Tim Coulson
@timcoulson.bsky.social
Author of "A Little History of Everything from the Big Bang to You" published by Penguin MJ 2024
Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford
Ecology, Evolution, Existence, Science
Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford
Ecology, Evolution, Existence, Science
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Tim Coulson
@timcoulson.bsky.social
· Aug 24
And god said “it is amazing what those scientists have found out” before disappearing forever in a puff of carbon dioxide.
In today's @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social @sykhalid.bsky.social ^& I talk with Adrian Wooflson about his new book "On the Future of Species". Where AI and genome editing meet, new species lie, and ethical questions emerge. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Where Genome Editing and Artificial Intelligence meet New Species Lie
Podcast Episode · Science Of The Times · 05/02/2026 · 45m
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February 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
In today's @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social @sykhalid.bsky.social ^& I talk with Adrian Wooflson about his new book "On the Future of Species". Where AI and genome editing meet, new species lie, and ethical questions emerge. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Badly behaving billionaires can spark scandals that help democracy thrive.
In the latest Science of the Times episode scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm/episodes/bad... we talk to Pepper Culpepper about his book "Billionaire Backlash" where he argues that corporate scandals might just save democracy.
In the latest Science of the Times episode scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm/episodes/bad... we talk to Pepper Culpepper about his book "Billionaire Backlash" where he argues that corporate scandals might just save democracy.
Science Of The Times | Badly Behaving Billionaires
Badly behaving billionaires can spark scandals that help democracy thrive!Tim and Syma talk to Pepper Culpepper about his new book in which he argues that corporate scandals might just save democra...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Badly behaving billionaires can spark scandals that help democracy thrive.
In the latest Science of the Times episode scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm/episodes/bad... we talk to Pepper Culpepper about his book "Billionaire Backlash" where he argues that corporate scandals might just save democracy.
In the latest Science of the Times episode scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm/episodes/bad... we talk to Pepper Culpepper about his book "Billionaire Backlash" where he argues that corporate scandals might just save democracy.
How we get the risks of predators on our landscapes all wrong: the-european.eu/story-55524/...
Why Countryside Safety Supports Apex Predators’ Return
Countryside safety is far greater than we think, and evidence shows apex predators can coexist with people and restore ecosystems.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:08 PM
How we get the risks of predators on our landscapes all wrong: the-european.eu/story-55524/...
Amazing what you can find in a wolf pup's stomach after 15,000 years. Woolly rhino DNA shows that despite a long decline to extinction, they maintained genetic variation. The eaten rhino did not die because it was inbred.
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DNA from wolf pup’s last meal reveals new facts about woolly rhino’s extinction
A new study shows the woolly rhino was not the inbred, genetically doomed species scientists had thought.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Amazing what you can find in a wolf pup's stomach after 15,000 years. Woolly rhino DNA shows that despite a long decline to extinction, they maintained genetic variation. The eaten rhino did not die because it was inbred.
theconversation.com/dna-from-wol...
@jcchacond.bsky.social
theconversation.com/dna-from-wol...
@jcchacond.bsky.social
Yep. We've all been there. Christmas is nearly here, but what to buy for friends and family? This year the answer is easy: A Little History of Everything from the Big Bang to You: "Sapiens but for Science" as the previous Astronomer Royal so eloquently put it:
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December 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Yep. We've all been there. Christmas is nearly here, but what to buy for friends and family? This year the answer is easy: A Little History of Everything from the Big Bang to You: "Sapiens but for Science" as the previous Astronomer Royal so eloquently put it:
amzn.eu/d/g3pLbOV
amzn.eu/d/g3pLbOV
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Podcast alert! Here I am with @timcoulson.bsky.social and Syma chatting about stuff scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
Science Of The Times | The Rise and Decline of Us
Tim and Syma chat with Henry Gee about his two most recent books “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire: Why our Species is on the Edge of Extinction” and “A (Very) Short History of Life On Eart...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Podcast alert! Here I am with @timcoulson.bsky.social and Syma chatting about stuff scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
Looks like a super interesting approach -- will have a thorough read. Thanks for sharing!
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Looks like a super interesting approach -- will have a thorough read. Thanks for sharing!
