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Science Correspondent & Religious Affairs Correspondent at The Times of London | Shortlisted for Specialist Journalist of the Year for religion work at the 2024 Press Awards and for Science Journalist of the Year in 2025 and 2026 | My account

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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Imagine living in a 21st century country with a medieval justice system Imagine one of the issues facing your nation being "Gosh darn, we just can't execute our citizens efficiently enough" 'Christa Pike still alive after execution by lethal injection fails' www.thetimes.com/article/b7c7...
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Christa Pike still alive after execution by lethal injection fails
Lawyers for Pike, who has spent 30 years on death row in Tennessee, say she is being treated in hospital after two injections of pentobarbital were administered
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Archbishop of Canterbury is facing calls from a Pakistani archbishop to apologise over the "deeply humiliating" award and retraction of an honour to a Muslim cleric He said it has put Christians in Pakistan in a difficult situation The idea to nominate the cleric arose under Justin Welby's tenure
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Lucien Heurtier @lucienheurtier.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Excellent article about the crisis faced by physics research in the UK: Brian Cox: "I have no idea who mandated this shift or why they think it’s a good idea, but from my perspective it’s a disaster. I urge the new Burnham government to step in..." 🧪🔭 www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Brian Cox: Physics in Britain is facing a crisis
The celebrity physicist has joined officials in condemning the UK’s decision to withdraw £45 million in funding from the Large Hadron Collider
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Exclusive: JRR Tolkien to be celebrated with ornate memorial in Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey ✒️⛪ It will be based on a tree illustration by the 𝘏𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵 author, fitted to a pillar just feet away from a memorial to his old friend CS Lewis www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
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JRR Tolkien to have memorial in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey
An ornate wooden artwork depicting The Hobbit author’s ‘tree of tales’ will be placed next to the memorial to his friend CS Lewis
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hugely chuffed to get a prize in the Semmelweis-Richter Journalism Awards for pharmaceutical reporting For my report on the threat of 'mirror microbes' and why scientists have warned the UK government that attempts to create them should be shut down: semmelweisrichteraward.com/winners/
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Winners - Semmelweis Richter Award
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: The Archbishop of Canterbury has retracted an interfaith award given to a Pakistani cleric after it emerged he bestowed an honorary title on Osama bin Laden in 2007 (post 1/2) www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/stateme...
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A Statement from Lambeth Palace on the Lambeth Awards | Archbishop of Canterbury
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
NEW: Raves in the nave? 🪩⛪ How about beer-brewing in church? Markets? Plays? Trials? Amid the row over concerts at St Paul's @thetimes.com uncovers centuries of fascinating detail on the varied (and sometimes raucous) use of sacred spaces You may be surprised... www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
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Stunning or sacrilegious? Centuries of rows over ‘raves in the nave’
St Paul’s Cathedral has faced criticism over its non-religious concerts, but churches were once thriving hubs of secular social activity. We dig into the raucous history
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
NEW: Raves in the nave? 🪩⛪ How about beer-brewing in church? Markets? Plays? Trials? Amid the row over concerts at St Paul's @thetimes.com uncovers centuries of fascinating detail on the varied (and sometimes raucous) use of sacred spaces You may be surprised... www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
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Stunning or sacrilegious? Centuries of rows over ‘raves in the nave’
St Paul’s Cathedral has faced criticism over its non-religious concerts, but churches were once thriving hubs of secular social activity. We dig into the raucous history
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
First mission to land on a Martian moon. And first to bring samples back to Earth from the Mars system Meet the Natural History Museum scientist who'll help to solve the age-old riddle around how Phobos and Deimos came to be in orbit around the Red Planet www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Could Martian moon be an alien spaceship? This scientist will find out
Wild theories have claimed Phobos is hollow or even an alien craft. Sara Russell, from the Natural History Museum, is part of a mission to dig into its soil
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
First detection of dark matter? British scientists announce tantalising hint of possible breakthrough It makes up 85% of matter in the universe. It has gravity but does not interact with light or charge But may now have been spotted interacting with normal matter: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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British scientists may have found first evidence of dark matter
Physicists have been hunting for the invisible substance that is thought to make up 85 per cent of the matter in the universe for nearly a century
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Exclusive: The first victim of a giant ancient tsunami has been found Can their remains finally now solve a 3,500-year-old riddle? Can they help us date the volcanic eruption that sparked the downfall of the mysterious Minoan civilisation in the Mediterranean? www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Teenager killed by a tsunami unlocks mystery of ‘Pompeii of the Aegean’
