Kit Yates

How Trump’s EPA rollbacks could harm our air and water – and worsen global heating Experts say administration has launched ‘war on all fronts’ to undo environmental rules – here are the key areas at risk

Great piece illustrating how Trump has reshaped the so called Environmental protection agency (EPA) such that it is now driving harms to the environment and our health with impacts that will be felt across the world. A quick 🧵🧪 #HealthPolicy #climatechange

Nature and Science journalists denied entry to event featuring NIH Director

Three UK research councils suspend funding opportunities Temporary block on grant applications by MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC heightens concerns over funding cuts

Three UK research councils suspend funding opportunities
“Temporary block on grant applications by MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC heightens concerns over funding cuts”

So glad you enjoyed it. I’m going this week. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.

Thoroughly enjoyed Arcadia at the @oldvictheatre.bsky.social
www.oldvictheatre.com/stage/arcadia/ - great Stoppard play about arts, sciences and history. (Science/maths adviser @kityates.bsky.social)

This is essentially blackmail and could endanger vaccine supply for many countries that need thiomersal in vaccines to keep them stable when they lack infrastructure to keep vaccines cool in transport and storage 🧵

UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established

Bitterly disappointing that the UK has lost its Measles elimination status again.

"UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established"

Moderna Won’t Run Phase III Vaccine Trials as Skepticism Grows in US: Bloomberg Growing opposition to vaccines in the U.S., driven by recent government policy changes, makes it difficult to see a return on investment in vaccine development, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said this w...

Moderna have announced that they won't run new phase three trials now with massive impacts for new vaccine development- why- its because of RFK Jr and his anti-vaccine campaigns and cancelling mRNA vaccine research which affect the sales the company can then make 🧪🧵 #PublicHealth

UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established

Bitterly disappointing that the UK has lost its Measles elimination status again.

"UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established"

Please please vaccinate your child against measles.

This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social

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Sometimes my copy editor has left-aligned some of my text and I can't figure out why.

I've asked her to justify it.

BBC Inside Science - How is air travel returning to supersonic speeds? - BBC Sounds 50 years since Concorde’s first commercial flight, is aviation going supersonic again?

If you want to know about the invention of the 50p piece and its link to Concorde, as well as new research on Robotic Architecture and why ice is slippery, then listen in to BBC Inside Science. You'll hear me discussing all these things from 21:30.

BBC Inside Science - How is air travel returning to supersonic speeds? - BBC Sounds 50 years since Concorde’s first commercial flight, is aviation going supersonic again?

If you want to know about the invention of the 50p piece and its link to Concorde, as well as new research on Robotic Architecture and why ice is slippery, then listen in to BBC Inside Science. You'll hear me discussing all these things from 21:30.

Trump, Vance, and Kushner have been making speeches that contain odd phrases: 'you don't turn the Titanic around overnight', 'catastrophic success' etc.

Remember it's propaganda. And they have AI to make us respond how they want.

Not everything that seems stupid is stupid.
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Ironically, not a friendly.

I'll be on Inside Science this afternoon in the presenter's friend slot talking about Concorde, the 50p coin, robotic architecture and birds' vision.

Here I am in the Concorde flight simulator before we go super sonic!


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If you want to gem up on any of the maths/Science in Arcadia before you go, then you can read all about it here: kityates.substack.com/p/et-in-arca...

Nice to be featured as Nature's quote of the day in their Daily Briefing yesterday.

“Topologically speaking, our bodies are less like Swiss cheese and more like a carefully constructed onesie for an octopus.”

You an read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...

How much do we think Trump's desire to "own" Greenland is a result of the distortions of the Mercator projection?
#MapsMatter

Here at Concorde in Bristol to record a BBC Inside Science outside broadcast.

Listen out for it tomorrow afternoon.

I’ve got the BBC radio science unit coming in later to record a piece for Crowd Science for the World Service.
Can anyone guess what we’re going to be talking about?

How much do we think Trump's desire to "own" Greenland is a result of the distortions of the Mercator projection?
#MapsMatter

Football’s problem with spurious precision and the offside rule Why Arsene Wenger's proposed rule change doesn't fix football's offside rule problem

With Arsene Wenger's daylight rule back in the news this week after some controversial off-side decisions, it seems like a good time to revisit this post from earlier this year.

Was there something odd going on at the Master's snooker when all eight first round matches finished 6-2?

What were the odds of it happening 'by chance'?

Was it a fix or should we know better?

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I've been working as the Science consultant on the new staging of Tom Stoppard's classic play Arcadia at the Old Vic

Here's all the maths/science you might want to brush up on in case you wanted to head to London to watch the play.

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Zahawi defection pushes Reform’s vaccine scepticism into spotlight The views of the former Tory vaccines minister clash with those of high-profile members and the party faithful

How does Zahawi’s appointment sit with Reform?
“[Antivax] views in the party reached a nadir when a controversial dr, given top billing at the Reform party conference, used his speech to claim the Covid vaccine caused cancer in members of the royal family“

Was there something odd going on at the Master's snooker when all eight first round matches finished 6-2?

What were the odds of it happening 'by chance'?

Was it a fix or should we know better?

open.substack.com/pu...

Football’s problem with spurious precision and the offside rule Why Arsene Wenger's proposed rule change doesn't fix football's offside rule problem

With Arsene Wenger's daylight rule back in the news this week after some controversial off-side decisions, it seems like a good time to revisit this post from earlier this year.

Paracetamol is safe in pregnancy, says new evidence against Trump autism claims Researchers say their gold-standard review should put an end to the debate over use of the common painkiller during pregnancy.

“Taking paracetamol while pregnant is safe and there's no evidence it raises the risk of autism, ADHD and developmental issues in children.”

Rand Paul up to his usual dipshittery. "The NSF spent $8 billion to study whether Japanese qual are more sexually promiscuous while on cocaine"

The total NSF budget was 9 billion. I doubt they spend 89% of it on quail.