Covid 19 researchers studying bats in Northern Laos have found evidence that brings us closer than ever to understanding the origin of Sars-Covid-19. Since the beginning of the coronavirus, pandemic scientists have tried to pinpoint the exact origin of SARS-CoV-2. But recent evidence from the Institut Pasteur has identified several novel coronaviruses with similarities to…
Very much the same as last Friday as we move towards the weekend and very calm seas, not a lot of wind, the Friday weather in Phuket is looking set fair for the weekend. Currently, the wind is coming from the North West at 3 knots and it looks like that right through the day…
Many people have struggled with their mental health during the pandemic, but still don’t always feel free to discuss it, especially at work. Mental health stigma remains a problem and discussing your difficulties at all is off-limits. For many years in England, a campaign called Time To Change tried to change attitudes and the evidence…
The sun is back just like last week and the Thursday weather in Phuket looks set for a fair day. As we said in our mid-week update, a change would come as we moved towards the weekend. The Thursday weather in Phuket is much of the same. Sunrise this morning at 06:15 and sunset at…
Arctic AI Have you checked the ice-cap forecast? Melting sea ice might be a well-known symptom of global warming, but how do scientists predict how quickly ice will recede? Press PLAY and listen to this week’s show Can AI predict Arctic ice loss? Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio element. Click above and…
The Wednesday forecast for Phuket is looking like more of the same. The overnight Tuesday rain arrived as expected and this morning it is a cool 26C. We wake to an overcast sky, and with temperatures (8 am) at 26 Degrees C, we will probably see a high today of just 28C. the early afternoon…
President Xi Jinping is taking a Great Science Leap for China and investing seriously in his strategic vision of turning China into a nation of scientific pace-setters. China’s past contributions to modern science have been proportionally lacklustre, but with a reinvigorated focus over the past two decades, China is fast turning from imitator to innovator….
An overcast and damp start continue from Monday as our Phuket Island weather Tuesday look set to be cool with some wet periods.. Phuket Sandbox continues as we move towards the end of September and now visitors can travel to other destinations after staying on Phuket for 7 days, all this is great news. At…
Good morning Monday it looks like it is a very wet and damp start to our Monday weather in Phuket. The wind this morning is coming out of the West and will swing to the South West later this afternoon currently at 6 knots and building as the day progresses to 10 to 11 knots…
UPDATE: Lawson earns DTM lead after Assen podiums with two rounds left Here is all you need to know: Albon 6th. – Albon, 25, said: “We have found a solution to fix the issues on the car compared to yesterday. We changed the car a lot overnight to get the car in a window which…
Since the debut of their first album in the early 1990s The Manic Street Preachers have only reached the top spot in the album chart on one occasion. They are back with their 14th studio album and it looks set to be this week’s highest new entry. The Welsh rock group won out by securing…
The Weekend weather for Phuket with our featured picture showing Nai Harn Beach. Looking forward to Saturday and Sunday with mid-day temperatures just making it to 30 C, calm seas and hardly any wind on Saturday, perhaps 5 knots around lunchtime, and Sunday the same at the moment. Looking at the Windguru Phuket chart into…
An international team of researchers has discovered that an outbreak of Ebola in Guinea in February this year was the result of the re-activated Ebola virus in someone who’d been infected at least five years ago during the earlier large Ebola epidemic that swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. This means the virus can…
November traditionally marks the start of the high season the Phuket Weather in November is outlined below, what to expect and details about Tides, Wind and Sea conditions. As we have moved from October into November this usually marks the end of the South Westerly winds. At the start of this November, we have seen…
In 2020 Vietnam ran a successful track and trace system Covid in Vietnam, with very few coronavirus infections and for a long time no deaths at all, while other countries had thousands. In 2021 things haven’t gone so well and since July strict stay at home, orders have been in place in some cities. Press…
Digital Planet is back on The island of Jersey, the small English speaking island off the coast of France. We’re travelling around in an on-demand electric vehicle – all booked, paid for and locked and unlocked with an app from our smartphones and looking at Jersey Technology. Jersey Technology We’re finding out about agricultural tech…
Mid-week weather in Phuket and it is wet this morning, the good news is it looks like we are heading into a pleasant end of the week. A few light showers this morning and maybe a few more on Thursday and it looks like sunny spells are the order of the rest of the week,…
The Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2021, is also named The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, is an annual event held on the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar to celebrate the Chinese community’s belief in getting good health and peace of mind. The community believes that abstaining from meat and other negative stimulants is the driving…
Robert Yancy Cause of Death: How Did Natalie Cole’s Son Die? Updated 13th September 2021. Yancy’s aunt, Timolin Cole Augustus said: “It appears to be a sudden heart attack.” A drummer, he frequently toured with his mother. He also performed at his mother’s funeral in January 2016. At the time of his death, he was working…
Get 102.5 FM says the promotion and why? As a BBC broadcast partner, 102.5 has invested heavily in ensuring Phuket Central and South-West Phuket has decent FM radio reception. Why? Because we want Phuket to enjoy the best and continue to offer professionally produced radio programming. Get 102.5 FM on your dial. Great Music. Local…
For the world to have a decent chance of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, 90 per cent of remaining coal reserves and 60% of unexploited oil and gas have to stay in the ground. These are the stark findings of carbon budget research by scientists at University College London. Dan Welsby spells out…
How art and gardening have saved some people’s mental health and wellbeing during Covid the pandemic. Claudia visits the most wonderful allotment to find out how one community in the UK has benefited. Nightmares and how people with psychosis can be plagued and even traumatised by bad dreams, but that there is a way of…
The so-called Children Code has just come into force in the UK. The Age-appropriate design code aims to protect children online by making digital services accessed by children comply with standards that safeguard children from being tracked and profiled. This includes toys, games and edtech but also social media and video sharing platforms. Changes have…
The Phuket Weather in October means change as the southwest monsoon winds and rain die down. October is not as some think the wettest month, that is left to September. The weather forecast is constant and the average temperature improving. Winds begin to transition to the northeast and generally, the weather forecast over the region…
The COVID19 pandemic and future vaccines. The Pandemic has revolutionised the way vaccines are made and underlined the inequalities in access to vaccines. But will it leave a legacy? Roland Pease explores the potential for mRNA and other revolutionary vaccines to make future health protection faster, safer and more flexible, whether ‘universal’ vaccines will give…
Taking a look at the Phuket weather for the week ahead with Tuesday set fair and average temperatures for this time of the year. Wednesday looking like it could be wet with wind forces building through the day and potentially gusting to 20 knots Wednesday evening. Here is a chart of the Phuket Weather predictions…
Emotional Breath this week on Science in Action we take a look at a study that focuses on how the exhalation of breath determines the emotional response. Cinema viewers, watching The Hunger Games, were monitored to see if researchers could tell the emotion of the crowd by measuring certain markers in their breath and looking…
When hurricane Ida struck the coast of Louisiana last weekend, almost to the day that Katrina did 16 years ago, comparisons between the two events were soon to follow. As the latest storm continues to wreak havoc and death further north in the US, Suzana Camargo of Columbia university talks to Roland Pease about the…
The band Chvrches are back with their fourth album – Screen Violence – which was released on 27 August. Lead singer Lauren Mayberry takes us through the recording of it. We catch up with newcomer Maisie Peters who is signed to Ed Sheeran’s record company and has just released her debut album, You Signed Up…
Phuket weather forecast 30 days in the months through September which is normally the wettest month of the year and into October.? The Phuket weather forecast for the next 30 days based on temperature will range from 25 to 31 degrees Centigrade. Normally September has 22 days of rain, the good news is it is…
When was the last time you did something really kind for someone or someone else did something really kind for you? This week on BBC Helathcheck that is the question from Cladia Hammond. However, we are going to ask the same question this week on Phuket FM Radio. Claudia Hammond and guests are looking at…
Certainty is comforting. Certainty is quick. But climate science is uncertain. And this is particularly true for people who are trying to understand climate change. Climate scientist, Tamsin Edwards tackles this uncertainty head-on.
September in Phuket is typically the wettest month of the year. Named the ‘green season by the locals, this is the time of the year when the South-West monsoon brings the rains and a fair amount of wind too. The locals love the rainy season as it is the time where the vivid greens of…