Freelance science writer & communicator. Co-author of #BraveGreenWorld.
Interests include #Evolution #AnimalBehaviour #Conservation #Sustainability #Climate #Science #Wildlife
What roles could humanoid #robots play in our future societies? 🤖
At the Great Exhibition Road Festival, I chatted to Dr. Petar Kormushev (Imperial College London), Ben Russell (Science Museum) and Dr. Maryam Banitalebi Dehkordi (University of Hertfordshire) about humanoid robotics.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod
Part two of my mini-series for @mongabay looks at what lies ahead for Earth systems and humanity as the planet almost inevitably warms beyond the crucial 1.5° Celsius goal established in the Paris Agreement.
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/climate-futures-whats-ahead-for-our-world-beyond-1-5c-of-warming/ #TippingPoints #ClimateChange
This two-part Mongabay mini-series examines the current status of the climate emergency; how world leaders, scientists and the global community are responding; and what may lie ahead as the world warms beyond the crucial 1.5° Celsius (2.7° Fahrenheit) limit established in the Paris Agreement 10 years ago.
By @claireasher https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/climate-futures-world-leaders-failure-to-act-is-pushing-earth-past-1-5c/
My latest work for @mongabay is a two-part series looking at possible climate futures. In the first part, I explore the current status of the climate emergency, and how world leaders, scientists and the global community are responding.
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/climate-futures-world-leaders-failure-to-act-is-pushing-earth-past-1-5c/ #ClimateEmergency
A horrifying read.
"We’re talking about nearly half the tree of life disappearing in one human lifetime. That is absolutely catastrophic."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe #Biodiversity #Insect #Pollution #ClimateCollapse
✨ New Bonus Episode! ✨
This month I chatted to a panel of experts about robots in agriculture. We talked about recent innovations, technical challenges, and the future potential of #robotics and #AI throughout the food industry. 🤖 🚜
🎧 Check it out: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-5-128843530 - this bonus episode is available for free for the next week!
South Africa’s native reptiles and amphibians, including threatened species, are being illegally captured and exported for the global pet trade.
A recent study found that eight of the 10 most-exported reptiles from South Africa are native species, most of which are not protected by CITES, the global wildlife trade convention.
By Ryan Truscott
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/traffickers-slither-through-loopholes-with-wild-caught-african-snakes-and-lizards/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Reptiles #WildlifeTrade #Wildlife
I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be returning to The Great Exhibition Road Festival this June for another live episode!
I'll be chatting to a panel of experts about humanoid #robots - why we're fascinated by them & what roles they might play in our future society 🤖
https://greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/event/why-are-we-building-humanoid-robots/ #Robotics #Humanoid
Lightning strikes the Earth about 3,000,000 times a day, so you'd think we'd have the science of lightning all figured out. In fact, it's an active area of research. The more scientists learn about how lightning strikes form inside storm clouds, the more mysterious this natural phenomenon gets https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/one-of-earths-oldest-mysteries-keeps-getting-weirder #Physics #Lightning #Atmosphere
📢 New Episode Alert!
This week, I chatted to Dr. Tanja Katharina Kaiser from the University of Technology Nuremberg about how applying evolutionary principles can help #robot teams make better decisions. 🤖
Listen now: https://www.robottalk.org/2025/04/04/episode-116-tanja-katharina-kaiser/ #Robots #Robotics #Evolution
For the first time since they were hunted to (local) extinction in the 16th Century, beavers are roaming wild in England again.
Following a policy announcement by Defra and Natural England in February, the National Trust has legally released the first two pairs of Eurasian beavers to live in the wild in Dorset.
https://beavertrust.org/historic-first-official-wild-beaver-release-in-england/ #Nature #Wildlife #Rewilding
@squads Robot Talk is available on all podcast providers - check the 'Listen' button on my Linktree to find the podcast on your preferred platform: https://linktr.ee/robottalkpod
@TCatInReality I couldn't agree more! The article does mention that new laws have been created to allow the government to ban the payment of bonuses and criminally charge water companies that break the law, so that's definitely progress in the right direction. The £11m fund was set up by the previous government and right now it's all we have I guess.
Good news: Millions of pounds of fines paid by water firms for the pollution they caused will be used to fund environmental schemes to protect and restore the country’s waterways, rather than being diverted to the Treasury.
Bad news: The £11m in the fund is just a rounding error compared to the billions of pounds in dividends paid out to shareholders by polluting firms.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/09/the-sewage-scandal-ends-now-uk-water-company-fines-to-be-used-to-clean-up-rivers #Environment #WaterPollution
📢 New Episode Alert!
This week, I chatted to Dr. Patrick Meier from the Climate Robotics Network about how #robots can help scale action on climate change. 🤖
Listen now: https://www.robottalk.org/2025/02/28/episode-111-patrick-meier/ #Robotics #Climate #Environment
@greenpete 😂 I hope you managed to get it to work!
@greenpete Hmm the link works fine for me 🤷♀️
The right to peaceful protest is a core part of democracy, and by jailing environmental protestors the government is violating this right. Five climate activists now face a combined 21 years behind bars simply for planning a peaceful protest on a zoom call.
Please sign this petition to urge the UK government to revoke two recent bills that criminalise peaceful protest: https://action.greenpeace.org.uk/protect-the-right-to-protest
📢 New Episode Alert!
This week, I chatted to Dr. Catherine Menon from the University of Hertfordshire about designing home assistance #robots with ethics in mind. 🤖 🏡
Listen now: https://www.robottalk.org/2025/02/21/episode-110-catherine-menon/ #Robotics #AI #SocialCare
