After a major fire broke out in Glasgow yesterday, X users asked its AI chatbot Grok to verify imagery from the scene.
But it misidentified genuine footage as firefighters tackling a blaze in Tel Aviv - and even claimed a real photo of the fire had been made with AI.
Bumblebee on dandelion
Mahonia
Primroses
Insect on snowdrop
Bumblebees and butterflies are now emerging from hibernation. Growing nectar-rich plants like these can be a real lifeline for hungry pollinators – and letting dandelions grow is one of the easiest ways to help! More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/bre...
Head of Engineering, DiSSCo UK based at @nhm-london.bsky.social "This is a rare opportunity to shape the national digital platform that will underpin the UK’s contribution to DiSSCo and unlock the potential of over 140 million natural science collection items." jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
What incredible pictures- thank you for sharing them! I thought the name rang a bell - there's a Gray family memorial at @thebotanics.bsky.social as highlighted by this story from the RBGE #archives : stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/11756
My first first post is live for my "Sunny-Sci'd Up" Substack! I dive into solar activity throughout February 2026, discussing low sunspot numbers, a giant solar flare, a barely-viewed solar eclipse – and more! Link here:
open.substack.com/pub/ryanjfre...
Do they think people have literally no memory of past events at all?
We're not the only ones watching the osprey nest like a hawk! 👀
This male sparrowhawk was spotted enjoying the view a few days ago by the team at our Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve. 🦅
Keep an eye on our live nest cam for all the action. 👇
bit.ly/4cr5jo6
Tanker spraying sludge across a grassy field, with text saying more than half a million tonnes of sewage sludge were spread on Scotland’s fields.
🔴 NEW: More than 640,000 tonnes of sewage sludge have been spread on Scottish farmland in the past five years. Studies show the widely-used fertiliser can contain microplastics, forever chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
Our latest: https://www.theferret.scot/tonnes-sewage-sludge-scotland-farmland/
Some thoughts after two parliamentary committee hearings
lifeandphysics.com/2026/03/08/s...
#LifeAndPhysics
🔊 Calling all Primary School teachers!🎢
Tues 11th Mar @11am GMT: Join me & @glasgowscience.bsky.social online where we'll be answering your questions live! Just getting my bank of pictures ready in anticipation of what the kids will ask 🤗🔭
🍿: curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org/live-session...
This Sunday, @ryanjfrench.bsky.social joins me to discuss one of the solar system’s most dramatic phenomena: solar flares.
What causes them?
Do they threaten Earth?
What don’t we know?
Join us at 8pm UK / 4pm ET
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
(Calendar links below)
#astronomy ⚛️🧪
If your pop-sci book shelf is looking for a new addition - Emma Chapman's Radio Universe is coming out this week. It's genuinely delightful and well worth picking up a copy!
👉@dreochapman.bsky.social
📖: www.waterstones.com/book/radio-u...
The Library and Archives are holding an open day in the Earth Sciences Library.
Friday 20 March 2026, 11.00 - 15.00.
Lasting Impressions Gallery (Free).
☝️Full details in our bio link.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #WomensMonth #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #IWD26 #ExploreYourArchives #MuseumArchives
Shallow forest stream flowing over moss-covered rocks beneath a canopy of leafy green branches. Credit: Martin Wright
Clean water can’t wait💧
We’re proud supporters of the Clean Water Now campaign, urging the UK government to seize the opportunity of the Water Reform Bill to stop the polluters, fix the broken system and restore nature.
Show your support👇
https://f.mtr.cool/imqzxihblv
ICZN call for new Commissioners:
A Buff-tailed bumblebee queen has landed on your feed! It has taken her over six months to reach you. Having hibernated alone in the soil, she will now spend her first days above ground resting to recover her strength, searching for a suitable nest site, and feeding on new flowers.
📷 Caroline Byrne
What can spider names tell us about the tangled web of author inequalities?
A recent paper in @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social by Montana et al. looked at every spider described from the Americas in 1946-2021, analysing over 9,000 species and nearly 600 researchers.
Read more:
As part of the AI for Cultural Heritage Hub project (ArCH), @theul.bsky.social has been collaborating with @zoologymuseum.bsky.social to explore the use of AI to unlock its collections. Read more about this in our latest blog: specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=31537
In just two weeks’ time - on #WorldRewildingDay - @scotrewilding.bsky.social are hosting a special, non-partisan hustings bringing together representatives from all major Scottish political parties 👉
If you think the BBC should be impartial then this is the place to let them know.
