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Cliff
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Optimist, peptide biochemist and European. Captain of Broadclyst Cricket Club. Wildlife and racing enthusiast. Isca Biochemicals.
Autumn is here.
October 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Well this is Awesome 👌 👏 Outrageous that it's necessary, but good on these guys.
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Happy Publication Day!

You can order my new book in print and/or digital

Print: thenightwatchman.net/buy/cricket-ch…

Digital: thenightwatchman.net/buy/cricket-ch���
April 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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A cartoon for @theguardian.com books.
March 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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It's Valentine's Day, so let's talk about sex.

Eel sex!

Well...we can't, really.

We don't know exactly where, or how, eels get busy. It's a 2000+ year old puzzle. It's not like we haven't tried. But the sex life of eels is a mystery smothered in secret sauce. 1/5
🗃️🧪
February 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Photo of two boys - one vaccinated against smallpox, the other not - published in 1901 by Dr. Allan Warner.

Smallpox killed over half a billion people in the 20th century alone. On 8 May 1980, the WHO announced its eradication, which was achieved through #vaccines, surveillance, and containment.
February 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Don't blink!
December 27, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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25 MINUTE WARNING! Tune your sets to BBC Radio 4 ready for 9am, to hear the special Saturnalia episode of Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics 🥳📻🎁 I hope you're wearing dining pyjamas!

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, Saturnalia
Natalie Haynes celebrates Saturnalia with guests André Vincent and Llewelyn Morgan.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2024 at 8:36 AM
A coral fungus from Devon
December 8, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Proud owner of this accolade since 2005. Hurrah for Broadclyst Cricket Club!
December 1, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Large Emerald moth (Geometra papilionaria) resting on a wall. Devon UK.
November 26, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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Today’s great read.

If I made Nova-like documentaries I would leap on this fascinating story, highlighting the variety of researcher backgrounds that were necessary to develop venom-based therapies. Not to mention the justification for protecting the environment. 🧪

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/m...
Nature’s ‘Swiss Army Knife’: What Can We Learn From Venom? (Gift Article)
A study of Gila monster venom helped start the revolution in weight-loss drugs. But scientists think that’s just the beginning.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:08 PM
A shield bug
November 22, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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You asked for it...
November 19, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Some cemetery fungi
#fungi
November 17, 2024 at 10:43 AM
November 17, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Let's start with an Ivy Bee (Coletes hederae) enjoying some autumn sunshine.
November 13, 2024 at 2:24 PM