iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So today I spotted this little pigeon stuck on the platform at Oxford Circus tube station. I didn't think he'd find his way out so...

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0x19.co @0x19.co · 31/08/2026

it's not tylenol giving the kids autism it's actually me

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

kitchen hack: if you're not sure if an egg is still good, drop it in a bowl of water. If it sinks, it's gone bad, if it floats it's a witch

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

On my way, Clacton.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It's going to be quite a job to unpack the semiotic layers in this, especially to anyone outside the UK.

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Here it is! 4.2 billion years in the making - Evolution. I had the privilege to be part of an incredible team who brought these stories to life. And of course, I got to look after a whole new host of delightful creatures - can't wait for you to meet them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG8s...

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Evolution: Official Trailer | BBC Earth Science

YouTube video by BBC Earth Science

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

“You do know it’s just telling you what it thinks you want to hear…” From the latest Private Eye, out now.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I suspect it's not widely known that (or how much) genetic variation that would otherwise be deleterious is "hidden" by buffering. Much of that is accomplished by a protein called Hsp90. I've written a feature for Nature about it. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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These ‘master’ proteins protect us from deadly mutations — and could inspire new drugs

Biology has clever ways to mask the effects of potentially harmful gene mutations. Scientists are investigating how this ‘buffering’ works — and how to exploit it.

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Kat Arney @katarney.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A really lovely afternoon out at @storycollider.bsky.social telling a story about how the storytelling gift I inherited from my mother is also my curse. Great to share the stage with Becky Stewart, @lathbridge.bsky.social and @austenelosta.bsky.social

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Europe is getting crushed on the social media battleground right now. Our democracies are wide open to attack because we rely on foreign tech. We cannot survive this unless we push through serious regulation and finally start building our own European platforms

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

From my book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats'. Get it here: www.tomgauld.com

Image:
Night, three medieval men leave a building cluttered with eccentric glassware, contraptions, equipment, books etc, one says to the others "Maybe the real gold was the friendships we made along the way!"

Caption: Palchemists

Underneath is the following text: from 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld - order it at www.tomgauld.com

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

FOLKS!!!! @naomialderman.bsky.social has bought Zombies, Run! Yes, the old app a bunch of us used to all exercise together to and do our mini events is back in her hands! Small thing, though. The banks apparently were empty 👀 So there's a couple of things to do to help out (mini thread)

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Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

This looks unconscionable and needs to be more widely discussed.

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Dr Alex Lathbridge @lathbridge.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I spent a couple of weeks back in Ghana to make a few science docs for BBC World Service's CrowdScience 🇬🇭 The first of these starts in Kakum National Park, searching for stars under the rainforest canopy. It may be the nicest sounding stuff I've had my voice on www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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CrowdScience - What keeps the universe in balance? - BBC Sounds

What keeps the stars burning? And is the universe in balance?

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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 27/02/2026

There's a baseline anti-medicine culture that pervades this world. It's the default attitude that needing medication *in general* is a moral weakness. However, meds like cialis, metformin, and others are exempt in the growing overlap between bio-hackers, billionaire optimizers, and wellness gurus.

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Dan Fox @danjfox.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

New film up youtu.be/vwL1zUD1gyY Why do shoes squeak on basketball courts? Earthquakes and lightning!

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The surprising science of squeaky sneakers

YouTube video by nature video

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

this is just a thinly veiled kink surely

time.” Anyway, Eric isn’t involved with the underwriting firm or the venture-capital fund anymore. His new company is called Sperm Racing.

Last April, Eric held a live sperm-racing event in Los Angeles. Hundreds of frat boys came out to watch a head-to-head match between the effluvia of USC’s and UCLA’s most virile students, moving through a plastic maze. (There was some controversy over the footage: Eric had replaced the actual sperm with more purposeful CGI wrigglers. “If you look at sperm, it’s not entertaining under a microscope. What we do is we track the coordinates, so it is a sperm race—it’s just up-skinned.”) He’s planning on rolling the races out nationwide. Eric delivered a decent spiel about sperm motility as a proxy for health and how sperm racing drew attention to important issues. His venture seemed to be of a piece with a general trend toward obsessive masculine self-optimization à la RFK Jr. and Andrew Huberman. Still, to me it seemed obvious that Eric was doing it simply because he was amazed that he could. “I could build enterprise software or whatever,” he told me, “but what’s the craziest thing I could do? I would rather have an interesting life than a couple hundred million dollars in my bank account. Racing cum is definitely interesting.” I found Eric very hard not to like.

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drilbot @drilbot.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

the solution to the Monty Hall problem is simply to offer the host a handjob and then the rest works itself out

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Wrong Station @thewrongstation.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression. CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school? DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town. C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name? DR: Now look

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Dan Fox @danjfox.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Beautiful new film for @nature.com from @emzywb.bsky.social youtu.be/8atR9SGoVLA I was really excited when Emily agreed to make an ADHD doc including some part of her own diagnosis in the story, and she absolutely knocked it out of the park.

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ADHD: why do women like me get diagnosed late?