If you don’t want to pay for the BBC or have to watch adverts then this is the place to let them know.
You can‘t complain about the BBC unless you get involved
Women in Red is a global volunteer project dedicated to turning red links—articles which don't yet exist—into blue links, making the history of women more openly accessible.
Get more info at WomenInRed.org and help make the internet more equitable.
While black market sale of jaguars, tigers and other big cats has been carefully tracked for decades, trade in small and medium-sized felines has gone largely undocumented. Many are threatened or endangered species.
news.mongabay.com/2026/02/big-...
This #WorldBookDay you can support bumblebees just by choosing your next read 💙
When you buy books through our Bookshop UK affiliate page, 10% of every purchase supports our charity – plus indie bookshops and authors too!
Help save bumblebees, one book at a time: https://ow.ly/HIJU50YiHhz
The Climate Change Committee’s recent report warns Scotland’s farming policies lack plans to cut emissions post-2030. Farmers and crofters face big hurdles with just 5% of funding for climate friendly farming.
We need urgent and decisive government action.
Read the article: tinyurl.com/55tf79cs
#ChancelotPath
This is very worrying
🤔 Could local councillors organise a meeting with local community groups, police, etc
[Like former Cllr @lesleyhinds.bsky.social did years ago for similar problem near Red Bridge]
@jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social
Poster for drop-in ARBORETUM PLACE Join us to view and discuss proposed changes to Arboretum Place. Public Realm & Streetscape Proposals The City of Edinburgh Council is aiming to reduce surface water flooding by capturing rainwater along Arboretum Place using raingardens. These interventions are an opportunity to help improve the public realm and parking provision available outside the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Inverleith Park. WHERE you think! : Ground Floor, John Hope Gateway Visitor Centre Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Arboretum Place, EH3 5NZ WHEN: Saturday 7th March 2026 10:30am - 2:00pm
Part of a Spokes email to members living in the area. Also includes 2 pictures from London, showing bike lanes installed next to SUDS (sustainalbe drainage) features We have received the email below about a drop-in, this Saturday 7 March, 10.30-2pm at the Botanics Visitor Centre. It is about... "sustainable drainage measures along the length of Arboretum Place and around the entrances to Inverleith Park and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, including placemaking opportunities between the two." We are disappointed there is no mention of improving cycling conditions at the same time, and indeed without such consideration, conditions could worsen. The current road layout already encourages car dominance, with long wide stretches. The opportunity could be taken to incorporate bike lanes along the whole of Arboretum Place, separated from the main carriageway by the sustainable drainage measures, as has been done in several other towns, such as these two examples from Waltham Forest in London image.png image.png Secondly, protected bike lanes along Arboretum Place could usefully be extended north along Arboretum Road to link to the Ferry Road bike lanes. Although these are now in poor condition they are due (eventually) to be converted into proper segregated lanes.
🙋 DROP-IN, Sat 7 March, 10.30-2pm, Botanics
#ArboretumPlace sustainable drainage #SUDS
- will this include 🚲 lane?
@edi.bike @julebandel.bsky.social @vicnicsnp.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @sw20.info @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @marklazarowicz.bsky.social @robbieainsworth.bsky.social
A photograph of a lynx by a mossy branch. The logos of Wild Britain Forum and the Linnean Society sit in either corner.
Join us for a day meeting about Restoring British Nature, April 29.
For centuries the Linnean Society has shaped Britain’s understanding of the natural world. Now, it will again be the crucible of a national conversation — this time not about cataloguing nature, but restoring it.
buff.ly/UBh31Y2
Lord Vallance laid out his five overall priorities for the research and innovation system. 🧵
#SHAPEConference26
Rows of people wearing orange lanyards in a House of Commons committee hearing. At the front is Catherine sporting her "I'm about to perform an appendectomy" mask and looking particularly snazzy.
Here is my run-down of today's Science, Information & Technology Committee hearing (House of Commons) where @jonbutterworth.bsky.social @si-wills.bsky.social & I argued for no funding cuts, & Prof. Michele Doughtery explained why they were needed. The public gallery again packed with physicists 🔭👩🔬⚛️
Scotland’s seas need urgent protection. After a decade of delays, Scottish Environment LINK calls on party leaders to start a public consultation on coastal marine protected areas within 100 days of the May 2026 elections.
Let’s protect marine life and support coastal communities. #SaveScottishSeas
