Aidan Warner
@aidanwarner.bsky.social
communications at @wellcometrust.bsky.social
Your last week to visit the fantastic Wellcome Collection exhibition on water wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...
Thirst: In Search of Freshwater
This exhibition explores humanity’s vital connection with freshwater – an essential source of life and pillar of good health for people and planet.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Your last week to visit the fantastic Wellcome Collection exhibition on water wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...
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A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
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Science can transform lives, but only if it reaches the people who need it most.
That's why, last year, we invested £1.9 billion combining discovery with solutions and real-world action.
Explore the impact in our annual report: wellcome.org/insights/rep...
That's why, last year, we invested £1.9 billion combining discovery with solutions and real-world action.
Explore the impact in our annual report: wellcome.org/insights/rep...
Wellcome Annual Report 2025 | Reports | Wellcome
Find out about Wellcome’s impact in 2024/25, with notes from our Chair and CEO, reports on what we did last year and reviews of our finances and investments.
wellcome.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Science can transform lives, but only if it reaches the people who need it most.
That's why, last year, we invested £1.9 billion combining discovery with solutions and real-world action.
Explore the impact in our annual report: wellcome.org/insights/rep...
That's why, last year, we invested £1.9 billion combining discovery with solutions and real-world action.
Explore the impact in our annual report: wellcome.org/insights/rep...
@gregjhurst.bsky.social caught you on Times Radio earlier Greg - sounds like a great project. Hope all's well
December 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@gregjhurst.bsky.social caught you on Times Radio earlier Greg - sounds like a great project. Hope all's well
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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Horrifying/funny/horrifying again to spot how many of these were definitely written by ChatGPT
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The FT Influence List 2025
Who are the people who shaped the world this year?
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December 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Horrifying/funny/horrifying again to spot how many of these were definitely written by ChatGPT
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giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Baroness Nicola Blackwood has been appointed as Chair of the Health Data Research Service
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www.gov.uk/government/n...
Visionary leader appointed for Health Data Research Service
Patients to benefit from faster life-saving treatments as new leader appointed for health data service
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Baroness Nicola Blackwood has been appointed as Chair of the Health Data Research Service
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www.gov.uk/government/n...
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More than 200 studies have provided compelling evidence of a link between rising temperatures and adverse pregnancy outcomes, including premature birth, stillbirth, low birth weight, congenital abnormalities and hypertensive disorders in mothers on.ft.com/4oNPZEX
How a warmer world is making pregnancy riskier
Some scientists argue that the link between increasing heat and adverse maternal outcomes is quietly becoming a public health emergency
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November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
More than 200 studies have provided compelling evidence of a link between rising temperatures and adverse pregnancy outcomes, including premature birth, stillbirth, low birth weight, congenital abnormalities and hypertensive disorders in mothers on.ft.com/4oNPZEX
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Grist launches international reporting project on the impacts of climate change on human health.
The year-long series called Vital Signs will include stories from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia.
grist.org/updates/gris...
#News #Media #Health #PublicHealth
The year-long series called Vital Signs will include stories from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia.
grist.org/updates/gris...
#News #Media #Health #PublicHealth
Grist launches international reporting project on the impacts of climate change on human health
The year-long series called Vital Signs will include stories from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia.
grist.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Grist launches international reporting project on the impacts of climate change on human health.
The year-long series called Vital Signs will include stories from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia.
grist.org/updates/gris...
#News #Media #Health #PublicHealth
The year-long series called Vital Signs will include stories from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia.
grist.org/updates/gris...
#News #Media #Health #PublicHealth
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Extreme heat now kills roughly one person every minute, and about 550,000 a year, finds @lancetcountdown.bsky.social's new report. And scientists warn parts of the world may soon hit limits where it’s too hot and humid for people to survive.
My latest for @bloomberg.com (free 🎁 link):
My latest for @bloomberg.com (free 🎁 link):
Hot Weather is Killing More than Half a Million People a Year
Authors of a new Lancet report warn that parts of the world could become unlivable, as climate change drives a surge in heat deaths.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Extreme heat now kills roughly one person every minute, and about 550,000 a year, finds @lancetcountdown.bsky.social's new report. And scientists warn parts of the world may soon hit limits where it’s too hot and humid for people to survive.
My latest for @bloomberg.com (free 🎁 link):
My latest for @bloomberg.com (free 🎁 link):
How government bureaucracy is hampering skilled researchers from coming to the UK, contributing to our economy, making scientific breakthroughs...
Some fascinating details below the surface - university/insitute attempts to offer interest free loans to help researchers cover upfront visa costs and up being stymied (two different case studies in screenshots)
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
How government bureaucracy is hampering skilled researchers from coming to the UK, contributing to our economy, making scientific breakthroughs...
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France has recorded nearly 400 locally-acquired cases of chikungunya this summer, French health authorities announced today, as tropical tiger mosquitoes also increasingly spread across Europe due to climate change.
Local chikungunya cases soar in France
Tiger mosquitoes that carry the virus are increasingly spreading across Europe.
www.politico.eu
September 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
France has recorded nearly 400 locally-acquired cases of chikungunya this summer, French health authorities announced today, as tropical tiger mosquitoes also increasingly spread across Europe due to climate change.
