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Mat Simpson
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Applied maths QUT | Editor-in-Chief Bulletin of Mathematical Biology | Alumnus @uwanews @Uni_Newcastle | Member
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Really enjoyed hearing @kityates.bsky.social talking about the science of predictions in this episode.
October 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Part of its remit is to support the community, so it's cool to see downloads worldwide, reflecting @smbmathbiology.bsky.social's international members. It's also great to see the # of followers on different platforms indicating regular listeners. Go to smb.org/podcast to subscribe if you haven't!
A world map with countries showing where listeners are includes more than 37 countries including: United States, United Kingdom, India, Türkiye, Germany, Australia, Canada, Philippines, Italy, New Zealand, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, Mexico, Denmark, Hungary, France, Romania, Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, Austria, Israel, Norway, Argentina, Chile, Poland, Morocco, South Korea, Indonesia, Peru, Finland, Algeria, Hong Kong SAR China, Egypt. The countries in the darkest shades of blue indicating the highest number of listeners are in: US, UK then India. Graphs showing listener engagement on apple and spotify. Followers: 93 and 219 respectively, time listened (hours) 882 and 162 respectively and number of plays: 1200 and 1225 respectively. Two graphs showing information about the listeners. The first is a donut chart showing that female listeners make up 50% of the audience, male listeners 45%, 4.5% unknown and 0.7% non-binary. A bar graph of listener age groups shows: 0-17 year olds: 1%, 18-22 year olds: 9%, 23-37 year olds: 23%, 28-34 year olds: 45%, 35-44 year olds: 17%, 45-59 year olds: 6%, 60+: 1%.
August 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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At lunch I found @danielcooney1.bsky.social, who's been diligently sharing all @smbmathbiology.bsky.social related posts. Unsurprisingly, during his episode, we discussed using social media to talk science, and his use of game theory in his work:
smb.org/news/13495634 🧪

#SMB2025 #BiologyInNumbers
A picture of me with Daniel, making me look shorter than I already am.
July 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM