Please don’t drive big cars
The Economist just published a deeply-researched story about car bloat, and it's very, very damning:
"For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles."
Well worth your time: economist.com/interactive/un…
I love this show! Quirky question reveals profound truths about groundwater depletion, ocean currents and climate change, and how to meet your future partner by getting stuck on a boat with them for months.
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I’m on @bbcworldservice right now, interviewing @gautamkhimlal about how he climbed Mount Everest to check it was still the same height! It was. But good to lug up a GPS system to check. On this week’s #CrowdScience
There's a lot to like in this episode of CrowdScience - my fave fact: we know a lot about ancient population numbers thanks to Roman censuses wrapped around Egyptian mummies. Stellar guests, brilliant presenter and super talented producer @phildsansom. Highly recommended listen!
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"no breakdancing... it's not a request!" <3 <3
What happens when you mix The Real Slim Shady with the poem 'Don't' by @MichaelRosenYes? The answer is below.
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Its another USA special of #TheLifeScientific this morning: @jimalkhalili talks to anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy about what monkey infanticide & sexual selection can tell us about human parenting strategies! From 9:00 @BBCRadio4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001s5f… Produced by @owlglass
UPDATE: cosmic dust show was runner up in the
@IWPodcastAwards! Woohoo! Silvery stardust for us (or maybe nickel would be more appropriate). Hear @rockbloke @HotClubdNorvege @CarolineSteel3 here bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fvg1r…
We had this happy news the other day! Long live cosmic dust (4.6 billion years and counting)! And hooray for the superstars searching for it @HotClubdNorvege @rockbloke
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Well done Caroline. A good moment to also celebrate all the female scientists studying extraterrestrial dust, Penny Wozniakiewicz, Hope Ishii, Isabelle Matthai, Jenny Feige, Stefania Ton, Ally Wong, and Bogdana Nica to name a few.
We had this happy news the other day! Long live cosmic dust (4.6 billion years and counting)! And hooray for the superstars searching for it @HotClubdNorvege @rockbloke
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Thank Goddess for libraries and public transport. Watching the annular eclipse with glasses from the library, through the Bart window @SFBART @contracostalib
It was truly humbling and hopeful, visiting the Karuk Tribe and their partners, hearing how we can have a better relationship with our environment. Thanks to listener Teri's question! Listen by clicking the link bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4y4…
Heartfelt thanks from me and @CarolineSteel3 to
@CulturalFire
@WKRP_Klamath
@WillHarling
@KarukDNR
@UrbanSteward
, Frank K Lake, Kathy McCovey and Analisa Tripp
This is a really powerful piece. "I hope it makes it uncomfortably clear that, in the eyes of the media and policymakers, one missing billionaire is seemingly more important than hundreds of missing migrants." theguardian.com/commentisfre…
