Jessica Mills Davies
@byjessicadavies.bsky.social
Senior Correspondent - London (for the Energy Transition) at DC Thomson's Energy Voice. Author of Rosalind/The English Chemist (Opinions: all mine.) https://muckrack.com/jessica-mills-davies
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Here, Rosalind Franklin's colleague Maurice himself argues to the head of their lab in London that their data should not have been leaked to Watson and Crick. You're welcome.
Short answer: not really.
- Aurora analysts say electrification will lower bills, and a move to gas wouldn't register for a decade.
- CfDs return what they cost.
- Nuclear (Sizewell) adds £10 under the RAB.
- Network charges are associated with grid build-out for all energy sources.
#climatesky
- Aurora analysts say electrification will lower bills, and a move to gas wouldn't register for a decade.
- CfDs return what they cost.
- Nuclear (Sizewell) adds £10 under the RAB.
- Network charges are associated with grid build-out for all energy sources.
#climatesky
Reeves’s Budget conundrum: Are green levies driving up the cost of energy? #energysky
Reeves’s Budget conundrum: Are green levies driving up the cost of energy?
Analysts say electrification will lead to cheaper bills.
dlvr.it
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Short answer: not really.
- Aurora analysts say electrification will lower bills, and a move to gas wouldn't register for a decade.
- CfDs return what they cost.
- Nuclear (Sizewell) adds £10 under the RAB.
- Network charges are associated with grid build-out for all energy sources.
#climatesky
- Aurora analysts say electrification will lower bills, and a move to gas wouldn't register for a decade.
- CfDs return what they cost.
- Nuclear (Sizewell) adds £10 under the RAB.
- Network charges are associated with grid build-out for all energy sources.
#climatesky
Reposted by Jessica Mills Davies
Reeves’s Budget conundrum: Are green levies driving up the cost of energy? #energysky
Reeves’s Budget conundrum: Are green levies driving up the cost of energy?
Analysts say electrification will lead to cheaper bills.
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Reeves’s Budget conundrum: Are green levies driving up the cost of energy? #energysky
With AI growing in ubiquity, humans will be reduced to permanent password-storage units.
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
With AI growing in ubiquity, humans will be reduced to permanent password-storage units.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
My book 'Rosalind' tells the story of the double helix through Rosalind Franklin's eyes; spotlighting photo 49 (from which she deduced findings), taken from an earlier experiment than photo 51, which became famous because James Watson saw it.
wellcomecollection.org/works/qzrpnj...
wellcomecollection.org/works/qzrpnj...
November 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My book 'Rosalind' tells the story of the double helix through Rosalind Franklin's eyes; spotlighting photo 49 (from which she deduced findings), taken from an earlier experiment than photo 51, which became famous because James Watson saw it.
wellcomecollection.org/works/qzrpnj...
wellcomecollection.org/works/qzrpnj...
A photograph of Rosalind Franklin in Italy, 1950. The poster behind her says "Anche Tu Puoi", which means, "You can, too", in English. How appropriate.
digital.sciencehistory.org/works/v97xyyk
(Courtesy of Science History Institute.)
digital.sciencehistory.org/works/v97xyyk
(Courtesy of Science History Institute.)
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A photograph of Rosalind Franklin in Italy, 1950. The poster behind her says "Anche Tu Puoi", which means, "You can, too", in English. How appropriate.
digital.sciencehistory.org/works/v97xyyk
(Courtesy of Science History Institute.)
digital.sciencehistory.org/works/v97xyyk
(Courtesy of Science History Institute.)
Not sure if the subeditor lost something in translation. As I'm sure Cobb would agree, Crick was the first to say he couldn't have theorised the double helix without Rosalind Franklin's experimental data.
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Not sure if the subeditor lost something in translation. As I'm sure Cobb would agree, Crick was the first to say he couldn't have theorised the double helix without Rosalind Franklin's experimental data.
The UN warned this month that the 1.5 degree limit on global warming set under the Paris agreement may not be reached. But that's no reason to drop targets. Cutting fossil fuels could keep us within critical limits and UN national contributions suggest the emissions trajectory could tip. #climatesky
UN secretary says emissions are set to fall post-COP30 #energysky
UN secretary says emissions are set to fall post-COP30
'Every fraction of a degree of heating avoided will save millions of lives'.
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The UN warned this month that the 1.5 degree limit on global warming set under the Paris agreement may not be reached. But that's no reason to drop targets. Cutting fossil fuels could keep us within critical limits and UN national contributions suggest the emissions trajectory could tip. #climatesky
Reposted by Jessica Mills Davies
UN secretary says emissions are set to fall post-COP30 #energysky
UN secretary says emissions are set to fall post-COP30
'Every fraction of a degree of heating avoided will save millions of lives'.
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
UN secretary says emissions are set to fall post-COP30 #energysky
Can the hive mind help me with a little mystery of science history? These photos in Raymond Gosling's thesis purport to be the same, but only the left shows the features of known photo 51. Rosalind Franklin's notes show they used the same specimen in an earlier experiment: 49. Could that explain it?
