I’ve been carrying FT’s Life section around for weeks and finally got to read Edward Lucie’s interview with death row lawyer Bryan Stevenson. It’s incredibly moving.

This NASA mission has been brought to you by Tunnocks Tea Cakes.

Splashdown! Does anyone else feel like they have been slightly anxious for the past 10 days? I’d thought Artemis would be a welcome distraction from all the wars but actually, the nice bit is now when I know that 4 astronauts aren’t going to be incinerated.

a cartoon pikachu with a surprised look on his face . Alt: a cartoon pikachu with a surprised look on his face .

Hi! I'm a scientist studying artificial stuff in animal nests, and I'm looking for a #Pokémon expert. 🌍 Yup, I found some Pokémon in a nest!! 😲

Specifically, the question concerns dating pieces of packaging, which might be tricky. Who knows EVERYTHING about Pokémon? Who can I send a DM to? 😅

My niece’s temporary tattoos look a bit like Feynman diagrams, no?

1966 | Lamborghini 1R at auction until 05/04/2026 Colour: Orange, Mileage: 999 mi, Power: 19/26 kW/hp, Body style: Utility Vehicle (Tractor), Manufacturer code: FL2 – www.classic-trader.com

I have nowhere to put it and no land to use it on, but I really fancy this Lamborghini www.classic-trader.com/uk/cars/list...

Transporting the most expensive and volatile substance on Earth – podcast What happened when scientists took antimatter on a world-first drive, and why did they do it? Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, and the Cern physicist Dr Christian Smorra

Transporting the most expensive and volatile substance on Earth – podcast

A cartoon by Benjamin Schwartz. See more from this week’s issue: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/tGiw5i

Such sad news.
Paul was both a hero and a friend.
He'll be greatly missed.

Me, dumb and politically correct: Firing on unarmed ships or double-tap military strikes on schools are bad things.

Please tell me you are paying the big cheque in at your local branch?

Hah bonus! Well done

Honestly the collective national level of disdain for Brits living in Dubai on all my social media platforms today really is bringing the UK together as one in a way that's hard to achieve in the modern era.

Fish Doorbell – It's almost here! — The Fish Doorbell Zie je een vis? Druk op de Visdeurbel dan opent onze sluiswachter de sluis en kunnen de vissen doorzwemmen.

FISH DOORBELL IS BACK ON MARCH 2!!!
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Pick of the Week - Anneka Rice - BBC Sounds Anneka Rice presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... as a kid who grew up with Challenge Anneka, I was delighted to be first choice for her Pick of the Week selection on BBC Radio4 today. And to learn that she started her career 50 years ago in the Radio Science Unit! 🥰

BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Wood, Smoke and Science: Cooking over fire The science of barbecue recorded at Abergavenny Food Festival 2025.

Snuggle round a warm fire with @amsterdammed.bsky.social this afternoon, as BBC Inside Science "brings a sprinkling of chemistry and just a squeeze of paleoanthropology" from the Abergavenny Science Festival, supported by our wonderful colleague Dr Joanna Buckley!

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On Radio 4's Inside Science this afternoon, a joyful afternoon I spent presenting The Science of BBQ at #AbergavennyFoodFestival Thanks to my panel - chemist Joanna Buckley, Hang Fire BBQ chef Sam Evans, and archaeobotanical scientist Ceren Kabukcu

I’m not trying to be a shill for Big Pottery, but these Darwin mugs are in the sale right now. Reduced from crazy pricey to still-more-than-you’d-want-to-pay. But so joyful. Happy belated #darwinday

think I'm correct in saying that constitutionally you can't change prime minister during a Winter Olympics

Ad astra Challenger crew.

40 years.

Same!!!

This is stunning work. Thank you for writing it.

Can anyone vouch for this? Whose placenta goes in it?

I’m lucky enough to be heading off to Hobart to see Devils and big trees. Any advice on where to go, or any of your must-sees, mammal-wise?

I’m on hols. & these are khai. Tiny Thai bananas. Which are 1. Delicious and 2. Remind me of a scientist I interviewed, whose job I really wanted. She travelled the world looking for local bananas, to breed resilience into the monocrop most of us eat in supermarkets. Banana Hunter = cool job.

Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age, study finds Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study has uncovered the surprising lengths to which some have gone to satisfy one of the more peculiar—a ta...

Tired: Everything evolves to be a crab.

Wired: Everything evolves to eat ants.

Some really interesting details in here: changes to the vaccine schedule for US kids, appeals to reason with ‘bringing it in line with Denmark’ plus various holes in that rational, and problems with the launch of this change.

Thank you!

This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.

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This is just such a damned disgrace. A crime against knowledge and humanity itself.