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Discover more from @matthewcobb.bsky.social (below) in conversation with @timcoulson.bsky.social in May View all our 2026 events here: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
This was the first newspaper coverage of the discovery of the double helix, a few weeks after publication of the three articles in Nature. It mentions all those involved, except Rosalind Franklin. She was the only one to keep a cutting (this is from her archive at Churchill College).
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Discover more from @matthewcobb.bsky.social (below) in conversation with @timcoulson.bsky.social in May View all our 2026 events here: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
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New podcast episode just dropped! @timcoulson.bsky.social I are joined by Simon Newstead and David Bennett who have identified a new genetic link to chronic pain - solved the structure of the protein that the gene encodes and linked its function to pain.
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Science Of The Times Ep 31 Cracking The Code of Chronic Pain
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December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
New podcast episode just dropped! @timcoulson.bsky.social I are joined by Simon Newstead and David Bennett who have identified a new genetic link to chronic pain - solved the structure of the protein that the gene encodes and linked its function to pain.
youtu.be/ETGzmy_BfCg
youtu.be/ETGzmy_BfCg
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You decided to read this. But could you have chosen otherwise? Are we ever free to choose?
🧠 A short episode on a big topic!
Read or listen at onhumans.substack.com/p/is-the-bra....
🙏 Thanks to @timcoulson.bsky.social from @biology.ox.ac.uk!
🧠 A short episode on a big topic!
Read or listen at onhumans.substack.com/p/is-the-bra....
🙏 Thanks to @timcoulson.bsky.social from @biology.ox.ac.uk!
Is the Brain Free to Choose?
You decided to read this. But could you have chosen otherwise? Tim Coulson thinks so.
onhumans.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
You decided to read this. But could you have chosen otherwise? Are we ever free to choose?
🧠 A short episode on a big topic!
Read or listen at onhumans.substack.com/p/is-the-bra....
🙏 Thanks to @timcoulson.bsky.social from @biology.ox.ac.uk!
🧠 A short episode on a big topic!
Read or listen at onhumans.substack.com/p/is-the-bra....
🙏 Thanks to @timcoulson.bsky.social from @biology.ox.ac.uk!
Despite a significant amount of flapping I never achieved escape velocity while giving a plenary at the Chinese Ornithological Society congress in Nanning.
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Despite a significant amount of flapping I never achieved escape velocity while giving a plenary at the Chinese Ornithological Society congress in Nanning.
Great @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social podcast on the science of the microbiome with the brilliant @auraulo.bsky.social and @eveliinahanski.bsky.social. Can't recommend it enough. @sykhalid.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Science Of The Times: The Microbial Majority. Have a listen:
The Microbial Majority
Inside your stomach, on your skin, in your mouth, and up your nose are...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Great @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social podcast on the science of the microbiome with the brilliant @auraulo.bsky.social and @eveliinahanski.bsky.social. Can't recommend it enough. @sykhalid.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
A trip away has kept me away from socials, but @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social continues. Latest episode is out! Quantum computing. What is it? How does it work? Will you have quantum laptop soon? All the answers you could ever want
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPTy... @sykhalid.bsky.social
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Science Of The Times Ep 29_Entangled Futures: The Science and Promise of Quantum Computing
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November 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A trip away has kept me away from socials, but @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social continues. Latest episode is out! Quantum computing. What is it? How does it work? Will you have quantum laptop soon? All the answers you could ever want
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPTy... @sykhalid.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPTy... @sykhalid.bsky.social
Really enjoyed chatting to Bob Wells on his highly recommended Undercurrent Stories podcast. You can listen to what science can tell us about life, the universe and everything: open.spotify.com/episode/1eUE... The perfect weekend activity!
History of Everything from the Big Bang to You: Tim Coulson
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October 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Really enjoyed chatting to Bob Wells on his highly recommended Undercurrent Stories podcast. You can listen to what science can tell us about life, the universe and everything: open.spotify.com/episode/1eUE... The perfect weekend activity!
