Caroline Steel

If you fall asleep watching or listening to something, this one is for you!

I a great time on Inside Science today, chatting about the latest science news with Vic Gill.

The BBC’s The Climate Question is now on YouTube!

I had a great time alongside @akshatrathi.bsky.social answering questions from listeners.
🌱 How do I get a green job?
💨 Could nitrous oxide emissions become a problem in the future?
🧊 How do you age an ice core?

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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Should we rethink navigating by GPS? GPS is vulnerable to interference, so how can we make navigating at sea safer?

I’m on BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science NOW with @whippletom.bsky.social chatting about one of my favourite topics. Solar geoengineering ☀️ 🔧

Should we be meddling with our skies to try and slow climate change? Or do the risks outweigh the reward?

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CrowdScience - Can you play the guitar underwater? - BBC Sounds We explore underwater acoustics in search of a new music sensation

I got to submerge both a guitar and myself in a tank for our latest episode of CrowdScience: Can you play a guitar underwater? 🎸 💧

It’s one of my favourite episodes this year - a question that sounds obvious, but is packed full of unexpected science.

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I had a great time talking quantum physics with Paul Davies and Vlatko Vedral at the Hay Winter Literary Festival last weekend. 

Is the many worlds interpretation real? Why is quantum so hard to understand?

The answers are in Paul and Vlatko’s books which I highly recommend!

BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, A 'functional' cure for HIV? Almost four decades after the first HIV treatment, is there finally a ‘functional’ cure?

I’m on Inside Science NOW with @whippletom.bsky.social chatting about my fave science news.

Satellites are photobombing images of space and why it’s a problem.

Plus, scientists have made self-destructing plastic. Could this be the solution to our plastic problem?

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Great take homes!! Thanks for joining us ☺️

Why does coffee that’s passed through a civet taste so good?

Why are you more likely to be allergic to an ugly plant than a beautiful one?

I had a great time last week chatting about wierd and wonderful science on Unexpected Elements last week.

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CrowdScience - Why do we cry? - BBC Sounds Only humans cry emotional tears, whether it’s tears of sadness or tears of joy. But why?

Why do we cry? 😢

I put blood, sweat & *tears* into this ep of CrowdScience - I collected my tears for a couple of weeks and then took them to the Netherlands (thank God I didn’t have to take liquids out of my bag at security…) to analyse them under a microscope.

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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, What’s in the wording of the COP 30 negotiations? As COP 30 draws to close in Brazil, we speak to a former negotiator.

Moss can survive 9 months in space!

Plus, scientists have worked out why coffee that’s passed through the gut of a civet, tastes so good ☕️

Today I was on Inside Science with @whippletom.bsky.social & @kityates.bsky.social, chatting about my fave science news.

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Are we now closer to finding life on another planet? - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service YouTube video by BBC World Service

Do Aliens exist? 👽

We might be one step closer to finding the answer following the discovery of a possible nitrogen atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet called Trappist-1e. 🪐

I had a great time talking about the news on What in the World.

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CrowdScience - Are near-death experiences real? - BBC Sounds Are near-death experiences visions of an afterlife?

Did you know that the brain can be active for 20 minutes AFTER you die?

Our latest CrowdScience explored the question: are near death experiences real?

I spoke to the experts, including Jimo Borjigin who’s studied the brains of four people before & after death.

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As a physics nerd I got to go on my dream work trip, to CERN! 🇨🇭 🇫🇷

It was for a CrowdScience where we tried to answer the question: are atoms immortal?

If you’re interested in atom immortality (or mortality), would love to hear what you think…

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BBC Inside Science - Have scientists created a bionic eye? - BBC Sounds The bionic microchip implant which allows registered blind people to see again.

Last week, I was on Radio 4’s Inside Science with @amsterdammed.bsky.social, chatting about my favourite science news:

💦 Where the water at Mars’ equator comes from
🐁 Can we give lab mice periods?
🦇 An accidental recording of the sound of a bat catching a robin

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BBC World Service - CrowdScience, Why are some animals black and white? Why are zebras so stripy? Why do penguins wear tuxedos?

Why are some animals black and white?

Why do zebras have stripes that seem to make them stand out to predators🦓?

Why do pandas have cute black eyes 🐼?

And why do penguins have white bellies 🐧?

We found the answers for a recent episode of CrowdScience.

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Really pleased to hear!!

BBC Radio 4 - Looking for No Man's Land A quest to find a place on Earth unaffected by humans... if it exists.

I have a new favourite podcast series. So if you’re going to listen to one thing I’ve worked on - pick this!

