Chris Jeavans
@chrisjeavans.bsky.social
Senior data journalist at BBC News / BBC Verify. Social trends, health, elections, inequality. Runner, nature-lover, Midlander in London.
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Exercising muscles pumps out substances that can suppress the growth of breast cancer cells, a new study found.
“Our work shows that exercise can directly influence cancer biology,” said a senior author.
“Our work shows that exercise can directly influence cancer biology,” said a senior author.
A single exercise session may slow cancer cell growth, new study shows
Exercise may not only help prevent cancer but also could fight it at a cellular level.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Exercising muscles pumps out substances that can suppress the growth of breast cancer cells, a new study found.
“Our work shows that exercise can directly influence cancer biology,” said a senior author.
“Our work shows that exercise can directly influence cancer biology,” said a senior author.
"Starballing" is my new favourite word www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thousands of starfish wash up on Kirkcaldy beach
Fife Coast and Countryside Trust said it would allow the tides to reclaim the dead starfish while monitoring the situation.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Starballing" is my new favourite word www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Insightful reporting from Natalie Sherman in Massachusetts where manufacturers say President's Trump's tariffs are squeezing their businesses.
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Donald Trump's tariffs put US manufacturing revival hopes to the test
The gulf between Trump's rhetoric and the reality on the ground is starting to show.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Insightful reporting from Natalie Sherman in Massachusetts where manufacturers say President's Trump's tariffs are squeezing their businesses.
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What's driven 50,000 small boat crossings under Labour?
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My Sounds explainer 🎧👇
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What's driven 50,000 small boat crossings under Labour? - BBC Sounds
Ben Chu from BBC Verify looks at the data behind the numbers.
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August 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
What's driven 50,000 small boat crossings under Labour?
My Sounds explainer 🎧👇
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My Sounds explainer 🎧👇
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Claims circulating online that a picture shows a young Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell are misleading.
It is actually of Mr Johnson with his first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, while the pair were at university.
It is actually of Mr Johnson with his first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, while the pair were at university.
Archive picture does not show Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell – Full Fact
The image actually shows a younger Mr Johnson with his first wife.
fullfact.org
August 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Claims circulating online that a picture shows a young Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell are misleading.
It is actually of Mr Johnson with his first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, while the pair were at university.
It is actually of Mr Johnson with his first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, while the pair were at university.
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Progeria is a disease of rapid, brutal aging. Scientists may be on the verge of a cure.
How an Ultra-Rare Disease Accelerates Aging
Teen-agers with progeria have effectively aged eight or nine decades. A cure could help change millions of lives—and shed light on why we grow old.
www.newyorker.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Progeria is a disease of rapid, brutal aging. Scientists may be on the verge of a cure.
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Important public service announcement. Reading it might just save a life.
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Important public service announcement. Reading it might just save a life.
Last week I learned that gerrymandering gets its name from a Massachusetts governor called Elbridge Gerry and the shape of a redrawn Boston district, said to resemble a salamander. H/T @therestpolitics.bsky.social US!
August 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Last week I learned that gerrymandering gets its name from a Massachusetts governor called Elbridge Gerry and the shape of a redrawn Boston district, said to resemble a salamander. H/T @therestpolitics.bsky.social US!
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We wanted to know if the money that the EU has put into rearmament is turning into production capacity — and the answer is: yes. Industry is rearming.
Analysis of radar satellite data shows rearmament on a historic scale, stretching over 7mn sq metres of new industrial development on.ft.com/3HsEbYG
August 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
We wanted to know if the money that the EU has put into rearmament is turning into production capacity — and the answer is: yes. Industry is rearming.
Highly recommend this Channel4 doc series about how police hacked into #encrochat , an encrypted messaging service being used for serious organised crime across continents. Every episode is jaw-dropping; and the drama recon and graphics are superb www.channel4.com/programmes/o...
Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text
The inside story of a huge police investigation into crime bosses’ encrypted phone network
www.channel4.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Highly recommend this Channel4 doc series about how police hacked into #encrochat , an encrypted messaging service being used for serious organised crime across continents. Every episode is jaw-dropping; and the drama recon and graphics are superb www.channel4.com/programmes/o...
Beyond grim. Excellent reporting in this story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rats, mould and dangerous overcrowding - inside illegal house-shares
Black-market rental properties are being openly advertised with unsafe conditions, BBC finds.
