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Madeleine Finlay
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Producer and co-host of the Guardian's Science Weekly podcast. Science writer & children's book author.
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Madeleine Finlay @madifinlay.bsky.social · Jun 4
Cosmo Park is out tomorrow 👀 ✨🚀

I can't wait to share Kara's intergalactic cosmological adventure, illustrated so wonderfully and entertainingly by Tom Dearie.

There's cats! Villains! Exploding stars! End of the universe rollercoasters!

#science #space

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madifinlay.bsky.social
Well this report is extremely eye-opening

"About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”

www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...
“Biased,” “boring,” “chaotic,” and “bad”: A majority of teens hold negative views of news media, report finds
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
www.niemanlab.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
madifinlay.bsky.social
Oh the poor sweet Greens 😭💚🌱
drjennings.bsky.social Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 28d
This is fascinating, though @luketryl.bsky.social perhaps you could have asked people where they thought other party supporters were going as well...

*I initially misread 'Hell' as 'Hull', and well Reform voters probably are more likely to go there too.
October 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
madifinlay.bsky.social
The wonderful, brilliant Jane Goodall.

Global environment editor @jonathan-watts.bsky.social tells @iansample.bsky.social about Jane's revolutionary work, her tireless activism, and the powerful legacy she leaves us all.

www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
Remembering primatologist Jane Goodall – podcast
The renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died aged 91. She will be remembered for her observations that revolutionised our understanding of chimpanzees, as well as her tireless environmental advoca...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
madifinlay.bsky.social
Just seen a guy mansplaining the impact of the Women's Rugby World Cup to two women watching it in the pub. Absolutely perfect 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
September 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
madifinlay.bsky.social
I HAVE to know what's going on with the Iris photography shops. At first I thought it was a cult/scam. Then a fad. But now I NEED to know more. Fancy shops everywhere offering the new 'astrology'... What's the story eh?
September 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
madifinlay.bsky.social
First time in a long time I've contemplated the night sky. Maybe 10-15 years ago I used to play spot the satellite. It's so busy up there now, they're impossible to avoid. Have to admit, I miss the feeling of ancient, immovable awe.
August 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds

- Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic impacts

#climatecrisis #AMOC
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
madifinlay.bsky.social
For @theguardian.com I explained why influencers are warning of sunscreen, and why if you're out on this gloriously sunshiny bank holiday you should definitely still wear it.

I also did not heed my own advice at the end and almost gave myself sun stroke 🤠😎🏖️

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August 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
madifinlay.bsky.social
Tomato Europe and Potato Europe are at one again 🍅🫱🏻‍🫲🏼🥔

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
‘This wasn’t obvious’: the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor, researchers find
Hybridisation event took place about 9 million years ago, helping to ‘spark the emergence of a new organ’
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Madeleine Finlay
vrubinobs.bsky.social
Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory!

Can you guess these regions of sky?

This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪

#RubinFirstLook
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A sprawling, textured field of galaxies scattered across the deep black of space. It is filled with the delicate smudges and glowing cores of galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. The image focuses on a collection of interacting galaxies connected by delicate streams of stars. At top center lies a large elliptical galaxy that is dense and smooth, like a polished stone glowing with golden light. Like delicate spider silk or stretched taffy, these stellar bridges link the large elliptical to the few larger galaxies beneath, evidence of past collisions. All throughout the image, thousands of galaxies gather in clusters or are spread throughout, like glittering gems strewn on a table. Some are sharp-edged and spiral, like coiled ribbons; others round and diffuse, like polished pebbles. Still others are just smudges of various colors against the black of space. The background is peppered with pinpoint stars in reds, yellows, and blues, crisp against the velvet black. A cosmic tapestry of glowing tan and pink gas clouds with dark dust lanes. In the upper right, the Trifid Nebula resembles a small flower in space. Its soft, pinkish gas petals are surrounded by blue gas, and streaked with dark, finger-like veins of dust that divide it into three parts. It radiates a gentle, misty glow, diffuse and soft like the warmth of breath on a cold hand. To the lower left, the much larger Lagoon Nebula stretches wide like a churning sea of magenta gas, with bright blue, knotted clumps sprinkled throughout where new stars are born. Both nebulae are embedded in a soft tan backdrop of gas that is brighter on the left than on the right, etched with dark tendrils of dust and sprinkled with the pinpricks of millions of stars. A sprawling, textured field of galaxies scattered across the deep black of space. It is filled with the delicate smudges and glowing cores of galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. To the lower left is a region filled with the hundreds of golden glittering gems of a distant galaxy cluster. In the foreground, below and right of center, two blue spiral galaxies look like eyes beneath the entangled mass of a triple galaxy merger in the upper right. A few bright blue points of foreground stars pierce the glittering tapestry. All throughout the image, thousands of galaxies gather in clusters or are spread throughout, like glittering gems strewn on a table. Some are sharp-edged and spiral, like coiled ribbons; others round and diffuse, like polished pebbles. Still others are just smudges of various colors against the black of space. The background is peppered with pinpoint stars in reds, yellows, and blues, crisp against the velvet black.
June 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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astroroyalscot.bsky.social
Fab ex-student @madifinlay.bsky.social: "there's a character that I hope resonates!"🤔😂

"So what happens to our universe depends on dark energy & dark matter, two things you cosmologists have invented? You don't even know what they are!"

