@RogerHighfield

Museum exec, prof @Dunn_School & @UCLChemistry, ex New Scientist, MRC, & Telegraph. Hon Pres @absw. Author https://xitter.cf/t.co/AQY0Nktq1B Neutron bouncer

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This is what the mysterious Denisovans looked like nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

This is what the mysterious Denisovans looked like

Nature - Archaeologists identified skulls from China as belonging to this group of ancient human relatives.

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What does climate change mean for wine? In Bordeaux, the harvest now starts a month early. I went to Pauillac to find out. rogerhighfield.substack.com/…
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Thrill to show brilliant @Rob__Miller, who runs the @whittlelab, the world’s foremost centre for jet-engine research, his favourite engine (a Whittle, of course!) and around an amazing new gallery that opens next spring in the @sciencemuseum
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Heat and Fire of Climate Change Put Bordeaux's 1936 Rulebook to The Test rogerhighfield.substack.com/…
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Reversing age by reprogramming gene expression networks eurekalert.org/news-releases…

Reversing age by reprogramming gene expression networks

Every organ and tissue progressively loses function as it ages, but aging tissues retain a latent capacity for rejuvenation. A new study, led by Wyss Institute Core Faculty member George Church, used...

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Unprecedented atlas explores mitochondria across the tree of life nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Unprecedented atlas explores mitochondria across the tree of life

Nature - The mitoproteomes of five parasites and a plant hold medical potential — and reignite the question of just when the mitochondrion evolved.

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History’s long-secret codes are being cracked by amateurs using AI nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

History’s long-secret codes are being cracked by amateurs using AI

Nature - Cryptographers’ inboxes are being flooded with requests to validate cipher solutions.

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In March, 21 people fell seriously ill after a night out in Canterbury. Two died. The meningococcus behind it had borrowed DNA from harmless throat bugs. My chat with @UKHSA's Charlene Rodrigues about how science works: rogerhighfield.substack.com/…
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Brazil sees record fall in Amazon deforestation bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqe8… Background: sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects…

Brazil sees record fall in Amazon deforestation as key election looms

The Amazon rainforest is a crucial buffer against climate change - but deforestation had expanded under former president Jair Bolsonaro.

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Trailblazing technique uncovers real shape of scorching-hot exoplanet atmospheres eurekalert.org/news-releases…

Trailblazing technique uncovers real shape of scorching-hot exoplanet atmospheres

Until now the alien white-hot worlds of exoplanets have been depicted as circular, but new research has revealed the true shape of their atmospheres to be a deformed sphere rather than perfectly...

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In March, 21 people fell seriously ill after a night out in Canterbury. Two died. The meningococcus behind it had borrowed DNA from harmless throat bugs. My chat with @UKHSA's Charlene Rodrigues about how science works: rogerhighfield.substack.com/…
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Can GLP-1s heal the brain? Obesity drugs get a makeover for addiction and depression nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Can GLP-1s heal the brain? Obesity drugs get a makeover for addiction and depression

Nature - Compounds inspired by the blockbuster weight-loss drugs are also being trialled for schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease, among other conditions.

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