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August 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Beyond grim. Excellent reporting in this story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos, writes @georginarannard.bsky.social
The intricate tattoos of leopards, a stag, a rooster, and a mythical half-lion and half-eagle creature on the woman's body shed light on an ancient warrior culture.
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The intricate tattoos of leopards, a stag, a rooster, and a mythical half-lion and half-eagle creature on the woman's body shed light on an ancient warrior culture.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos, writes @georginarannard.bsky.social
The intricate tattoos of leopards, a stag, a rooster, and a mythical half-lion and half-eagle creature on the woman's body shed light on an ancient warrior culture.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The intricate tattoos of leopards, a stag, a rooster, and a mythical half-lion and half-eagle creature on the woman's body shed light on an ancient warrior culture.
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Lovely scrollytelling stories out today, first up @mrdiscopop.bsky.social 's look at pop song length and tone in the age of TikTok with great data viz from Jess Carr www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Three-minute heroes: TikTok made songs shorter but artists are pushing back with longer tracks with more emotional resonance - BBC News
Pop songs got drastically shorter in the streaming era. But new BBC research shows that trend is over
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July 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Lovely scrollytelling stories out today, first up @mrdiscopop.bsky.social 's look at pop song length and tone in the age of TikTok with great data viz from Jess Carr www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
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We geolocated the view out of the window as Jeremy Bowen's team filmed packages falling from a plane over Gaza yesterday. They were dropped into a "dangerous combat zone", which Palestinians are warned not to enter because it would put their lives at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
July 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We geolocated the view out of the window as Jeremy Bowen's team filmed packages falling from a plane over Gaza yesterday. They were dropped into a "dangerous combat zone", which Palestinians are warned not to enter because it would put their lives at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
This kind of #cancertreatment development is so exciting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cancer: World-first 'Trojan horse' therapy to be given on NHS
It sneaks toxic drugs inside cancer cells to hit them hard while minimising side-effects.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This kind of #cancertreatment development is so exciting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Here again is the remarkable impact of immunotherapy for intractable cancer via engineered T cells
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June 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Here again is the remarkable impact of immunotherapy for intractable cancer via engineered T cells
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The impact of the trade court tariffs ruling – in numbers
My BBC Verify analysis 👇
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My BBC Verify analysis 👇
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What does court ruling mean for Trump's tariff agenda?
BBC Verify examines what the latest development means for US and global trade.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The impact of the trade court tariffs ruling – in numbers
My BBC Verify analysis 👇
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My BBC Verify analysis 👇
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Today's coding is brought to you by the entire Weyes Blood back catalogue #musicforcoding #weyesblood open.spotify.com/album/3mF47P...
The Innocents
Weyes Blood · Album · 2014 · 10 songs
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April 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Very nice post by @scientificdiscovery.dev on why cancer mortality has declined. Spoiler: it’s not just that fewer people are smoking.>
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The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking
I respond to the claim that the decline in cancer mortality is mostly, or almost entirely, because of the decline in smoking.
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April 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Very nice post by @scientificdiscovery.dev on why cancer mortality has declined. Spoiler: it’s not just that fewer people are smoking.>
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/the-declin...
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The British trial, published in the journal Allergy, shows adults with serious allergies can increase the amount of peanut they can tolerate by 100 times. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'My peanut allergy nearly killed me - now I eat them every day'
Just a few years ago, Chris Brookes-Smith could have died from eating peanuts - but taking part in a clinical trial has changed his life.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The British trial, published in the journal Allergy, shows adults with serious allergies can increase the amount of peanut they can tolerate by 100 times. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC Verify investigation by @olgar.bsky.social , me, Olga Malchevska and Matt Murphy into exactly how thousands of homes in Mariupol are being seized and transferred to Russians. Ukrainians can try to get their homes back but there’s a catch…
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Russia seizing thousands of homes in occupied Mariupol - BBC News
To save their homes, Ukrainians face a dangerous return through Russia, and pressure to take a Russian passport.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
BBC Verify investigation by @olgar.bsky.social , me, Olga Malchevska and Matt Murphy into exactly how thousands of homes in Mariupol are being seized and transferred to Russians. Ukrainians can try to get their homes back but there’s a catch…
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Here's two major US stock markets since the election as of this afternoon - Nasdaq 5.6% lower and S&P 500 down 2.4% 👇
March 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Here's two major US stock markets since the election as of this afternoon - Nasdaq 5.6% lower and S&P 500 down 2.4% 👇