New Scientist managing editor and The World, The Universe & Us podcast host. Plant genetics & evolution DPhil; birder.
Penny Sarchet
Man walks into a Neanderthal dentist...
Amazing insight into Neanderthal cognition from this study. With Sam Wong and @pennysarchet.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x6N...
One of those jaw-dropping discoveries - although I don't think I'd have let a Neanderthal dentist have got anywhere near mine!
ICYMI, we relived the genome wars.
Many of us - those that aren't immediately threatened - can slip into forgetting about rising sea levels, as we focus on the more immediate local impacts of climate chaos.
Well, @mjflepage.bsky.social returned from the @egu.eu meeting with bad news for us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAcO...
"Turmeric appears to have become the most common cause of...herbal-related liver injury in the United States" www.newscientist.com/article/2528...
I'd assumed that red light masks probably did nothing to your face and skin. It turns out, they may do too much.
Stand out quote: "“We don’t know what’s going to happen in 10 years’ time...Maybe your face is going to drop off.”
www.newscientist.com/article/2523...
Penny Sarchet
My colleague Alice Klein writes movingly about how far our understanding of PCOS/PMOS has come. "I find this a much nicer way to think about my ovaries – that they are brimming with eggs, rather than riddled with cysts." www.newscientist.com/article/2526...
Man walks into a Neanderthal dentist...
Amazing insight into Neanderthal cognition from this study. With Sam Wong and @pennysarchet.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x6N...
Turmeric is heralded for its anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties, but columnist Alice Klein finds that the evidence for this is shaky. Taking high doses of its curcumin extract in supplement ...
Red-light therapy promises to treat everything from acne and hair loss to depression and chronic pain. Many of these claims are overhyped, but evidence suggests it can have healing powers
Our show The World, the Universe and Us has been shortlisted for BEST VIDEO PODCAST in the Publisher Podcast Awards! Co-host @pennysarchet.bsky.social and producer Ollie Guillou.
"The best books are those that give you a new perspective, but Togetherness by Rowan Hooper has given me something more than that – not just a new view, but a new way of seeing" - thrilled by this from the excellent and never wrong @pennysarchet.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2528...
Rowan Hooper
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 exploration of how biological cooperation underpins all life - and why we’ve overlooked its power until now - makes thrilling reading, finds Penny Sarchet
This is a great and balanced discussion of Craig Venter and what he achieved, featuring @rogerhighfield.bsky.social @rowhoop.bsky.social @michaelmarshall.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy and @pennysarchet.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jin...