YouTube video by nature video

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Pru Madeley @prum.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

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Medlife Crisis (Rohin) @medcrisis.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The conversation around prostate cancer screening going on right now is the same. Scientists trying to explain the shortcomings of PSAs and the complex science of screening but celebrities assuring people screening will save millions of lives and people simply KNOW deep in their soul screening works

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Victoria Song @vicmsong.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Good news for fitness and running nerds. Zombies, Run! has been bought back by co-creator and author @naomialderman.bsky.social. "Zombies, Run! has been a community effort since the first Kickstarter, and we’ll keep it shambling on together," she tells The Verge. www.theverge.com/gadgets/8275...

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Zombies, Run! isn’t headed for the grave after all

Good news, Runners Five.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

delighted to let you know that when you buy a company: 1) you literally just click a button on your banking app, there are no quills/parchment etc 2) but the bank manager does literally come to your house, and it is much better to be clearly *living modestly*

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Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.

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Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Last minute revision for the recording shortly of the final edition of BBC Science in Action - @naomioreskes.bsky.social's why trust science?

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Nick Petrić Howe @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Nature is hiring a new Multimedia Editor, so if you want to work with me then this is a great opportunity. Who could say no to that? It's for verticals, so if you know your Toks from your Tiks, your ring lights from your Reels, and your shoots from your Shorts, then this might be the job for you!

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Associate Multimedia Editor or Senior Multimedia Editor

Job Title: Associate Multimedia Editor or Senior Multimedia Editor (12 Month Fixed Term Role) Organisation: Nature Portfolio Location: London – Hybrid Working Model Application Deadline: Sunday 9th No...

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Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Penultimate edition of Science in Action airing now.

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Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 17/10/2025

I think this might be the roughest month I've ever had as a climate communicator. Well, scratch that. Someone who cares about the future of life on this planet. This is just the shit cherry on top of a shit cake with shit frosting. And it's only the 17th. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats

President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a

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Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 24/09/2025

This year we've been really swinging for the fences. Our latest video is our biggest one yet, nearly an hour long and involving half a dozen experts. Asking "Should lying about climate change be illegal?" and, if so, how do we make it so? youtu.be/FKtCuwfUCJg

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Should lying about climate change be illegal?

YouTube video by Simon Clark

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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Happy Star Wars Day to all who celebrate.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 05/05/2025

Europe’s choice is clear. To put science at the heart of its economy. To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration. And to welcome talent from all over the world. I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative. → europa.eu/!TTbWbJ

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Benjamin Haibe-Kains @bhaibeka.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

www.nature.com/articles/d41... So let me get this straight 1. Academics spend decades building the PDB openly 2. A company trains AlphaFold on it, releases limited code under pressure 3. Academics work hard to create fully open versions 4. Companies then use the open models to build closed products

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Science Sam @samanthayammine.com · 30/01/2025

It’s not scitwitter without wormgate

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Dr Alex Lathbridge @lathbridge.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

What’s your most benign conspiracy theory? I’m 98% convinced that Parmesan cheese doesn’t actually exist. They just repackage old cheese scraps into fancy containers

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a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .

ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .

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Dr Alex Lathbridge @lathbridge.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

My personal travel style is always knowing where the nearest Costco is, no matter where I go.

Costco hotdog in a foil wrapper, with a hand

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Hana Ayoob @hanaayoob.co.uk · 26/11/2024

111. Right, we‘re doing career highlights! The moments when I went ‘yeah, I’m on the right track’ First up - the time Why Aren’t You a Doctor Yet? did a live recording at the Royal Institution for Angela Saini’s book launch for Superior CC @lathbridge.bsky.social @ozyismail.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Lathbridge @lathbridge.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

As a kid, i learned how to download games from a ukrainian phpBB forum, spending hours deciphering broken text which had been shoddily translated by babelfish. That was 1000x easier than reading knitting instructions

Knitting instructions with symbols showing how to create a helix scarf

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Dr Alex Lathbridge @lathbridge.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Because this place appears to be wholesome, I’ve been banging out scarves recently and I’m now trying to do a DNA helix design.

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Pumpkin Spiced Trish @babbletrish.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Looking forward to our Wormageddon/Apocalyptic Bean Dad/Lilo is a Brat/The Animated Little Sh*t/etc. Incident

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Hana Ayoob @hanaayoob.co.uk · 18/11/2024

Of course this is Alex’s first post here 🙄

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Dr Alex Lathbridge @lathbridge.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Not really sure how to introduce myself with words so here’s the time I got a tattoo so I could surprise Dr Elly Tanaka - one of the people to first sequence the axolotl genome

Arm of a person lying on the edge of a table, with a purple axolotl tattoo stencil on the forearm.

Two people standing side by side. Person on the left is wearing a black shirt and orange shorts. He is showing his arm tattoo of an axolotl. Person on the right is in a blue and white dress.

White axolotl hiding inside a cave at the bottom of a fish tank. Cave is sat on brown pebbles and covered by leaves

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Dr Alex Lathbridge @lathbridge.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

can’t wait for bluesky to have its first “c elegans is overrated” moment

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