you do with this?

Last week's comic. I'm new to The Traitors and predictably loved every minute of it

ah the regular reminder that my work password is going to expire and I really wish my employer would read the NCSC guidance on passwords www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/p...

Given that, it seems, the financially sensible thing would be to not take out the student loan if you can, would there be a better financial product you could take? If I got into the business of offering equity loans against a house for parents to pay fees - would that end up being a better bet?

Jeremy Driver@jdriver89.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is clearly depressing and radicalising in a way a tax wouldn't have been.

🔬🧬 The 37 Biggest (and Bizarrest) Science Stories of 2025 💥🌌 The news often showcases humanity at its worst But the joy of reporting on science is that it often shows humanity at its best: defeating disease, solving mysteries and expanding knowledge: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

The happiest scientific breakthroughs of 2025

From woolly mice to nuclear fusion, these are the biggest and weirdest discoveries of the year, as covered by The Times

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Was in hotel with famous singer. Singer arrived at breakfast in trilby. She sat - at 8am - facing out, trying to catch people's eyes. She was desperate, 20 years into a career, to be affirmed and acknowledged. Even over a breakfast buffet. She was an exhausting presence. We all ignored her.

Twlldun@twlldun.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)

Having had a day to think through everything about El-Fattah, here's where I stand. Yes, it's possible to believe all of these things at once! In fact, it really shouldn't be that hard.

Steve’s favourite bit of the story was a quote his brother had come up with: “I saw one man having sex with three women on the washing machine. At about 2am I went into one of the bedrooms and saw two boys having sex.” When asked if he took part, he replied: “We all got involved.”

Really lovely to be back on BBC Inside Science again today talking about record breaking and climate change (as well as moss surviving in space) with @whippletom.bsky.social and @carolinesteel.bsky.social Listen here:

BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, What’s in the wording of the COP 30 negotiations?

As COP 30 draws to close in Brazil, we speak to a former negotiator.

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I've cleared a space in my shed, and found a hedgehog. I presume its hibernating, but it doesn't have much of a nest. What should I do?

He’s back. Important to remind everyone about his original misdemeanours - good for the Mail for running such an in depth piece www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

The return of Andrew Wakefield - the anti-vax 'supervillain'

To many of those gathered at this elegant stately home in Wiltshire, just one word describes the man they have come to see.

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BREAKING: CofE bishops won't give their green light for 'standalone' blessing services for gay couples, or for gay priests to have civil same-sex marriages, @thetimes.com understands Will say both would need formal rewrite of church law Trial of blessing ceremonies can't go ahead

🚨 Imposter alert 🚨 Studies into everything from cancer and HIV being plagued by "fraudulent" participants Includes people pretending to have the diseases It's undermining the reliability of trials and potentially harming patients Stark warning here: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

Is this response real? Imposters are putting health studies at risk

Automated bots and people lying about their conditions risk skewing the results of medical research, Oxford academics have warned

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98%! Only 2 in every 100 installations don’t need corrective action. Read it and weep

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 10mo ago

98% of homes with external wall insulation installed under the government’s ECO scheme require work to correct major issues that will cause problems such as damp and mould - our new @nao.org.uk report www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... (full report www.nao.org.uk/reports/ener...)

“There are so many things in Britain that have deteriorated. But nothing like what’s happened to my own country. And that’s not just Trump. When I go back to Iowa and just see what’s been lost... it would be hard for me to be positive" | 🗣️ Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson: Things are bad in Britain. But America is worse

The American author and honorary Brit on the state of the world, updating his bestseller A Short History of Nearly Everything, and why it’s his last interview

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