Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Is this translated from the original German? www.whitehouse.gov/releases/202... 982085643
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Nicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Fans are said to be looking forward to seeing some impressive tackles, getting through to the semis, and something or other about keepie-uppies that I haven’t quite worked out yet. 3202
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Scott Lelli @scott-lelli.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Just finished "Orgins" by @lewisdartnell.bsky.social. Great read. Would recommend. A much more encompassing and expanded version of Guns, Germs and Steel. 111
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Lee Billings @leebillings.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Now on @sciam.bsky.social: When the Artemis II crew became the "most distant humans ever" in last week's moon flyby, @planet4589.bsky.social wondered where the corresponding "farthest" humans were back here on Earth. Turns out they weren't on Earth at all! www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...scientificamerican.comHow far from humanity were the astronauts of Artemis II? The answer will surprise youArtemis II’s crew went farther from humanity than anyone has been before. Here’s how one scientist determined whom, specifically, they were farthest from 16017
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell UCL-Birkbeck Planetary Science @ucl-bbk-cps.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Article from Ian Crawford, Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology, Birkbeck, University of London. "For those interested, here are some brief thoughts on Artemis II and the geopolitical implications of the cosmic perspective": www.democracywithoutborders.org/42654/artemi... #Artemis 🚀 🌒democracywithoutborders.orgArtemis II: a planetary perspective for a new generationArtemis II’s striking images of Earth from lunar distance revive awe in space exploration while revealing our planet as a fragile, borderless world that calls for shared responsibility, argues Ian Cra... 062
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I try to remember @lewisdartnell.bsky.social's useful observation: In an apocalypse, the familiar landmarks are the first to be destroyed, but in a post-apocalypse they are all that remains. 0103
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 22/02/2026This is the saddest thing I’ve seen on the internet today. Now ChatGPT has chewed up all the books, parents are abandoning books to ask it to regurgitate bedtime stories. From Mumsnet. 1197
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 12/02/2026Happy Darwin Day, everyone! Here's a beautiful quote by the birthday boy himself. 'Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.' Charles Darwin, 'On the Origin of Species'. Perhaps some of the most important words ever written! #DarwinDay 06525
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 29/12/2025We (@tomheap.bsky.social & I) have covered so many climate, environment & nature topics on BBC Radio 4’s Rare Earth this year, and here are some of my highlights. Steel, whales, insurance, fashion, insects, night-time ecology... We’ll be back in 2026 with more. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vbt0 29920
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Peter Forbes @heliconiuscydno.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Now booking: Narrative Non-fiction (NNF) at City. Alumni books books from Penguin, Faber, Granta etc. New course starts Tuesday 20 January: “Terrific teacher! Encouraging, practical, demystifying and lots of specific feedback” (recent student) www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...citystgeorges.ac.ukNon-Fiction Writing Course | City St George's, University of LondonThis Narrative Non-fiction Writing online evening short course supports you in writing non-fiction, from biographies to memoirs or travel writing blogs. 102
Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Christmas is handing each other a pile of Amazon boxes because you both forgot to buy wrapping paper 110
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell NeuroecologyLab @neuroecologylab.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Christmas reading book 3: @lewisdartnell.bsky.social’s Being Human is my kind of book: wide ranging, fast paced, and about the interaction between biology and history 101
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Jo-ho-ho @jobrodie.bsky.social · 22/12/2025NASA used textile workers to weave the Apollo Guidance Computer's memory with wires and ferrules to create core rope memory, find out how to make your own (MUCH simpler version!) in today's wreath-themed @cs4fn.bsky.social CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar post cs4fn.blog/advent/ 142
Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social · 22/12/2025My latest column for BBC Sky at Night magazine: There's a side of the Moon we never see from Earth. Scientists think they've worked out why it's so strange www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-scienc...skyatnightmagazine.comThere's a side of the Moon we never see from Earth. Scientists think they've worked out why it's so strange | BBC Sky at Night MagazineIt’s a mystery why the Moon formed with a contrast between the far-side and near-side crust. The lunar far-side highlands problem explained. 041