Producer Florian and I have been looking for somewhere on Earth unaffected by humans. A place we haven’t changed, in any way.

Looking for No Man’s Land.

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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Are embryos made from skin cells the future of fertility treatment? Scientists have made early-stage human embryos using skin cell DNA fertilised with sperm

Right now, I’m on Radio 4’s Inside Science with @amsterdammed.bsky.social, chatting about my favourite science news:

🪐 potential signs exoplanet Trappist 1e could be habitable
🐨 a new vaccine for koala chlamydia

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BBC Inside Science - What does caffeine do to our bodies? - BBC Sounds The evidence on whether high caffeine energy drinks affect our health.

Last week, I joined @amsterdammed.bsky.social on Radio 4’s Inside Science to chat about my favourite science news:

🌋 How a volcanic eruption might have sparked the French Revolution
☀️ A new way to detect worrying solar storms
🐕 Dogs can thrive on a vegan diet

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This week, I received a letter from David Attenborough.

I’d written to ask if I could interview him for a new Radio 4 series I’m presenting. Sadly, it was a no, but he took the time to send me a handwritten response, at the age of 99!

What an incredible human being.

CrowdScience - How long will traces of our civilisation last? - BBC Sounds If intelligent life visits Earth millions of years from now, will they find traces of us?

How long will traces of humanity last? Will future inteligent species dig up our bones, homes and plastic?

CrowdScience found the answers by talking to the experts and going fossil hunting.

@adamfrank4.bsky.social

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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Could solar panels in space be the energy source of the future? The science of extraterrestrial solar panels and whether they can power our energy needs.

What does maths say about how to win Guess Who? 🤔👧👩

I’m Radio 4’s Inside Science now with @amsterdammed.bsky.social talking science news:
- Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, could be a dark matter detector 🌑
- birds are efficient communicators, like humans 🎶🐦

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Brain implants, drugs via blood-bubble, ingestible electronics - The Engineers, BBC World Service YouTube video by BBC World Service

Writing texts using only thoughts 💭 drugs delivered via bubbles 🫧 and electronics you swallow to treat disease 💊

I chaired a discussion with for BBC World TV and The BBC World Service about the technology that is transforming healthcare.

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How to get your best night’s sleep - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service YouTube video by BBC World Service

Like me, do you struggle to fall asleep? 😴

I’ve been on a mission to find out why.

I visited a sleep lab (and didn’t fall asleep…) and grilled some of the world’s leading sleep experts.

I was on What in the World, sharing everything I’ve learnt.

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BBC Inside Science - What’s the evidence for vaccines? - BBC Sounds Cuts of $500 million to vaccines research have been announced by the US government.

What really killed Napoleon’s soldiers?

I was on Radio 4’s Inside Science yesterday with @amsterdammed.bsky.social.
Our favourite news:
- what divorce looks like in birds
- can we redirect spacecraft to look at a mysterious object which has entered our solar system?
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BBC World Service - CrowdScience, Where did Earth’s water come from? Seventy percent of our planet is covered in water, but where did it all come from?

There’s 1.4 billion trillion litres of water on Earth.

But at one point Earth is bone dry. So where did all the water come from?

@amsterdammed.bsky.social and I found out on last week’s CrowdScience.

I was genuinely shocked by the answer ☄️

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How will bubbles, brain implants and digestible electronics improve our future? 🫧 🧠 💊

I had a great time last night asking Tom Oxley, Khalil Ramadi and Eleanor Stride about their pioneering work.

Will share the final radio/TV show soon.

Unexpected Elements - How dust affects the world - BBC Sounds A new report on the dangers of dust sends us storming off into dust-related science.

On this week’s Unexpected Elements we talk all things dust:

🎷 what Norwegian jazz and cosmic dust have in common
🌵 how dust from the Sahara is supporting the Amazon
☄️ what cosmic rays and dust tell us about the ground beneath our feet

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How can music help you wind down? 🎵 😮‍💨

I had a great time at Crossed Wires Festival with BBC Radio 3 Unwind and @niallbreslin.bsky.social.

Here are a few of my favourite tips:
1.) Listen to music from a time when you felt relaxed.
2.) Listen to music with a slower tempo.
3.) Play an instrument.

Crossed Wires Unwind your Mind with Niall Breslin

I’m at Crossed Wires Festival this weekend with @niallbreslin.bsky.social and BBC Radio 3 Unwind!

I’ll be sharing some tips on how to use music to relax and taking a look at the science behind why it works.

Our event starts at 10:45am on Sunday, tickets here:
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