I cannot imagine the feat of organisation needed to carry out a census on that level....but the data will be a treasure trove!

Let's hope it sparks a tipping point

They seem super early this year! They always used to peak in May, but this year they are peaking now

That's wonderful :)

It is a big maybe!

Just being in a woodland has such a good impact on my mental health. It is so important that everyone has the chance to experience this. How can people value what they do not know?

Such a step backwards

In my head, I still think I am in my 20s....does this bode well?

Thank you for raising awareness of this

Beautifully put :)

"the race to publish results, in some cases by groups with limited analytical expertise, has led to rushed results and routine scientific checks sometimes being overlooked...." I worry this happens across many more scientific disciplines than we realise....

You might be interested in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History's forthcoming special exhibition on this very topic - Critical Minerals

27 metres...that's astonishing

You have the best job!

That's shocking....what is your view? Are hybrids a useful stepping stone towards a fully electric system or should we push harder now for a full transition?

How optimistic (or not) are you that the UK can prepare for a permanent shift to wetter winters?

The more studies I read like this, the more value I can see in the 'Intuitive Eating' movement. It seems we really have forgotten how to listen to our innate hunger/fullness cues and just eat as our body needs....

I remember someone telling me they showed a kid a floppy disc once and they said 'Wow - you 3D printed the 'Save' icon'

As a cheese obsessive, cheese-educator in training and cheese club host - I LOVE this

It is indeed an extraordinary idea... I just wonder if we really have computers powerful enough?

Loving the tongue twister!

One of the things I really love about Oxford University is the juxtaposition between the modern and cutting-edge, with the traditional and historic. Today, we welcomed the new Chancellor, Lord William Hague, in a ceremony at the Sheldonian Theatre that stretches back centuries. A feast of Latin!

Still on an absolute high after a fantastic visit to @CERN last week, hosted by @STFC Big highlight for me was standing at the base of ATLAS. I also learnt how much champagne physicists can drink when they keep making remarkable advances 😆

Since I started working in Research Communications, the amount of kit that a film crew bring to shoots has shrunk dramatically... from a trolley and several heavy bags, to something you could take as hand luggage. So many people now film the whole interview on a mobile phone!

Researchers confirm the existence of an exoplanet in the habitable An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby Sun-like star. The planet was originally detected two years ago by Oxford University

I think this is the first time that one of my research stories made it as the cartoon in today's The Times! :D Read the full story here: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...

Does anyone else share my view that 'groundbreaking' is one of the most over-used terms in press releases? I am forever being sent releases where no ground was dented, let alone broken, during the research... here's a truly 'groundbreaking science study', according to ChatGPT

This makes me so frustrated.... thank you for raising the alarm

Is there anything that concerned people in the UK can do? (given the hypocrisy of a country that has destroyed most of its forests trying to tell a developing country not to do so...)

Surely there must be some great puns for names you could call a perfume made from a fat berg...

It is so so sad that years of hard thankless work can be undone by a single political decision :(