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/10/2025🔊Announcing a new Physics/Astro PhD scholarship scheme in Edinburgh, for students from a Black heritage, inc mixed Black background. Please help me spread the word. The scholarship covers all tuition fees, living costs & research travel. #blackinSTEM 🔭👩🔬⚛️ ℹ️: www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos... 3124112
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Lore Sjöberg @loresjoberg.bsky.social · 23/07/2025If they make another Star Trek movie, can we have James Gunn direct it? Not because of his directorial skills; I just think it’s about time a narrative included Gunn’s Chekov. 341185375
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Tell us who you think deserves a National Blue Plaque! The National Blue Plaques Scheme celebrates inspirational people from all walks of life. Enter your nomination by 17 July at bit.ly/NominateBlue...bit.lyHow to Make a Nomination | National Blue Plaque Scheme | Historic EnglandAn overview of how to make a nomination and who is eligible for a national blue plaque, along with answers to frequently asked questions. 11624
Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social · 11/07/2025So much excitement for this game. If I could MiB mind-wipe having played the first one and get to do it all fresh I would in a heartbeat 040
Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social · 02/07/2025My 3yr-old has announced that he isn't all that bothered about Bluey, but he watches it with me because he knows I like it so much. Which is about the cutest thing in the world 140
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 29/06/2025NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward. I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute. 7241772102
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 11/06/2025ware =🍽️ where = 🗺️ weir = 🐟 wear = 👚 2939966
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 11/06/2025This is not equality. The BBC is supposed to be impartial. Why are they only promoting religious views on R2 and R4? Why is more secular positive messaging from organisations such as the @humanists.uk not included? Pls help equality by signing this petition. 0248
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 11/06/2025I’m devastated to hear that my friend Micky Lachmann has departed this life. He was a fantastic producer - bringing a keen intelligence and a real sense of exploration to documentaries - and he was a lovely person. My thoughts are with his family - especially his boys, who he loved so much. 1128112
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell SellaTheChemist @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2025It is with great sadness that I am doing what I would once have thought unthinkable. Following Salim Abdool Karim's superb Faraday Lecture 10 days ago, i have decided to return my own Faraday prize, awarded in 2014. The silence of the Royal Society in the face of Elon Musk's rampage (a member […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 524388
Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Such tragic news. I've worked with Micky a few times over the years and he was a wonderful TV producer. www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...thetimes.comProducer behind Brian Cox documentaries dies in AlpsMichael Lachmann, 54, who worked on the ‘Wonders’ series, slipped and fell while coming down the Grands Couloirs glacier in the Vanoise National Park 030
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 04/06/2025I don’t know. I love this Joseph Fasano poem and have it pinned on my office door but I don’t know what to actually do about any of this. 434089
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Dan Davis @dandavis101.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Signed books now available at @waterstones.bsky.social Ealing 012
Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Great coverage in @theguardian.com of Cormac Cullinan's vision for protecting Antarctica. Cormac just won the Shackleton Medal. I chaired the selection panel and honestly can't think of a more deserving winner. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comAntarctica ‘too wild for humans to rule’, says Shackleton medal winnerEnvironmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan lauded for his work to establish continent’s legal status to protect its interests 030
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Lovely new paper from @leedham-simon.bsky.social dissecting epithelium-microenvironment crosstalk through BMP & wnt signalling in the intestine. Inhibition of BMP antagonist GREM1 may forestall polyp formation in Hereditary Mixed Polyposis Syndrome (HMPS). www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comEpithelial GREMLIN1 disrupts intestinal epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk to induce a wnt-dependent ectopic stem cell niche through stromal remodelling - Nature CommunicationsThe authors show that aberrant epithelial GREM1 expression remodels intestinal stroma to form ectopic stem cell niches in mice. Anti-GREM1 reversed these changes, highlighting a potential strategy for... 1206
Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social · 07/06/2025If you’re looking for an animated apocalyptic comedy (and who isn’t?!), ‘Carol & the End of the World’ is absolutely superb. Currently available on Netflix. 1/2 150
Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Poor ExoMars... Its can has been kicked down the road half a dozen times now 020