A volcanic eruption on Santorini is thought to have ended the Minoans but experts had no human remains to prove it — until now
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Are you naturally muscly? You may be able to thank your Neanderthal ancestors People with a genetic variant inherited from the time when Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred have 271g more muscle Neanderthals didn't die out. We absorbed them... www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Naturally muscly? Thank your brawny Neanderthal ancestors
Scientists have discovered a link between muscle mass and a genetic variant that originated from outside our own species tens of thousands of years ago
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I went aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough and met Boaty McBoatface before it dives into dangerous waters by Greenland's crumbling glaciers Read why it's been dubbed "the James Bond of science missions", as climate change threatens weather havoc in UK www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Boaty McBoatface to dive into dangerous waters on ‘Bond-like’ mission
Scientists aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough are heading to the Arctic to investigate how the warming oceans are eating into the ice sheets of Greenland
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Exclusive 🪙: The mystery donor leaving gold coins at churches across Lancashire was a leather-clad biker who loved to ride local roads @thetimes.com broke the story of the anonymous gold benefactor We have now spoken to a teacher who actually met him: www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
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Mystery donor of gold coins to churches was a leather-clad biker
The motorcyclist spent a day leaving gold coins worth thousands at several churches and a school along a route in Lancashire that he loved to ride
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Exclusive 🪙: The mystery donor leaving gold coins at churches across Lancashire was a leather-clad biker who loved to ride local roads @thetimes.com broke the story of the anonymous gold benefactor We have now spoken to a teacher who actually met him: www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
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Mystery donor of gold coins to churches was a leather-clad biker
The motorcyclist spent a day leaving gold coins worth thousands at several churches and a school along a route in Lancashire that he loved to ride
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Has he been called up to play at right-back against Norway?
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🌖⛏️🪨👩‍🚀 INTERVIEW: Meet the British geologist whose car-sickness may stop her going into space herself... ...but is working for NASA to guide Artemis astronauts on what to dig for when they set foot on the Moon: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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British geologist can’t take car travel, but she’s guiding a Nasa mission
Katherine Joy will help to decide where the Artemis IV astronauts drill in the hunt for treasures hidden beneath the moon’s surface
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🌖⛏️🪨👩‍🚀 INTERVIEW: Meet the British geologist whose car-sickness may stop her going into space herself... ...but is working for NASA to guide Artemis astronauts on what to dig for when they set foot on the Moon: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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British geologist can’t take car travel, but she’s guiding a Nasa mission
Katherine Joy will help to decide where the Artemis IV astronauts drill in the hunt for treasures hidden beneath the moon’s surface
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 25/06/2026
Opium of the masses? Study suggests Marx was right about religion
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Opium of the masses? Study suggests Marx was right about religion
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
How Botticelli’s Venus may have danced herself to death New analysis may have solved the mystery over how Simonetta Vespucci, the muse of Botticelli for many of his most famous works, died at the age of 23: edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
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How Botticelli’s Venus may have danced herself to death - The Times
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
It's a gloriously sunny and warm day in London But it must be very cold and moist in the upper atmosphere Hence this remarkable '22⁰ halo' around the sun today:
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🍄 If you extracted all of the networks of fungus that thread their way through the soil, branching out to connect the roots of trees and plants... ...they would circle the Earth 2.7 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 times 68 quadrillion miles' worth! Fascinating study: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Hidden fungus network below our feet could circle Earth 2.7 trillion times
Scientists have published an underground atlas showing how trees and plants exchange nutrients through a colossal web of threads in the soil
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The Church of England has bent its graveyard rules to allow singer Marianne Faithfull's autograph to be inscribed on her headstone at a Berkshire church My story in @thetimes.com today:
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Taking a left-turn... Humans have a puzzling bias. For turning in an anticlockwise direction. A fascinating study out today
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Exclusive: Top UK scientists have lodged a protest with Keir Starmer attacking the government's "unfathomable" and "dangerous" decision to stop donating to the global Pandemic Fund: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Scientists attack Keir Starmer over ‘dangerous’ exit of pandemic fund
Public health experts say the Ebola emergency underlines the need for continued British backing of efforts to detect and contain emerging diseases
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A stubborn survivor that dodged obliteration has been discovered in the outer reaches of our Solar System 🔵 The fascinating tale of how the James Webb space telescope has revealed that Nereid is the only original moon of Neptune to have clung on through chaos: edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
