Victoria Gill
@bbcvic.bsky.social
BBC science bod - correspondent & Radio 4 blatherer
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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Why do we love to play games?
The science and maths of playing The Traitors recorded at Green Man Festival.
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Our show on the scientific secrets of games - and why we love to play them - is on @BBCRadio4 1630 today. With the brilliant @gillyforrester.bsky.social @steckl.es and #TheTraitorsUK ‘s Jazatha Christie himself - Jaz Singh.
So much fun to make. Hope you enjoy!
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So much fun to make. Hope you enjoy!
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The utterly wonderful @amsterdammed.bsky.social presented her last Inside Science last week. Can’t believe this brilliant woman won’t be my partner in science broadcasting crime - at least for a while.
Do listen to the warmest, smartest & goodest of eggs at work:
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Do listen to the warmest, smartest & goodest of eggs at work:
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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.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The utterly wonderful @amsterdammed.bsky.social presented her last Inside Science last week. Can’t believe this brilliant woman won’t be my partner in science broadcasting crime - at least for a while.
Do listen to the warmest, smartest & goodest of eggs at work:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Do listen to the warmest, smartest & goodest of eggs at work:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
What we all need right now. I LOVE the comedy wildlife photography awards
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Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures
From a red-throated loon touching down on water, to good and bad hair days, and an airborne squirrel, here is a selection of the finalists in this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards
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October 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
What we all need right now. I LOVE the comedy wildlife photography awards
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our show on the scientific secrets of games - and why we love to play them - is on @BBCRadio4 1630 today. With the brilliant @gillyforrester.bsky.social @steckl.es and #TheTraitorsUK ‘s Jazatha Christie himself - Jaz Singh.
So much fun to make. Hope you enjoy!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
So much fun to make. Hope you enjoy!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Why do we love to play games?
The science and maths of playing The Traitors recorded at Green Man Festival.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Our show on the scientific secrets of games - and why we love to play them - is on @BBCRadio4 1630 today. With the brilliant @gillyforrester.bsky.social @steckl.es and #TheTraitorsUK ‘s Jazatha Christie himself - Jaz Singh.
So much fun to make. Hope you enjoy!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
So much fun to make. Hope you enjoy!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
This is spectacular - and fascinating
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In the footsteps of giants - BBC News
One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quarry near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This is spectacular - and fascinating
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Mental arithmetic really stresses me out and science has proved it www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thermal cameras read stress on my face
Psychologists subjected a BBC reporter to a carefully designed thermal camera stress test.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Mental arithmetic really stresses me out and science has proved it www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life, reports @bbcvic.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life, reports @bbcvic.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...
Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life www.bbc.com/news/article...
Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life
The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life www.bbc.com/news/article...
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#Vaccine breakthrough for deadly #elephant #virus ...
| #ElephantEndotheliotropicHerpesvirus | #EEHV | #haemorrhagicdisease | #immunesystem | By @bbcvic.bsky.social via bbc .com
| #ElephantEndotheliotropicHerpesvirus | #EEHV | #haemorrhagicdisease | #immunesystem | By @bbcvic.bsky.social via bbc .com
Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus
A vaccine against a deadly disease that affects young elephants is shown to be effective in a world-first trial.
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October 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
#Vaccine breakthrough for deadly #elephant #virus ...
| #ElephantEndotheliotropicHerpesvirus | #EEHV | #haemorrhagicdisease | #immunesystem | By @bbcvic.bsky.social via bbc .com
| #ElephantEndotheliotropicHerpesvirus | #EEHV | #haemorrhagicdisease | #immunesystem | By @bbcvic.bsky.social via bbc .com
Need some positive news today?
Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus www.bbc.com/news/article...
Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus www.bbc.com/news/article...
Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus
A vaccine against a deadly disease that affects young elephants is shown to be effective in a world-first trial.
www.bbc.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Need some positive news today?
Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus www.bbc.com/news/article...
Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus www.bbc.com/news/article...
A serene force of nature who changed our understanding of the animal world.
RIP #JaneGoodall
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RIP #JaneGoodall
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Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins
Those she inspired say she not only revolutionised our understanding of chimpanzees - but challenged how we relate to the natural world.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A serene force of nature who changed our understanding of the animal world.
RIP #JaneGoodall
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RIP #JaneGoodall
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We’re talking the ACTUAL scientific evidence about autism, diving into black holes and relativity and searching for a miracle eagle on the Isle of Mull on Inside Science today.
1630 Radio 4.
(And that’s me away for a bit, so thanks for listening!)
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1630 Radio 4.
(And that’s me away for a bit, so thanks for listening!)
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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, The science behind autism
What do we know about the causes of autism?
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September 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We’re talking the ACTUAL scientific evidence about autism, diving into black holes and relativity and searching for a miracle eagle on the Isle of Mull on Inside Science today.
1630 Radio 4.
(And that’s me away for a bit, so thanks for listening!)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
1630 Radio 4.
(And that’s me away for a bit, so thanks for listening!)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
So touching to speak to scientists working with organisers of the moving Tribute in Light #September11 memorial. Volunteers & researchers will search the light for migrating birds. We spoke to Andrew Farnsworth from @cornelluniversity.bsky.social on Inside Science
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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, 11/09/2025
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So touching to speak to scientists working with organisers of the moving Tribute in Light #September11 memorial. Volunteers & researchers will search the light for migrating birds. We spoke to Andrew Farnsworth from @cornelluniversity.bsky.social on Inside Science
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Why scientists collected #Antarctic seabed mud and shipped it thousands of miles north
How long tubes of mud could reveal how Antarctica is changing www.bbc.com/news/article...
How long tubes of mud could reveal how Antarctica is changing www.bbc.com/news/article...
Antarctic Ocean secrets hidden in layers of seafloor mud
How long tubes of mud - drilled out of the Antarctic seafloor - could reveal how the frozen continent is changing.
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August 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Why scientists collected #Antarctic seabed mud and shipped it thousands of miles north
How long tubes of mud could reveal how Antarctica is changing www.bbc.com/news/article...
How long tubes of mud could reveal how Antarctica is changing www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Victoria Gill
Awesome day @greenmanfest.bsky.social science journalist and presenter @bbcvic.bsky.social, #Traitors #faithful Jaz Singh, and mathematician @steckl.es for a live recording of #BBC Radio 4 Inside Science - all about games and the role they play in human and animal life 🎲🎰🎮
August 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Awesome day @greenmanfest.bsky.social science journalist and presenter @bbcvic.bsky.social, #Traitors #faithful Jaz Singh, and mathematician @steckl.es for a live recording of #BBC Radio 4 Inside Science - all about games and the role they play in human and animal life 🎲🎰🎮
A scientific race is on to save the world’s most beautiful snails from #extinction
Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mission under way to save 'world's most beautiful' snails
Researchers in Cuba and the UK are working together to reveal the biological secrets of the beautiful but endangered Polymita snail.
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August 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A scientific race is on to save the world’s most beautiful snails from #extinction
Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty www.bbc.com/news/article...
Very happy to share our @hayfestival.bsky.social special episode of Inside Science. Excellent panellists, a brilliant producer and a very rainy day that brought lots of lovely, curious-minded people to our BBC tent. Enjoy!
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BBC Inside Science - The surprising culture of the animal kingdom - BBC Sounds
The latest science of how animals communicate, with a live audience at the Hay Festival.
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July 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Very happy to share our @hayfestival.bsky.social special episode of Inside Science. Excellent panellists, a brilliant producer and a very rainy day that brought lots of lovely, curious-minded people to our BBC tent. Enjoy!
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In just a mo on Radio 4: The science of keeping cool indoors, daffodils’ surprising DNA secrets, robo-taxis on the loose and telling the difference between an ancient comet and an alien spacecraft. (And other space news)
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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, How can we keep our homes cool in a changing climate?
Science that makes living in our homes safer and cooler in a changing climate.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In just a mo on Radio 4: The science of keeping cool indoors, daffodils’ surprising DNA secrets, robo-taxis on the loose and telling the difference between an ancient comet and an alien spacecraft. (And other space news)
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Our little team won an @absw.bsky.social award for our doc on Churchill, Manitoba.
Chuffed & proud - of our film & fab colleagues
Thank you @PolarBears & to the amazing people in Churchill who were so warm, generous & kind. (You can watch *Where the Polar Bears Wait* on BBCiPlayer now)
Chuffed & proud - of our film & fab colleagues
Thank you @PolarBears & to the amazing people in Churchill who were so warm, generous & kind. (You can watch *Where the Polar Bears Wait* on BBCiPlayer now)
July 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Our little team won an @absw.bsky.social award for our doc on Churchill, Manitoba.
Chuffed & proud - of our film & fab colleagues
Thank you @PolarBears & to the amazing people in Churchill who were so warm, generous & kind. (You can watch *Where the Polar Bears Wait* on BBCiPlayer now)
Chuffed & proud - of our film & fab colleagues
Thank you @PolarBears & to the amazing people in Churchill who were so warm, generous & kind. (You can watch *Where the Polar Bears Wait* on BBCiPlayer now)
Delving into quantum circuitry, reinventing musical instruments and exploring seismic signalling in Inside Science on BBCRadio4 in a mo.
All under the watchful gaze of Albert at a (rather warm) @royalsociety.org summer science exhibition
All under the watchful gaze of Albert at a (rather warm) @royalsociety.org summer science exhibition
July 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Delving into quantum circuitry, reinventing musical instruments and exploring seismic signalling in Inside Science on BBCRadio4 in a mo.
All under the watchful gaze of Albert at a (rather warm) @royalsociety.org summer science exhibition
All under the watchful gaze of Albert at a (rather warm) @royalsociety.org summer science exhibition
I feel the world needs this story right now
Killer whales 'massage' each other using kelp www.bbc.com/news/article...
Killer whales 'massage' each other using kelp www.bbc.com/news/article...
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June 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I feel the world needs this story right now
Killer whales 'massage' each other using kelp www.bbc.com/news/article...
Killer whales 'massage' each other using kelp www.bbc.com/news/article...
Our effort to make scientific sense of some of the madness
What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites? www.bbc.com/news/article...
What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites? www.bbc.com/news/article...
What are the risks of bombing a nuclear site?
Destroying Iran's stores of enriched uranium would bring danger for people nearby but not trigger another Chernobyl.
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June 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our effort to make scientific sense of some of the madness
What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites? www.bbc.com/news/article...
What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Victoria Gill
WATCH, READ, LISTEN: A BBC News article shared drone images revealing the impacts of nickel mining, used for electric vehicle batteries, in one of the most marine-biodiverse zones in Indonesia.
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How a race for electric vehicles threatens a marine paradise
Photographs appear to show how nickel mining damaged one the world's most diverse marine environments
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June 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
WATCH, READ, LISTEN: A BBC News article shared drone images revealing the impacts of nickel mining, used for electric vehicle batteries, in one of the most marine-biodiverse zones in Indonesia.
📝 @bbcvic.bsky.social
📝 @bbcvic.bsky.social
Reposted by Victoria Gill
On air now 📻 a special #oceans edition of Inside Science on BBC Radio 4. Me and super-producer Dan Welsh are at the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice as scientists wrap up and the @UN takes over in a effort to save our marine environment
June 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
On air now 📻 a special #oceans edition of Inside Science on BBC Radio 4. Me and super-producer Dan Welsh are at the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice as scientists wrap up and the @UN takes over in a effort to save our marine environment