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Can the hive mind help me with a little mystery of science history? These photos in Raymond Gosling's thesis purport to be the same, but only the left shows the features of known photo 51. Rosalind Franklin's notes show they used the same specimen in an earlier experiment: 49. Could that explain it?
Reposted by Jessica Mills Davies
You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing!
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing!
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
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There is truly no surer sign of being trapped in the Westminster bubble thank thinking that the person to reverse Labour's tanking poll numbers is Wes Streeting.
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
There is truly no surer sign of being trapped in the Westminster bubble thank thinking that the person to reverse Labour's tanking poll numbers is Wes Streeting.
Indeed. Those who control the dominant narrative have a responsibility to free themselves of outworn ideas.
Just so. Attentive historians of recent science will say, "Today, we understand this to be the case." Tomorrow, we may well understand it differently. That's how science works, no?
I’m very allergic to the phrase “we know that” in science communication, especially when it extrapolates from limited evidence. Findings don’t equal facts.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Indeed. Those who control the dominant narrative have a responsibility to free themselves of outworn ideas.
Unfortunately this article offered an outdated version of events pushed by Watson's memoir. There's little evidence Wilkins 'abhorred confrontation' (you need only read his letters), or that he focused on B DNA (which Franklin analysed in her '52/3 notebooks), nor did she see it as a 'distraction'.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Unfortunately this article offered an outdated version of events pushed by Watson's memoir. There's little evidence Wilkins 'abhorred confrontation' (you need only read his letters), or that he focused on B DNA (which Franklin analysed in her '52/3 notebooks), nor did she see it as a 'distraction'.
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Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
It's a matter of public record that James Watson visited Rosalind Franklin's lab at this time in 1953 @matthewcobb.bsky.social, where he saw photo 51.
As early as November 1951, he heard Rosalind Franklin's lecture. She corrected his subsequent flawed model. I included these details in my book.
As early as November 1951, he heard Rosalind Franklin's lecture. She corrected his subsequent flawed model. I included these details in my book.
I find these pages from Rosalind Franklin's notebooks in Jan/Feb 1953 particularly interesting. She draws her own diagrams of DNA, describing a possible structure with chains 'along a-c diagonal', and examines evidence for a '2-chain' helix from photo 49, an earlier x-ray of B DNA than photo 51.
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's a matter of public record that James Watson visited Rosalind Franklin's lab at this time in 1953 @matthewcobb.bsky.social, where he saw photo 51.
As early as November 1951, he heard Rosalind Franklin's lecture. She corrected his subsequent flawed model. I included these details in my book.
As early as November 1951, he heard Rosalind Franklin's lecture. She corrected his subsequent flawed model. I included these details in my book.
I find these pages from Rosalind Franklin's notebooks in Jan/Feb 1953 particularly interesting. She draws her own diagrams of DNA, describing a possible structure with chains 'along a-c diagonal', and examines evidence for a '2-chain' helix from photo 49, an earlier x-ray of B DNA than photo 51.
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I find these pages from Rosalind Franklin's notebooks in Jan/Feb 1953 particularly interesting. She draws her own diagrams of DNA, describing a possible structure with chains 'along a-c diagonal', and examines evidence for a '2-chain' helix from photo 49, an earlier x-ray of B DNA than photo 51.
In private, Rosalind Franklin's colleague at King's College, Maurice Wilkins, begrudged that James Watson and Francis Crick had pinched their data. As per this letter that surfaced at auction.
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In private, Rosalind Franklin's colleague at King's College, Maurice Wilkins, begrudged that James Watson and Francis Crick had pinched their data. As per this letter that surfaced at auction.
Here, Rosalind Franklin's colleague Maurice himself argues to the head of their lab in London that their data should not have been leaked to Watson and Crick. You're welcome.
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Here, Rosalind Franklin's colleague Maurice himself argues to the head of their lab in London that their data should not have been leaked to Watson and Crick. You're welcome.
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Through reading her time-stamped and archived lab notebooks meticulously, and comparing those dates to the timeline in James Watson's memoir, and Maurice Wilkins' letters. You're welcome.
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Through reading her time-stamped and archived lab notebooks meticulously, and comparing those dates to the timeline in James Watson's memoir, and Maurice Wilkins' letters. You're welcome.
Reposted by Jessica Mills Davies
Rosalind Franklin was unavailable for comment
NEW YORK (AP) — James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97.
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Rosalind Franklin was unavailable for comment
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Rosalind Franklin will be remembered.
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Rosalind Franklin will be remembered.
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Raise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions
NYT obituary of Jim Watson.
A long and fairly balanced view of a complicated man who participated in one of the greatest discoveries in biology.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
A long and fairly balanced view of a complicated man who participated in one of the greatest discoveries in biology.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Raise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions
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It’s a good day to look up Rosalind Franklin.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s a good day to look up Rosalind Franklin.