Caroline Wood
@sciencedestiny.bsky.social
Communicating stories of amazing research at the University of Oxford. Enthusiastically seeking out wonderful artisan cheese. Finding mountains and walking up them. Failing to write a novel. Occasionally doing craft.
One of the things I really love about Oxford University is the juxtaposition between the modern and cutting-edge, with the traditional and historic. Today, we welcomed the new Chancellor, Lord William Hague, in a ceremony at the Sheldonian Theatre that stretches back centuries. A feast of Latin!
February 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
One of the things I really love about Oxford University is the juxtaposition between the modern and cutting-edge, with the traditional and historic. Today, we welcomed the new Chancellor, Lord William Hague, in a ceremony at the Sheldonian Theatre that stretches back centuries. A feast of Latin!
Still on an absolute high after a fantastic visit to @CERN last week, hosted by @STFC Big highlight for me was standing at the base of ATLAS. I also learnt how much champagne physicists can drink when they keep making remarkable advances 😆
February 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Still on an absolute high after a fantastic visit to @CERN last week, hosted by @STFC Big highlight for me was standing at the base of ATLAS. I also learnt how much champagne physicists can drink when they keep making remarkable advances 😆
Since I started working in Research Communications, the amount of kit that a film crew bring to shoots has shrunk dramatically... from a trolley and several heavy bags, to something you could take as hand luggage. So many people now film the whole interview on a mobile phone!
February 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Since I started working in Research Communications, the amount of kit that a film crew bring to shoots has shrunk dramatically... from a trolley and several heavy bags, to something you could take as hand luggage. So many people now film the whole interview on a mobile phone!
I think this is the first time that one of my research stories made it as the cartoon in today's The Times! :D Read the full story here: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...
Researchers confirm the existence of an exoplanet in the habitable
An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby Sun-like star. The planet was originally detected two years ago by Oxford University
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January 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I think this is the first time that one of my research stories made it as the cartoon in today's The Times! :D Read the full story here: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...
Does anyone else share my view that 'groundbreaking' is one of the most over-used terms in press releases? I am forever being sent releases where no ground was dented, let alone broken, during the research... here's a truly 'groundbreaking science study', according to ChatGPT
January 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Does anyone else share my view that 'groundbreaking' is one of the most over-used terms in press releases? I am forever being sent releases where no ground was dented, let alone broken, during the research... here's a truly 'groundbreaking science study', according to ChatGPT
A little thought piece on a new commitment for 2025. It's a cliché I know, but it's easy to forget the impacts our consumer habits have until you see the production process yourself. Happy New Year!
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Why my resolution for 2025 is literally bananas
During 2024, I had an epiphany of sorts. If I was ever going to get around to actually doing the things I kept saying I would do ‘one day’, I really ought to make a start.
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January 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A little thought piece on a new commitment for 2025. It's a cliché I know, but it's easy to forget the impacts our consumer habits have until you see the production process yourself. Happy New Year!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-my...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-my...
Really enjoyed being in the audience for BBC Radio 4's 'Any Questions?', broadcast live from Trinity College, Oxford. The panel - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Lord Finkelstein, Dame Meg Hillier and Greg Swenson - debated the week's topical issues including Elon Musk, climate change, and the UK economy.
January 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Really enjoyed being in the audience for BBC Radio 4's 'Any Questions?', broadcast live from Trinity College, Oxford. The panel - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Lord Finkelstein, Dame Meg Hillier and Greg Swenson - debated the week's topical issues including Elon Musk, climate change, and the UK economy.
I am constantly flummoxed by how many press releases I see using the word 'groundbreaking' where no ground is actually broken, i.e. 'this groundbreaking new study.' Can we please start a thread to put forward potential alternatives?
How about:
* Bottle-smashing?
* Boot-cleaning?
* Chin-wagging?
How about:
* Bottle-smashing?
* Boot-cleaning?
* Chin-wagging?
January 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I am constantly flummoxed by how many press releases I see using the word 'groundbreaking' where no ground is actually broken, i.e. 'this groundbreaking new study.' Can we please start a thread to put forward potential alternatives?
How about:
* Bottle-smashing?
* Boot-cleaning?
* Chin-wagging?
How about:
* Bottle-smashing?
* Boot-cleaning?
* Chin-wagging?
An unexpected perk of being a Research Communications Manager was getting to be a palaeontologist for the day! Helping uncover prints from the fearsome predator Megalosaurus and an enormous sauropod was an incredible experience. What a story to start 2025! oxford.shorthandstories.com/behind-the-s...
Behind the scenes at Oxfordshire's dinosaur highway
Come behind the scenes at the longest dinosaur trackway in the UK, where a new set of footprints has been discovered!
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January 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
An unexpected perk of being a Research Communications Manager was getting to be a palaeontologist for the day! Helping uncover prints from the fearsome predator Megalosaurus and an enormous sauropod was an incredible experience. What a story to start 2025! oxford.shorthandstories.com/behind-the-s...
'Due to unforeseen circumstances, your 15 minute telephone appointment on Thursday 28 August 2025 to discuss your chronic gastrointestinal discomfort has been cancelled......' I am rapidly giving up hope with the NHS
December 12, 2024 at 11:29 AM
'Due to unforeseen circumstances, your 15 minute telephone appointment on Thursday 28 August 2025 to discuss your chronic gastrointestinal discomfort has been cancelled......' I am rapidly giving up hope with the NHS
Squirting cucumbers! Really enjoyed helping this story land some great coverage this week. Oxford University researchers have discovered the mechanism that enables the squirting cucumber to fire its seeds like ballistic projectiles up to 20 metres per second. Read more: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-11...
November 26, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Squirting cucumbers! Really enjoyed helping this story land some great coverage this week. Oxford University researchers have discovered the mechanism that enables the squirting cucumber to fire its seeds like ballistic projectiles up to 20 metres per second. Read more: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-11...