
Caroline Steel
@CarolineSteel3
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Freelance Science Broadcaster🎙️| Presenter of CrowdScience on The BBC World Service | Views are my own (unless determinism has other plans)
Bethnal Green, London
Joined February 2012
I have a new favourite podcast series. So if you’re going to listen to one thing I’ve worked on - pick this! Producer Florian and I have been looking for somewhere on Earth unaffected by humans. A place we haven’t changed, in any way. https://t.co/cvcRfXPZxI
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A quest to find a place on Earth unaffected by humans... if it exists.
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Right now, I’m on Radio 4’s Inside Science with @amsterdammed, chatting about my favourite science news: 🪐 potential signs exoplanet Trappist 1e could be habitable 🐨 a new vaccine for koala chlamydia https://t.co/tojOEcD1Nl
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Scientists have made early-stage human embryos using skin cell DNA fertilised with sperm
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Last week, I joined @amsterdammed on Radio 4’s Inside Science to chat about my favourite science news: 🌋 How a volcanic eruption might have sparked the French Revolution ☀️ A new way to detect worrying solar storms 🐕 Dogs can thrive on a vegan diet https://t.co/YI3SzezhEt
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The evidence on whether high caffeine energy drinks affect our health.
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How long will traces of humanity last? Will future inteligent species dig up our bones, homes and plastic? CrowdScience found the answers by talking to the experts and going fossil hunting. @AdamFrank4 @SarahGabbott
https://t.co/yHtba1qEZH
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If intelligent life visits Earth millions of years from now, will they find traces of us?
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What does maths say about how to win Guess Who? 🤔👧👩 I’m on Radio 4’s Inside Science now with @amsterdammed talking science news: - Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, could be a dark matter detector - birds are efficient communicators, like humans 🎶🐦 https://t.co/7ToeUAzm4p
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The science of extraterrestrial solar panels and whether they can power our energy needs.
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Writing texts using only thoughts 💭 drugs delivered via bubbles 🫧 and electronics you swallow to treat disease 💊 I chaired a discussion with @tomoxl and @kramadi for BBC World TV & World Service about the technology that is transforming healthcare. https://t.co/VHRKUGN7oF
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Like me, do you struggle to fall asleep? 😴 I’ve been on a mission to find out why. I visited a sleep lab (and didn’t fall asleep…) and grilled some of the world’s leading sleep experts. I was on What in the World, sharing everything I’ve learnt. https://t.co/6bbjSGDyOe
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What really killed Napoleon’s soldiers? I was on Radio 4’s Inside Science yesterday with @amsterdammed Our favourite news: - what divorce looks like in birds - can we redirect spacecraft to look at a mysterious object which has entered our solar system? https://t.co/ZBT7OEud9q
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Cuts of $500 million to vaccines research have been announced by the US government.
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There’s 1.4 billion trillion litres of water on Earth. But at one point Earth is bone dry. So where did all the water come from? @amsterdammed and I found out on last week’s CrowdScience. I was genuinely shocked by the answer ☄️ https://t.co/GF4KVS5Si6
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Seventy percent of our planet is covered in water, but where did it all come from?
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On this week’s Unexpected Elements @chhavi and I talk all things dust: 🎷 what Norwegian jazz and cosmic dust have in common 🌵 how dust from the Sahara is supporting the Amazon ☄️ what cosmic rays and dust tell us about the ground beneath our feet https://t.co/YkqUoDbzQE
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A new report on the dangers of dust sends us storming off into dust-related science.
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How can music help you wind down? I had a great time at @crossedwires_ last week, with @BBCRadio3Unwind. Here are a few of my favourite tips: 1.) Listen to music from a time when you felt relaxed. 2.) Listen to music with a slower tempo. 3.) Sing or play an instrument.
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I’m at Crossed Wires Festival this weekend with Niall Breslin and BBC Radio 3 Unwind! I’ll be sharing some tips on how to use music to relax and taking a look at the science behind why it works. Our event starts at 10:45am on Sunday, tickets here: https://t.co/WxgLgQG1SZ
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Unwind your Mind with Niall Breslin
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I’m on Radio 4’s Inside Science with @Vic_Gill now. We’re coming to you from a very hot but fun Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. https://t.co/Em51dvARKD
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Hands on with the new research at this year’s Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
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The mysterious hum on Lewis just keeps buzzing… Last week Pick of the World with @annadoble featured our CrowdScience episode about this strange sound and the search to explain it. https://t.co/s1TO08IbIv
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The sound is heard by some residents of the Scottish island of Lewis - but what is it?
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I’m on Radio 4’s Inside Science with @amsterdammed now, chatting about the latest science news: - mice with 2 dads have had offspring of their own 🐁 🐁 - e-coli can turn plastic bottles into paracetamol - garden snails are now venomous 🐌 https://t.co/JiqTQIB1hC
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The science behind US attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites.
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How do you get into science journalism? This morning I was on a panel chatting about my career with @maeve_cullinan, @JaspJackson and @Astro_Jonny. Exciting to see so many future science journalists in the audience.
#abswss25 #SummerSchool ⚠️Starting now! 💼Career paths in science journalism 💼 📆10:00-11:00 📍 Lecture Theatre 1 🎯Producer: Deborah Cohen 📢Speakers: @maeve_cullinan
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@CarolineSteel3 What's your next move?👇
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Which is better at storing carbon, oceans or forests? 🌊 🌳 And how can we our homes and ships better for the environment? @BBCJustinR, @AkshatRathi and I joined @GraihaghJackson on The Climate Question to answer your questions. https://t.co/AuJfr1mnUx
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Climate-friendly homes and ships, and which is the best natural way to store carbon?
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Cycling is great for your health. Plus, it’s much better for the environment than jumping in car. So, how can we get more people to cycle? 🚲 I spoke to behavioural psychologists and cycling campaigners to find out. @ianwalker @wsambu @cykelmama
https://t.co/0ppUV6C7jg
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Can behavioural science help listener Hans with his aim to get more people on bikes?
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On this week’s Unexpected Elements @tahtone, @eddythegent and I chat all things diffusion. - how AI video generators are modelled on diffusion - the health impacts of aroma diffusers - conflict-mediator Gabrielle Rifkind shares how to *defuse* conflict https://t.co/BLBTy2xqUW
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World War II bombs were defused in Cologne, Germany, so we’re exploring diffusion science
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