Zoologist and evolutionary biologist. Interested in animal phylogeny. At UCL. Author of 'The Tree of Life: Solving Science's Greatest Puzzle'
For anyone else gutted @nedboulting.bsky.social and co. are no longer on tv for Tour de France follow this link…. neverstraysfar.com
Never Strays Far | Cycling PodcastHosted by Ned Boulting, David Millar and Pete Kennaugh. The three talk about lots of things, although they never stray far from the core issue, bike racing. Expect guests from the racing world and som...neverstraysfar.comOh bloody hell I’d forgotten. And no @nedboulting.bsky.social. Life is a little worse. Enshitification??
Matthew CobbThose of you who want to watch the Tour de France but don't want to spend a fortune on the subscription, you have two options: use a VPN tuned to France, and watch on france.tv (in French obvs) or go to the iPlayer and look in the channels for SC4 and watch extracts in Welsh.
Uk in second place. Politicians should be asked what the optimal number of citizens in prison should be (correct answer is surely zero) and what they’re doing to achieve that.
Prison Policy InitiativeA grim reminder this 4th of July: The US has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy on Earth, making it a leader in mass incarceration. Far too many people are locked up in the “land of the free.”
I gave a talk about my book The Tree of Life at a very hot Linnean Society last Thursday. This is now available to view on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzT2...
The Tree of Life (A User’s Manual) | Max TelfordYouTube video by Linnean Societywww.youtube.comRighteous anger. Excellent. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
On Holding Elon Musk AccountableWhy aren't we talking more about DOGE?open.substack.comYeah what we need is some 'riz. Enough of these reasonably competent bureau-techno-crats. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer to step down as prime minister two years after historic election victoryLabour leader bows to mounting pressure after Andy Burnham’s success against Reform UK in Makerfieldwww.theguardian.comLess than a week until I talk about my book 'The Tree of Life' @linneansociety.bsky.social. 25th June, 6pm, tickets available here: members.linnean.org/events/69f21...
The Tree of Life (A User’s Manual)Max Telford takes us inside one of science’s greatest quests: reconstructing the web of relationships between all our planet’s species.www.eventbrite.co.ukMax TelfordI will be talking about The Tree of Life at the Linnean Society on 25th June. If you are interested you can find out a little more and sign up for a ticket at the link below. Hope to see some of you there! members.linnean.org/events/69f21...
SAVE THE EXTRAORDINARY BHL!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyoneThe Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubtwww.theguardian.comIt's very difficult to work out the relationships between spiral cleaving phyla. With interesting implications for their origins and the interpretation of Cambrian fossils. Work by @anaserrasilva.bsky.social. Supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk.
Ana Serra SilvaNow officially out in @elife.bsky.social! See how @maxjtelford.bsky.social and myself approached resolving spiralian relationships. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
This looks great! What a beautifully written abstract!!
Alex de MendozaCapolavoro 🎨 alert 🚨! What is the role of gene body methylation in invertebrates? Despite extensive speculation linking it to plasticity and environmental responses, its mechanistic effects and heritability remain unclear. Our take out in @natecoevo.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/
I will be talking about The Tree of Life at the Linnean Society on 25th June. If you are interested you can find out a little more and sign up for a ticket at the link below. Hope to see some of you there! members.linnean.org/events/69f21...