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Greg Foot
@gregfoot
Science Journalist, Producer & Presenter | Sliced Bread on @BBCRadio4 | YouTube - live interactive family shows | Events Host | https://t.co/QBMskZKDyP
Jul 8, 2020 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Gloriously nerdy tech day!! I'm upgrading the spare room studio to incl live talk back with a producer in a remote studio + more for #BigBangDigital next week. I'm hosting & the live guests + stories of #stem efforts during the pandemic are inspiring! digitalbigbang.co.uk Oooooo (also: yum! Nice touch @FIX8Group, thanks!)

This is obvs not new tech btw, this has been sent for the event next week & will then return 😔

However I have been upgrading our kit & working out how to do #letsgolive on location with no power or WiFi - will share that soon! ImageImage
Jun 7, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
That's a wrap on my #cheltscifestathome!

I hosted 6 daily conversations exploring how to transform our world 🌍 (each on a different @unitednations Sustainable Development Goal) plus the @FameLab UK Final LIVE from 'the spare room studio'

(continued 👇) Image The @FameLab UK Final was ambitious: finalists' presentations were pre-recorded but I suggested we do the event live so we could incorporate live comments & reveal winner live on Skype! I was handling the stream, tech, 15 VTs and doing links live from the spare room studio! 😅
May 11, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Thanks Ed!

Here's what happened - a mini thread for tech / live stream nerds:

Our software updated an hour before live & the new version didn't take the feeds from our DSLR (main cam)

Cue lots of troubleshooting of cables, USB ports, etc

1/n Realised old laptop had previous version of software, checked DLSR input, and bingo. So, reloaded all show assets (LOTS of videos, pics and sfx) and quickly realised it wouldn't handle the Infrared Camera + Aquascope WebCam + DLSR + laptop cam + assets 🤦‍♂️

2/n
May 2, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
We've had ONE MILLION plays of #letsgolive! 🤯

SO proud our daily science show is helping with lockdown homeschooling. @maddiemoate & I are blown away by the 300+ daily emails of kids' creations! 😊 Thank you!

Catch up on 28 X 30min shows over 6 themes: letsgolive.show Image Also, we realised that's one million PLAYS not views because often you lot watch together, as a family, or as a school, so VIEWS would actually be even more! 😮
Jul 7, 2019 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
I had the most disgusting train journey ever today...

...it involved fingernails

NOT mine

I feel VERY sick 🤢

and I need to know if you think this is ok behaviour? 🤔

⬇️ (gross) thread 1/n

[fans of #shaggedmarriedannoyed with @Rosemarino & @IAmChrisRamsey will appreciate] Image 2/n
WATCH THIS.

[and if you can make it to the end without barfing a bit your stomach is better than mine]

IS THIS OK TO DO ON THE TRAIN??!

It’s ok I’ll answer that for you: NO

And you can guess where this is going next....
Dec 2, 2018 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
What a night! 😮 The ‘12 Demos Of Xmas’ was crazily ambitious, *slightly* longer than 12 mins (sorry @robinince & @ProfBrianCox 😬), but so much fun & so much mess!

Thank you for the lovely tweets re it and kind words IRL after gig.

#Compendium #science #scicomm #stem ImageImageImageImage Huge thanks to two amazing guys without whom that couldn’t have happened: @MatthewTosh - Pyrotechnician and H&S pro - and Chemist extraordinaire @StockburnChem from @UCLan 🙏
Nov 3, 2018 • 7 tweets • 9 min read
A thread of things I’ve been reading and watching recently that you may enjoy reading and watching yourself!

1/n If you’re interested in space 🚀 then @skyponderer has written this lovely book packed with almost everything you need to know to live in space! 🛰

It’s also full of cool images (if you’re a pic person) and plenty of ace facts to impress friends & fam ☄️

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Aug 23, 2018 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
Great to see the biggest % increase in non-compulsory #GCSE subject entires this yr was in Biology, Chemistry & Physics (as part of double award)

@thetimes: "160,110 pupils in England took chemistry [in 2018] compared w 53,309 in 2008”

Go #stem #scicomm #edu! #gcseresults2018 However, looking ahead to uni, only “46% of [STEM] graduates pursued careers in science, with the rest preferring management, banking or teaching” - says research by Leicester & Warwick unis, quoted in @thetimes thetimes.co.uk/article/boom-i…

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Mar 22, 2018 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
Today I sat 😮 as 14 young people entertained a 300+ audience with telomeres, E=mc^2, biophillia, Diet Coke, happiness & more at the @FameLab Academy 2018 Final.

They were so intelligent, charismatic & funny 😂 A real inspiration & all in #scicomm could learn from them!

⬇️ The runners-up were (L➡️R):

Lyall from @WyedeanSchool bringing atomic physics alive ⚛️

Sneha from @StroudHigh uncovering how laughing is good for you 😂

and Annabel from @StEdwardsChelt warning of the dangers of not getting enough sleep 💤

Superb talks! Image
Mar 8, 2018 • 8 tweets • 13 min read
For #InternationalWomensDay I want to highlight some fantastic female scientists I’ve worked with on the two YouTube series I’ve made w @AXA’s @AXAResearchFund.

(These are not sponsored tweets, I just wanted to use today to mention these brilliant #WomenInSTEM again)

Thread👇 First up is Esther Delbourg @EDelbourg a water economist & communicator who introduced me to the water footprint of food

#doyouknow that 1 🥑 takes 1000L of water to grow?!

Discover more in this film:

#IWD2018 #WomenInSTEM @AXA @AXAResearchFund #notspon
Dec 31, 2017 • 16 tweets • 18 min read
I’ve had such a fun year telling science stories with wonderful people around the world 😊 so wanted to say thanks with a thread of some 2017 highlights! 🙏

Kicking off with @BBCEarth & @aluciaprod who I had the real privilege of working with on #blueplanet2 🌍 #ourblueplanet Image @BBCEarth @aluciaprod Next up is the @cbbc #BluePeter team - they are just fantastic & it’s always a laugh + mega exciting to do science items on such an amazing show

(This year incl giant foamy 🌈 fountains + the epic zipline dangling from just the friction between two interleaved books!) ImageImage
Oct 31, 2017 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
Was invited to share my #kidstv & #youtube expertise at this but, despite £210pp tix, was told they don’t pay fees OR expenses... #freelance Would have been pleasure to join panel w @Childmediafound @PactUK @azoomeekids @UKScreenAlln & discuss multiplatform strategy 4 kids content
Oct 21, 2017 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
When you see it.... 😳

Thread ⬇️ Image @maddiemoate @DavidMcClelland @Nicola_Hume Spotted it yet?! Image
Sep 27, 2017 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Cannot believe the situation & stress dealing with @O2 & @officialUKMail. Sorry not sorry for the rant. Here goes... @O2 @officialUKMail @O2 use @officialUKMail to deliver. I spotted delivery address wrong (my bad), rung them to say so, yet they still delivered...to neighbour!
Jun 8, 2017 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
It’s #WorldOceansDay so here are 3 reasons why it is the planet’s beating heart and we need to #saveouroceans…. 1/6 1. The ocean feeds us: >1.5billion ppl rely on the fish in the ocean as their primary source of protein @WorldOceansDay #SaveOurOceans 2/6