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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · 5d

Turtley good news 🐢🐢🐢 #friyay #turtles www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'

Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Sep 11

Exercising muscles pumps out substances that can suppress the growth of breast cancer cells, a new study found.

“Our work shows that exercise can directly influence cancer biology,” said a senior author.

A single exercise session may slow cancer cell growth, new study shows

Exercise may not only help prevent cancer but also could fight it at a cellular level.

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Starballing" is my new favourite word www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thousands of starfish wash up on Kirkcaldy beach

Fife Coast and Countryside Trust said it would allow the tides to reclaim the dead starfish while monitoring the situation.

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · Sep 8

Insightful reporting from Natalie Sherman in Massachusetts where manufacturers say President's Trump's tariffs are squeezing their businesses.
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Donald Trump's tariffs put US manufacturing revival hopes to the test

The gulf between Trump's rhetoric and the reality on the ground is starting to show.

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Ben Chu @benchu.bsky.social · Aug 13

What's driven 50,000 small boat crossings under Labour?

My Sounds explainer 🎧👇

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What's driven 50,000 small boat crossings under Labour? - BBC Sounds

Ben Chu from BBC Verify looks at the data behind the numbers.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · Aug 13

Claims circulating online that a picture shows a young Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell are misleading.

It is actually of Mr Johnson with his first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, while the pair were at university.

Archive picture does not show Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell – Full Fact

The image actually shows a younger Mr Johnson with his first wife.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 12

Progeria is a disease of rapid, brutal aging. Scientists may be on the verge of a cure.

How an Ultra-Rare Disease Accelerates Aging

Teen-agers with progeria have effectively aged eight or nine decades. A cure could help change millions of lives—and shed light on why we grow old.

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Londonopia @londonopia.bsky.social · Aug 11

Important public service announcement. Reading it might just save a life.

Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · Aug 12

Last week I learned that gerrymandering gets its name from a Massachusetts governor called Elbridge Gerry and the shape of a redrawn Boston district, said to resemble a salamander. H/T @therestpolitics.bsky.social US!

The front page of the Salem Gazette, Friday, 2 April, 1813. It has an image of the redrawn district of Boston which has been turned into a contorted dragon shape, with clawed feet, wings and sharp teeth

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Chris Cook @chriscook.news · Aug 12

We wanted to know if the money that the EU has put into rearmament is turning into production capacity — and the answer is: yes. Industry is rearming.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Aug 12

Analysis of radar satellite data shows rearmament on a historic scale, stretching over 7mn sq metres of new industrial development on.ft.com/3HsEbYG

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · Aug 12

Highly recommend this Channel4 doc series about how police hacked into #encrochat , an encrypted messaging service being used for serious organised crime across continents. Every episode is jaw-dropping; and the drama recon and graphics are superb www.channel4.com/programmes/o...

Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text

The inside story of a huge police investigation into crime bosses’ encrypted phone network

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · Aug 1

Beyond grim. Excellent reporting in this story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rats, mould and dangerous overcrowding - inside illegal house-shares

Black-market rental properties are being openly advertised with unsafe conditions, BBC finds.

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · Jul 31

2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos, writes @georginarannard.bsky.social
The intricate tattoos of leopards, a stag, a rooster, and a mythical half-lion and half-eagle creature on the woman's body shed light on an ancient warrior culture.
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A drawing of the tattoo on the ice mummy's skin. It shows two tigers and a leopard brinking down two deer. It is stylised and flowing in style.

Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · Jul 31

A sombre scrolly data investigation from Sky News yesterday news.sky.com/story/gazas-...

Gaza's deadliest days linked by a pattern of attacks on families

Using exclusive new data, social media obituaries and satellite imagery, Sky News has tracked the killing of families in Gaza over the past 21 months.

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · Jul 31

And this is beautiful and informative from The Times on London's green parakeets. They've been around longer than you think... 🦜🦜🦜 #dataviz #scrollytelling
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@kayaburgess.bsky.social , Cecilia Tombesi, George Willoughby and Megan Beckwith

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The mystery of London’s Himalayan parakeets: myths v truth

The birds’ striking plumage is a common sight across the capital. We may have solved the question of how they got here — and it has nothing to do with Jimi Hendrix

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · Jul 31

Lovely scrollytelling stories out today, first up @mrdiscopop.bsky.social 's look at pop song length and tone in the age of TikTok with great data viz from Jess Carr www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Three-minute heroes: TikTok made songs shorter but artists are pushing back with longer tracks with more emotional resonance - BBC News

Pop songs got drastically shorter in the streaming era. But new BBC research shows that trend is over

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Benedict Garman @benedictgarman.com · Jul 29

We geolocated the view out of the window as Jeremy Bowen's team filmed packages falling from a plane over Gaza yesterday. They were dropped into a "dangerous combat zone", which Palestinians are warned not to enter because it would put their lives at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · Jun 13

This kind of #cancertreatment development is so exciting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cancer: World-first 'Trojan horse' therapy to be given on NHS

It sneaks toxic drugs inside cancer cells to hit them hard while minimising side-effects.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jun 5

Here again is the remarkable impact of immunotherapy for intractable cancer via engineered T cells
gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/h...

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Ben Chu @benchu.bsky.social · May 30

The impact of the trade court tariffs ruling – in numbers

My BBC Verify analysis 👇

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What does court ruling mean for Trump's tariff agenda?

BBC Verify examines what the latest development means for US and global trade.

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · Apr 25

Today's coding is brought to you by the entire Weyes Blood back catalogue #musicforcoding #weyesblood open.spotify.com/album/3mF47P...

The Innocents

Weyes Blood · Album · 2014 · 10 songs

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · Apr 24

Very nice post by @scientificdiscovery.dev on why cancer mortality has declined. Spoiler: it’s not just that fewer people are smoking.>

www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/the-declin...

The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking

I respond to the claim that the decline in cancer mortality is mostly, or almost entirely, because of the decline in smoking.

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · Apr 24

The British trial, published in the journal Allergy, shows adults with serious allergies can increase the amount of peanut they can tolerate by 100 times. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'My peanut allergy nearly killed me - now I eat them every day'

Just a few years ago, Chris Brookes-Smith could have died from eating peanuts - but taking part in a clinical trial has changed his life.

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