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Tale of Neptune’s native moon comes out of the blue - The Times
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
It turns out that cows can recognise familiar human faces and match them to familiar voices. Scientists have discovered that they show a particular fascination for people they have never set eyes on before. (£) www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a... By @kayaburgess.bsky.social
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Déjà moo: cows can recognise the faces of people they know
Cattle possess the ability to distinguish familiar humans and can also match voices they recognise to the right faces, scientists have found
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 ‘𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁’ 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 British Social Attitudes study has some very revealing data about who is - and, more pertinently, who 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 - going to church: www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
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Claims of Christian revival ‘laid to rest’ as churchgoing falls
Churches are emptier than before the pandemic, and a landmark survery found no evidence for suggestions of a groundswell of religious observance among Gen Z
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
BREAKING: Claims of Christian revival in UK have been "laid to rest" New data show churchgoing has fallen - not risen - compared to pre-pandemic, including among young Sir John Curtice said data is "clear there has been no revival in Christian observance" FULL STORY BELOW:
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Reading, listening to music, visiting museums and galleries... Could they make you age more slowly? A new study suggests engaging in arts and culture could be as effective as an extra weekly exercise workout (even after controlling for education/income etc): www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Enjoying the arts ‘has same effect on ageing as a weekly workout’
A weekly dose of culture is linked to ageing 4 per cent slower, a study has found — diverse interests may be especially beneficial
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Exclusive in @thetimes.com: The entire genome of people with M.E. is set to be mapped to work out which genes are linked to the chronic fatigue syndrome Could finally lead to treatments, after years of M.E. being wrongly dismissed as psychological: www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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Landmark ME study will map patients’ DNA in mission to find cure
The government will provide £4.75 million in funding to British scientists who aim to create a test to reliably identify chronic fatigue syndrome
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Galileo used a telescope in 1610 observe Jupiter, a planet 400 million miles away Scientists can now study the surface of a planet 285 *trillion* miles away Amazing story of the James Webb Space Telescope detecting radiation from a "super-Earth" exoplanet: edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
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Alien ‘super-Earth’ offers astronomers new insights - The Times
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Galileo used a telescope in 1610 observe Jupiter, a planet 400 million miles away Scientists can now study the surface of a planet 285 *trillion* miles away Amazing story of the James Webb Space Telescope detecting radiation from a "super-Earth" exoplanet: edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
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Alien ‘super-Earth’ offers astronomers new insights - The Times
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 05/05/2026
Terror police investigate ‘arson attack’ on former London synagogue
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Terror police investigate ‘arson attack’ on former London synagogue
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
How will the universe die? Big Freeze? 🥶 Big Rip? 💥 Or Big Crunch? ⏪ The latter - where the cosmos collapses in on itself - is looking more likely And may occur trillions of years sooner than thought Do we need to cancel our summer holiday plans?: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Universe ‘may end trillions of years sooner than expected’
Scientists have predicted the cosmos could meet its fate in just 19.5 billion years’ time, collapsing inwards to a single point in a ‘Big Crunch’
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Ed Macaulay @edmacaulay.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I'm fascinated by the recent developments in cosmology on evolving #DarkEnergy - I had a great time discussing some research on the role of #axions and implications for a #BigCrunch with @kayaburgess.bsky.social for his article in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Universe ‘may end trillions of years sooner than expected’
Scientists have predicted the cosmos could meet its fate in just 19.5 billion years’ time, collapsing inwards to a single point in a ‘Big Crunch’
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
How will the universe die? Big Freeze? 🥶 Big Rip? 💥 Or Big Crunch? ⏪ The latter - where the cosmos collapses in on itself - is looking more likely And may occur trillions of years sooner than thought Do we need to cancel our summer holiday plans?: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Universe ‘may end trillions of years sooner than expected’
Scientists have predicted the cosmos could meet its fate in just 19.5 billion years’ time, collapsing inwards to a single point in a ‘Big Crunch’
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Were Neanderthals slow-witted, primitive dullards? New analysis of their brain shape suggests they likely had the same cognitive abilities as we Homo sapiens So how did we outlive them if it wasn't by outsmarting them? Fascinating study: edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn... -
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Brainy Neanderthals don’t deserve reputation as dumb brutes - The Times
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Now just 60 seconds away...