Omar Yaghi has just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with 2 of his colleagues for his remarkable work on the remarkable materials produced through the MOFs and COFs he pioneered. His story is inspiring. Want to know what MOFs and COFs are? Last week's episode scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
Science Of The Times
Do you want to learn a little more about topical science findings? Do many of the science stories you hear leave you with unanswered questions? Syma and Tim will discuss in non-technical language and ...
scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
October 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Omar Yaghi has just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with 2 of his colleagues for his remarkable work on the remarkable materials produced through the MOFs and COFs he pioneered. His story is inspiring. Want to know what MOFs and COFs are? Last week's episode scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
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Latest podcast episode just dropped! @timcoulson.bsky.social & I interviewed world-leading chemist, Omar Yaghi. Omar pioneered the development of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and tell us about his remarkable journey as a scientist.
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Science Of The Times | Playing Lego with chemistry to build structures that could save the environment.
Omar Yaghi is a chemist with an extraordinary vision. The pioneer of MOFs (metal organic frameworks) - materials built from the molecular equivalent of LEGO bricks. He tells Tim and Syma about his ...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Latest podcast episode just dropped! @timcoulson.bsky.social & I interviewed world-leading chemist, Omar Yaghi. Omar pioneered the development of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and tell us about his remarkable journey as a scientist.
scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm/episodes/pla...
scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm/episodes/pla...
October 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Omar Yaghi makes amazing materials that can help in providing water for drinking and irrigation, reducing atmospheric C02 helping with climate change and more. We interviewed him on scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm. Do listen, as it is a remarkable story. If you like it, please share and subscribe.
Science Of The Times
Do you want to learn a little more about topical science findings? Do many of the science stories you hear leave you with unanswered questions? Syma and Tim will discuss in non-technical language and ...
scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
October 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Omar Yaghi makes amazing materials that can help in providing water for drinking and irrigation, reducing atmospheric C02 helping with climate change and more. We interviewed him on scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm. Do listen, as it is a remarkable story. If you like it, please share and subscribe.
@scienceofthetimes.bsky.social is back after the summer break! We talk to @joanstrassmann.bsky.social about her fabulous new book "The Social Life of Birds". If you like the podcast: subscribe, like, share! We enjoy making it but have no idea how many folk listen!
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scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
Science Of The Times
Do you want to learn a little more about topical science findings? Do many of the science stories you hear leave you with unanswered questions? Syma and Tim will discuss in non-technical language and ...
scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
September 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
@scienceofthetimes.bsky.social is back after the summer break! We talk to @joanstrassmann.bsky.social about her fabulous new book "The Social Life of Birds". If you like the podcast: subscribe, like, share! We enjoy making it but have no idea how many folk listen!
scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
If coal had not formed in the Carboniferous our civilisation would not exist. If the Isthmus of Panama had not formed, drying Africa, we would not have evolved big brains. Despite this I argue intelligent life is not rare in the Cosmos
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A Little History of Everything: From the Big Bang to You: Amazon.co.uk: Coulson, Tim: 9781405981446: Books
Buy A Little History of Everything: From the Big Bang to You by Coulson, Tim (ISBN: 9781405981446) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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August 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
If coal had not formed in the Carboniferous our civilisation would not exist. If the Isthmus of Panama had not formed, drying Africa, we would not have evolved big brains. Despite this I argue intelligent life is not rare in the Cosmos
amzn.eu/d/e4Hqo7Y
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And god said “it is amazing what those scientists have found out” before disappearing forever in a puff of carbon dioxide.
August 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
And god said “it is amazing what those scientists have found out” before disappearing forever in a puff of carbon dioxide.
New research identifies the manual that god used to create the universe.
August 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
New research identifies the manual that god used to create the universe.
The day the church saw the light …. The science of why we exist.
August 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The day the church saw the light …. The science of why we exist.
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AI and personalised medicine and the key bridge between them: physics-based modelling. the-european.eu/story-50148/...
My article in the European. Thanks to @timcoulson.bsky.social for the guidance 🙏🏽
My article in the European. Thanks to @timcoulson.bsky.social for the guidance 🙏🏽
AI Supercomputers Personalised Medicine – How Technology Could Revolutionise Healthcare
Discover how AI, advanced simulations, and supercomputers could revolutionise personalised medicine, transforming drug design and patient care.
the-european.eu
August 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
AI and personalised medicine and the key bridge between them: physics-based modelling. the-european.eu/story-50148/...
My article in the European. Thanks to @timcoulson.bsky.social for the guidance 🙏🏽
My article in the European. Thanks to @timcoulson.bsky.social for the guidance 🙏🏽