The role of secretary of state for science is essential to the success of the government's aims, says Wellcome chief exec @jarottingen.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The role of secretary of state for science is essential to the success of the government's aims, says Wellcome chief exec @jarottingen.bsky.social
Research England should not backtrack on their proposals on people, culture and environment as part of the next Research Excellence Framework, says @jarottingen.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Investing in research culture is a sure bet
Balancing the elements of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) is a challenge. Those who have tried managing the demands of ‘just’ one department of… ...
Investing in research culture is a sure bet
Balancing the elements of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) is a challenge. Those who have tried managing the demands of ‘just’ one department of o...
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August 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Research England should not backtrack on their proposals on people, culture and environment as part of the next Research Excellence Framework, says @jarottingen.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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New report 🚨
Our 2025 analysis shows the mounting impacts of the UK immigration system: over £870,000 cost, challenges to recruit and delays to life-saving cancer research.
Read more: bit.ly/CRUK2025visasblog
Our 2025 analysis shows the mounting impacts of the UK immigration system: over £870,000 cost, challenges to recruit and delays to life-saving cancer research.
Read more: bit.ly/CRUK2025visasblog
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
New report 🚨
Our 2025 analysis shows the mounting impacts of the UK immigration system: over £870,000 cost, challenges to recruit and delays to life-saving cancer research.
Read more: bit.ly/CRUK2025visasblog
Our 2025 analysis shows the mounting impacts of the UK immigration system: over £870,000 cost, challenges to recruit and delays to life-saving cancer research.
Read more: bit.ly/CRUK2025visasblog
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'Climate change is well and truly transforming the experience of living in Britain’s capital'
Rich Londoners Find Money Can’t Buy ACs As Temperatures Soar
As Londoners struggle to adapt to rising temperatures, some of the city’s wealthier denizens are finding that money can’t always deliver the relief they seek.
www.bloomberg.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
'Climate change is well and truly transforming the experience of living in Britain’s capital'
Another one for the "we're all climate journalists now" pile
August 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Another one for the "we're all climate journalists now" pile
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On the one hand, far fewer people are being killed. On the other, some people get to work two minutes later. So it's impossible to say whether it's good or not.
Journey times up, deaths down: Welsh 20mph speed limit still divisive two years on
Protests continue against default lower limit in urban areas that supporters say is working ‘exactly as intended’
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August 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
On the one hand, far fewer people are being killed. On the other, some people get to work two minutes later. So it's impossible to say whether it's good or not.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Thirst for knowledge: Free Wellcome exhibition charts our watery past and future
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/thi...
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Thirst for knowledge: Free Wellcome exhibition charts our watery past and future
You might need a glass of water to read this review, and you think about it differently afterwards.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Thirst for knowledge: Free Wellcome exhibition charts our watery past and future
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/thi...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/thi...
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Extreme heat doesn’t receive the same “round-the-clock” coverage as wildfires, hurricanes, or floods. Yet, “Of all the climate disasters we face, heat is the most urgent, and its day-to-day effects are also the trickiest to talk about.” By Meg Bernhard @columjournreview.bsky.social
What Makes Heat So Hard to Cover?
For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on.
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July 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Extreme heat doesn’t receive the same “round-the-clock” coverage as wildfires, hurricanes, or floods. Yet, “Of all the climate disasters we face, heat is the most urgent, and its day-to-day effects are also the trickiest to talk about.” By Meg Bernhard @columjournreview.bsky.social
Cuts to the UK aid budget have led to the closure of the Fleming Fund, which has been tackling the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance.
July 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Cuts to the UK aid budget have led to the closure of the Fleming Fund, which has been tackling the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance.
In which @whippletom.bsky.social agrees with our diagnosis on the shortcomings of the UK's "science superpower" sloganeering, though not our alternative suggestion www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
British boasts of being a ‘science superpower’ are a bit of a cringe
Not since that other phrase, ‘follow the science’, has there been so much unease that words that sound like they are backing science might be a trap for it
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July 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In which @whippletom.bsky.social agrees with our diagnosis on the shortcomings of the UK's "science superpower" sloganeering, though not our alternative suggestion www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Newly published research shows for the first time that eight healthy babies have been born in the UK following a pioneering IVF technique that reduces the risk of mitochondrial disease.
We’re proud to have supported this work from the beginning: wellcome.org/news/mitocho...
We’re proud to have supported this work from the beginning: wellcome.org/news/mitocho...
Mitochondrial donation: the IVF treatment giving families hope | News | Wellcome
The first healthy babies born in the UK thanks to mitochondrial donation show what science can achieve when combined with advocacy and engagement to build trust.
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July 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Newly published research shows for the first time that eight healthy babies have been born in the UK following a pioneering IVF technique that reduces the risk of mitochondrial disease.
We’re proud to have supported this work from the beginning: wellcome.org/news/mitocho...
We’re proud to have supported this work from the beginning: wellcome.org/news/mitocho...
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Strength in science can help the UK find its place in a changing world.
Wellcome has published a new report on how the UK can be the global partner of choice for R&D, and why investing in science supports diplomacy and security as well as economic growth.
Wellcome has published a new report on how the UK can be the global partner of choice for R&D, and why investing in science supports diplomacy and security as well as economic growth.
July 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Strength in science can help the UK find its place in a changing world.
Wellcome has published a new report on how the UK can be the global partner of choice for R&D, and why investing in science supports diplomacy and security as well as economic growth.
Wellcome has published a new report on how the UK can be the global partner of choice for R&D, and why investing in science supports diplomacy and security as well as economic growth.