journalist, rock climber, amateur mycologist, juggler (not simultaneously, nor necessarily in that order)
Bristol
Joined February 2010
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Over a decade ago, Tom Challands and I noticed these strange rock pools on the Isle of Skye coast. Hundreds, each the size of a car tire, lined up in zig-zag sequences
Dinosaur tracks! We announced the site, then handed it to @Paige_dePolo to describe for her Masters
Now today:
Around 40 companies are already selling or developing blood tests to detect multiple cancers. But can they pick up more cancers earlier and save lives? One I wrote for @Nature w. @EricTopol @jvburnier Nitzan Rosenfeld, Dennis Lo & Tom Callender nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Placebo effects are NOT about expectation, or positive thinking, and you don’t have to believe you’re taking a real drug to feel better, says Harvard’s Ted Kaptchuk. I spoke to him about why placebos really work, and how to unlock our inner pharmacy shows.acast.com/where-the-wi…
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Ultra-processed foods have been linked to obesity and other health troubles, but is the grouping to broad to guide dietary choices?
go.nature.com/4g1TUL6
There's a lot of talk about ultra-processed food, but how useful is the term? Are they bad for our health? And if so, why? My latest for @Nature with @CMonteiro_USP @KevinH_PhD @fordeycee @SamuelDickenUK @SongLabHarvard & Karen Corbin & Richard Mattes: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Getting protein from grass, making it with GM yeast, automated high-throughput crop breeding, boosting crop yields with probiotics and acoustic precision pollination. Five of many sustainable food innovations presented at @fa_next. My piece in @Nature nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Does intermittent fasting work? Which of the health claims are supported by science? My piece for @Nature, with Mark Mattson, from @JohnsHopkins, @CourtneyP_PhD, @DrKristaVarady, @NMaruthur, @ohyilmaz, @SatchinPanda Read all about it, hot off the press: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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The influence of diet on our immune system function is getting increasingly recognized, a feature today @Nature
nature.com/articles/d41586-0… @NicFlem open-access
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@bishmatters @travelWESTeng @BristolDon @James_CrBS7 @bristol_pip Please, oh please, can someone confirm that the section of Concorde Way by Ashley Down station will reopen in time for children to have a safe & shorter route to school by the start of term next week?! #bristol
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Don't know how other authors feel, but seeing the first physical copy of your book, after years of looking at Word files and PDFs... Seems surreal. It's as if someone else wrote it... Anyway, this advance copy arrived in the mail. One more month to pub date ...penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
#artificalintelligence @DuttonBooks
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A farewell to Scottish winter? If that's a wrap, then what a way to go. In Glencoe chasing sunrise, snow and the sublime.
Spacecraft are getting smaller, mission design is speeding up and how AI will help humans boldly go where we haven't been before. One I wrote for @GuardianLabs, with @UoPCosmology and @_LucindaKing. Read all about it: theguardian.com/creating-imp…
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A stunning day for a traverse of the Aonach Eagach along Glencoe's hearty skyline with views to the sea lochs, islands and Ben Nevis himself, covered in snow. When Scotland is on form, there's no place like it.
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I've been to Glen Affric hundreds of times in the past 45 years, but being there today really took my breath away. There was a remarkably thick hoar frost coating all the vegetation, especially the birch trees, and it transformed the whole area into a fabulous frozen forest.
The UK market in mushroom extracts is roughly tripling annually. They are touted as treatments for cancers, diabetes, anxiety and more. But is there proper evidence they work? I trawled the studies + spoke to some scientists to find out for @ObsNewReview theguardian.com/science/2023…
I have it on good authority that "Nazaré: Life and Death with the Big Wave Surfers" is a great read. Can't wait to get my hands on it. Congratulations @mattmajendie
Delighted to say that Nazaré: Life and Death with the Big Wave Surfers is out today, following a season with the remarkable men and women chasing 100-foot waves. shorturl.at/DH235
Researchers say the proposed new EU Data Act fails to give them with the same access to new data it gives to consumers, businesses and public sector bodies. My piece for @NatureIndex with @ChicotJulien @viivilahteenoja @mortendaehlen nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Mansplaining, the "Black tax", patronised, interrupted, comments about legs, groping.. hearing what it can be like to be female and/or Black at academic meetings was shocking and an education. Thank you @PasGarciaM @DoctorSFJ @LucieLeboulleux Leah Hollis nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
‘A silver lining’: how Covid ushered in a vaccines golden era theguardian.com/science/2023…