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🌎🚀🛰️🌖👨🏻‍🚀👩🏿‍🚀🧑🏼‍🚀🧑🏻‍🚀 Ten things we've learned from the Artemis II moon mission www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Ten things we’ve learnt from Artemis II’s moon mission
From flawless European technology to the power of space diplomacy, here are some of the major takeaways from a historic lunar voyage
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Aged nine months, Nicky Fox was propped up to watch Neil Armstrong's moon landing by her dad at their Hertfordshire home This Brit is now NASA's head of science as Artemis II prepares for a historic moon flyby of the Moon My report from Houston: 🇬🇧🚀🌖 www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
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‘My dad gave me his love of space … now I’m overseeing Artemis II’
Nicola Fox watched the moon landing as a baby and 57 years later was one of the Nasa chiefs who gave the ‘go’ command for the countdown to launch day
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Aged 9 months, Nicky Fox was propped up in front of the TV by her dad at their Hertfordshire home to watch Neil Armstrong's moon landing Now, she's head of science at NASA as Artemis II prepares for its historic - and scientifically priceless - moon flyby www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
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‘My dad gave me his love of space … now I’m overseeing Artemis II’
Nicola Fox watched the moon landing as a baby and 57 years later was one of the Nasa chiefs who gave the ‘go’ command for the countdown to launch day
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Still awake back in the UK? Tune in for this! I'm at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, where they are six minutes away from giving the command for Artemis II astronauts to burn their engines To shoot them away from Earth towards the moon Huge moment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...
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NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast)
YouTube video by NASA
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Flew into Orlando, Florida yesterday on a planeload of very excited British holidaymakers heading to Disneyland Many were unaware the first crewed moon mission in half a century could launch tomorrow just a stone's throw away, as we flew over the launchpad at Cape Canaveral
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
BREAKING (and pretty jaw-dropping) NEWS: The "Quiet Revival" report which prompted huge excitement among churches over Gen Z flocking to church... Bible Society has now said the survey was "flawed". YouGov said many respondents were "fraudulent" They're withdrawing the report:
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
What glues the building blocks of all atoms in the universe together? 🌌 What stops all matter just... drifting apart into a haze? ☁️ The discovery of an entirely new subatomic particle will help us understand more ⚛️ Meet the "doubly charmed" proton: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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‘Doubly charmed’ subatomic particle discovered at Cern
The finding of a previously unknown heavy type of proton could unlock the mystery of how all atomic nuclei are bound together
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
A never-before-seen "doubly charmed" subatomic particle has been discovered in the Large Hadron Collider ⚛️ Come on a dive into a quantum world of charm quarks and meet the 'Xi-cc-plus' proton It can help us understand how all atoms are bound together: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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‘Doubly charmed’ subatomic particle discovered at Cern
The finding of a previously unknown heavy type of proton could unlock the mystery of how all atomic nuclei are bound together
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Archbishop of Canterbury sets off on a pilgrimage to Canterbury today The deliberately not-too-specific route map from Lambeth Palace is quite something Looks like a medieval map of an uncharted region that should have "here be dragons" on it 🐉 Fabulously abstract waterways
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🚨 Good news alert 🚨 Cognitive and physical decline in later life is not only "not inevitable"... ..but a significant minority of people actually *improve* as they grow old A cheerful, optimistic approach to ageing may be key ᶜˡᶦᶜᵏ ᵗᵒ ʳᵉᵃᵈ ⬇️ www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Don’t worry, be happy: mental decline ‘not inevitable’ with age
A positive outlook on ageing can help you join the 45 per cent of people who defy stereotypes of cognitive and physical deterioration, Yale scientists say
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
London's skyscrapers are secret today. Under wraps. Snoozed through their alarms. Whisper. Be sure not to wake them.
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