"Well you could put it like that."

10/10⭐ for Cosmo Park! 🔭🧪
A graphic novel with a cat, woman and two kids chatting: "Matter, that's me, you, planets and stars - stuff with substances. Right now we think that's about 5%" "What's the other..." "95% Another good question. Quite a lot of it is an enigma. First there's this mysterious cosmic power we've named "dark energy"" "We had a talk on this at my club! The Universe is expanding faster and faster and because scientists don't actually know why, they say that there's this "dark energy" making it expand" "How much of the Universe is Dark Energy then?" "Only say 68%, the last 25%? I have to admit Kara, Cosmologist like myself have got stuck on this one too. We can it "Dark Matter" "We can see this inexplicable gravitational force active around the Universe. But no matter to go with it, gravity out of nowhere! Hence the "dark" it's as it there's matter wearing an invisibility cloak" :So what happens to our universe depends on dark energy and dark matter, two things you cosmologists have invented! You don't even know what they are" "Well, you could put it like that"
June 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Reposted by Madeleine Finlay
flyingeyebooks.bsky.social
OUT NOW 🪐 Cosmo Park by Madeleine Finlay & Tom Dearie
flyingeyebooks.com/book/cosmo-p...

This rollercoaster ride through the galaxy is a bright and thrilling comic, following a narrative that is packed full of science facts and concepts about cosmology within an exciting and funny adventure story.
June 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
madifinlay.bsky.social
Cosmo Park is out tomorrow 👀 ✨🚀

I can't wait to share Kara's intergalactic cosmological adventure, illustrated so wonderfully and entertainingly by Tom Dearie.

There's cats! Villains! Exploding stars! End of the universe rollercoasters!

#science #space

www.waterstones.com/book/cosmo-p...
June 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
madifinlay.bsky.social
How does your microbiome get set up? What do antibiotics do to it?

Great fun producing the first of our listener question episodes with @iansample.bsky.social talking to @jameskinross.bsky.social about the bugs in our guts.

www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
Your microbiome questions answered: part one – podcast
Ian Sample is joined by Dr James Kinross, colorectal surgeon and author of the book Dark Matter: The New Science of the Microbiome, to answer all your questions about gut health. In episode one, James...
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
madifinlay.bsky.social
Just finished @australia.theguardian.com's incredible six-parter on Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest person.

I'm quite bad at getting to the end of series, but woah this was absolutely fascinating reporting.

www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Gina: Becoming Mrs Rinehart – episode 1 - podcast
Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest person – and as her wealth continues to rise, so does her power and influence. But what does she want?
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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adamvaughan.bsky.social
Gotta love this line in @fionaharvey.bsky.social story

“There’s quite a few scientists that say we don’t need to get to net zero by 2050.” [Shadow UK energy minister Andrew] Bowie and his office were unable to name such scientists when pressed.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory energy spokesman claims UN climate experts are ‘biased’
Exclusive: Andrew Bowie says Kemi Badenoch could pull UK out of Paris climate agreement
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
madifinlay.bsky.social
It's very easy to criticise and break, it's very hard to rebuild and remake.
jay.bsky.team Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · May 10
I think about this comic at least once a week
- I want things to be different - *smashes everything* - oh no
May 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
madifinlay.bsky.social
Cutting your own hair is ultimately a test of how well you can hold your nerve
April 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
madifinlay.bsky.social
New hues, cancer clues, and alien life in view.

www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

@iansample.bsky.social and I chat the exciting science stories of the last week!
@elliebury.bsky.social
Evidence of alien life, a clue about the rise of bowel cancer, and a new colour? – podcast
Madeleine Finlay and Ian Sample discuss three intriguing science stories from the week. From a hint at alien life on a distant planet to a clue in the search for answers over why colon cancer rates ar...
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
madifinlay.bsky.social
Theatres should sometimes put plays on at like 5.30/6pm so I can go after work, have time afterwards to ~discuss~ over a drink, and be in bed before midnight.
April 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
madifinlay.bsky.social
This whole dire-wolf thing is very telling about *us* as a species, and not in a good way.
April 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
madifinlay.bsky.social
The more times you read it the more bananas this gets.
matthewcobb.bsky.social Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · Apr 8
Such garbage from beginning to end.
April 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
madifinlay.bsky.social
And the tardigrade have it! Beloved by scientists and guardian readers alike.
The wonderful, resilient Water Bear
April 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
madifinlay.bsky.social
Every year I plant lovely spring flowering bulbs for the bees and bugs even though I know all the ungrateful swines want is the comfrey and dandelions.
April 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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patrickbarkham.bsky.social
Imagine a vote where every candidate is BRILLIANT. Imagine a vote with no corruption, lobby groups or dodgy polls. Imagine a vote that boosts your mental health. Imagine no longer – the polling booths are open for Invertebrate of the Year 2025. Vote here! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Invertebrate of the year 2025: vote for your favourite
Since February we’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM