Award-winning reporter at New Scientist who clings to the belief that good journalism mattters. I write about life on Earth, inc climate ☀️, food 🍱, CRISPR 🧬 and biomed 💊
My bio & stories: https://www.newscientist.com/author/michael-le-page
Michael Le Page
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Congrats to @matthewcobb.bsky.social for being shortlisted for the Longford Historical Biography Prize for his new biog of Francis Crick!
Michael Le Page
Congratulations to @rowhoop.bsky.social on the publication today of his brilliant new book Togetherness!
www.newscientist.com/article/2528...
An exploration of how biological cooperation underpins all life - and why we’ve overlooked its power until now - makes thrilling reading, finds Penny Sarchet
An improved form of CRISPR known as base editing has been used to edit genes in human embryos donated by couples, with high efficiency and, for one of the changes, no detectable side effects 🧪
Does this mean we could now consider creating children this way?
www.newscientist.com/article/2529...
The next El Nino could be a really strong one, but what's the bigger picture? Is global warming ushering in a new age of super El Ninos? #climate 🧪 £
I'm afraid the answers I got were not all all reassuring
www.newscientist.com/article/2529...
A company is claiming it can grow sperm in the lab - which could open to the door to the creation of gene-edited children 🧪 £
www.newscientist.com/article/2527...
Move over, Colossal. A team in Japan hopes to "resurrect" mammoth chromosomes 🧬 🦣 in the cells of mice, after showing they can do this with a chromosome from a rat deep-frozen for over a year 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2529...
Michael Le Page
One surprising effect of solar flares: interference with train signals 🚆
In the worst case, a geomagnetic storm could switch a signal from red to green, and cause a crash 🧪
#EGU26
www.newscientist.com/article/2527...
This is a big deal for a scientist. @mjflepage.bsky.social of @newscientist.com has given a lovely review of my new book.
Penny Sarchet
A team in the US has reported promising results after using an improved form of CRISPR to gene-edit human embryos, but a major issue remains unsolved
Global warming will amplify the impacts of El Niño events, and could also make them much stronger and more far-reaching
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Men who do not produce sperm can’t be helped by existing fertility treatments, but a start-up is now claiming it can grow their sperm in the lab. Columnist Michael Le Page suspects this technique will...
Mice that contain cells with an added rat chromosome have been created by scientists. The next step is to try this with frozen elephant tissue – and if that works, the team will try it with frozen mam...
Is the cold blob caused by a shifting jet stream, or by a weakening AMOC, which would be even more worrying?
A new study from @rahmstorf.bsky.social et al sheds more light…
www.newscientist.com/article/2529...
Michael Le Page
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Critical safety equipment in many train systems is vulnerable to disruption by space weather, which could lead to fatal accidents
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The best biographies combine original research with accessible writing and strong narrative drive, explains Prof Roy Foster, chair of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography judges. He introduced us to the five books on their 2026 shortlist:
fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
Michael Le Page
A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm water "conveyor belt" in the Atlantic is slowing down
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
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Alec Luhn
“What has always hooked me about DNA has been the stories," says @turiking.bsky.social in The Secrets of Our DNA 🧪
And that's the appeal of her book, which is full of them. My review:
www.newscientist.com/article/mg27...
Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations
From clearing people convicted of murder to identifying a monarch's remains, Michael Le Page is fascinated by The Secrets of Our DNA, an insider's must-read book