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Nature @nature.com · 06/06/2025Europe’s ExoMars mission is among the highest-profile causalities of the US president’s plan to slash research funding go.nature.com/4mOeZvygo.nature.comHow Trump’s budget cuts could derail global science collaborationsEurope’s ExoMars mission is among the highest-profile causalities of the US president’s plan to slash research funding. 12710
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell ⭐ ᗰᗩᖇᛕ ᗩ. ǤᗩᖇᒪIᑕᛕ ⭐ @markgarlick.com · 06/06/2025With art by yours truly 101
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Mars may once have had rings, which could help explain where its largest moon came from www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/mars-ma...skyatnightmagazine.comMars may once have had rings, which could help explain where its largest moon came from | BBC Sky at Night MagazinePhobos could be the latest incarnation in a cycle of creation and destruction of rings around Mars, and is only around 100 million years old. 031
Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social · 06/06/2025My latest column for BBC Sky at Night magazine www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/mars-ma...skyatnightmagazine.comMars may once have had rings, which could help explain where its largest moon came from | BBC Sky at Night MagazinePhobos could be the latest incarnation in a cycle of creation and destruction of rings around Mars, and is only around 100 million years old. 151
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell socrates80.bsky.social @socrates80.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Enjoyed this collection of essays on #TheExpanse, with titles like “Is Amos Evil?” (heck no!) and “Hannah Arendt and Naomi Nagata on Making and Doing Politics” (badass!) Unfortunately none were dedicated to Drummer and too few to Avasarala, but still a fun read! 💙📚 093
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Andrew Steele @statto.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Great thread from Kit explaining why this is still good news—but needs careful interpretation. Further context here is that most cancer is caused by ageing, so if we want to prevent it we should probably try targeting the ageing process rather than just screening for cancer… 153
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN) @cs4fn.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Computing by all, for all - TODAY June 1 2004 Yvonne Rogers & team publish paper on Ambient woods where probes help us see more of the woods. Her vision was to use computing not to shut us off from the world but to spark imagination, challenging us to think & see more cs4fn.blog/2025/06/01/i...cs4fn.blogIf you go down to the woods today…Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay In the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show there was one garden that was about technology as well as plants: The Avanade Intelligent Garden exploring how AI might be… 022
Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social · 01/06/2025In hospital with the birth of our second. They've just tested his hearing with a little in-ear device that detects the cochlear response. It's called otoacoustic emission, and it was predicted by an astrophysicist, Thomas Gold. 1/2 170
Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social · 15/05/2025So excited to have seen the launch event of @nhm-london.bsky.social new exhibition 'Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth?' last night 151
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Dr Emily Grossman 🧬✍️🎤✊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♾️🐱 @dremilygrossman.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Calling all scientists, science postgrads & anyone who’s ever worked in a scientific discipline! Can you spare even just half an hour next Tues 12pm to join me, Chris Packham & 100+ scientists to urge for government policy to be informed by science? Let’s fill Parliament Square with scientists! 💪 310372
Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Really looking forward to tucking into this by Sadiah Qureshi - looks fascinating! 050
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Live in 15 minutes or so with a topical lecture on asteroids after Lucy’s marvellous flyby this weekend: do join me. www.youtube.com/live/KpDwv7z... cc @greshamcollege.bsky.socialyoutube.comAsteroid AdventuresThis is a live-stream of the lecture. An edited version of the lecture will be uploaded in due course. Have a Question? No Registration Required https://app.sli.do/event/7mGQhBxj9N6q7AjhxH7H2B A lec... 2253
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain... 216132465374
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Dr Emily Grossman 🧬✍️🎤✊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♾️🐱 @dremilygrossman.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Hugely proud of @scientistsx.bsky.social on the launch of their new book #ScientistsOnSurvival Personal Stories of Climate Action. This is a deeply moving and inspiring book that everyone needs to read -every chapter left me in tears or with goosebumps. Read more: www.scientistsforxr.earth/our-book 19276147
Reposted by Lewis Dartnell Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 03/04/2025I am one of the authors whom Meta stole (sorry, ‘scraped’) from, by using their books to train Libgen. So I’m biased. But this from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social is👌 321430531