I'm on @nature.com's podcast talking to @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social about the role that journalists can play in combating research misconduct. Honored to appear alongside @jamesheathers.bsky.social, @abalkina.bsky.social, @richvn.bsky.social and many others: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I'm a deeply flawed individual, but I bring joy to the world.

Fusion energy has got a boost from some chemistry inspired by the controversial case of cold fusion! By using electrochemistry to trap deuterium in palladium, researchers boosted fusion rates by 15%. Hear about it here @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Light-powered flying saucers, Victorian toys, and @danjfox.bsky.social animations. This video has it all! And they could help understand a weird part of the atmosphere known as the mesosphere, that's too thin for balloons and too heavy for satellites.

Me: I don't think I have much of an accent anymore. The internet:

So fun to be featured on this week’s @naturepodcast.bsky.social talking about the tree microbiome and could not be more thrilled to be following a story on rubber ducks.

If you're gonna test our your new sticky hydrogel then sticking a rubber duck to a rock must be in the top 10 best ways to do it.

I covered this on the podcast, but it really warrants seeing!

Researchers are trialling all sorts of inventive ways to root out errors. Scientists are human. So, sometimes mistakes slip through the cracks. To make science as robust as possible, though, they've created all sorts of methods to seal those cracks. I explore these in a new @nature.com podcast.

A fossil floppy flipper that made a mega-predator into a stealthy submarine. We've got a video for that @nature.com youtube.com/shorts/XAXEO...

Tired? Well that sleepy feeling may be driven by 'leaky' mitochondria, according to a new study. I spoke to Gero Miesenboeck from @ox.ac.uk for @nature.com all about the new study. It's here on the Nature Podcast at 12:11:

Researchers have hidden messages in their papers in an attempt to trick AI peer reviewers! @lizziegibney.bsky.social told me all about it for a quick video for @nature.com youtube.com/shorts/WvamK...

My email is just one person after another emailing to tell colleagues that they are leaving NASA. I’m so sad and angry it’s honestly hard to function.

Wild.

“If you cut out these diversity measures, you're going to make science full of people that are very elite…Full of people who have grown up with a large amount of privilege, who were able to work in a lab in high school because their dad was a prof at Cornell.” 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...

And people say there's no good advice on LinkedIn

Do we grow new brain cells in adulthood? Yes, according to evidence that provides a "missing link" in one of neuroscience's biggest controversies. www.newscientist.com/article/2486...

Coming soon to a dystopia near you: celebrated works of fiction stripped of all style and panache.

Great new @nature.com documentary from @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social and @shamini.bsky.social (with some animations by me). How much machine-vision research is actually surveillance research? Quite a bit. youtu.be/g9JtlX4mlSc

Does anyone actually understand quantum physics? We asked six physicists why they’re still arguing after 100 years of quantum mechanics

This is probably my favourite story I've covered for @nature.com this year. So much so I dedicated 12 minutes of the podcast to it! If you like cool neuroscience then give it a listen: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Was reading a physical bit of paper today and tried to scroll up on it. I got confused when the paper just moved before realising. I'm either sleep-deprived or what's wrong with the world.

Some oddly specific outcomes here...

My colleague @shamini.bsky.social was on the podcast this week for @nature.com talking about a very important but understudied topic — pregnancy loss. at 13:02 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I am drawn to this video like a.... Hmm if only I had a suitable metaphor. In any case, go watch this award-nominated video!

This week on the pod 🔊 🚚 An antimatter delivery van takes its first road trip ⚫ The mathematics of a near-miss between black holes https://go.nature.com/42ZOz24

Plenty of cool science behind this CRISPR news, but it’s that cute baby and the personal story his parents shared that keeps me up at night 🧵🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01496-z

In other physics news, I also did a podcast for @nature.com about physicists tackling a notoriously tricky problem in physics — what happens when black holes fly close past each other. Answer = gravitational waves and some complicated maths. More here at 13:46

Do you have a particle accelerator? Would you like to make a few trillionths of a gram of gold? I have the video for you. New vid by me for @nature.com

Potatoes! 🥔 Now I've got your attention, I did a podcast for @nature.com about a trove of potato genomes and what they reveal. Listen here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Podcast alert! I talked about AIR-BORNE with Nature & with @charliejane.bsky.social & @annaleen.bsky.social on Our Opinions Are Correct. Listen here: www.nature.com/articles/d41... & ouropinionsarecorrect.libsyn.com/severance-an...

Always love it when we cover video games at Nature. This one from @celestebiever.bsky.social on how an AI learned how to find diamonds in Minecraft by 'imagining' future scenarios! Something that any Minecraft player knows isn't trivial — I mean, it's not super hard, but there's many steps to it!

My latest podcast for @nature.com A cache of bone artefacts from Tanzania showed that early humans were consistently using bones to make tools a million years earlier than we had thought. I spoke to one of the researchers behind the work.

I made this podcast about interjections for @knowablemag.bsky.social. And it's.. err... made me... um... question how I've done every single podcast interview ever. Y'know?? knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Nice for a series I made a few years ago to get tagged in this excellent thread about how politics and science are intertwined (very much the them of the series). For funding, the second episode delves into this a lot. Who and what gets funded (and what gets defunded) are ultimately very political.

This shiny black stuff is brain tissue that has been 'vitrified' - turned to glass - an incredibly rare process that requires intense heat and rapid cooling. My latest video for @nature.com about a darkly fascinating new piece of research.

Vesuvius's eruption EXPLODED a person's brain and turned it glass. Cool vid by @shamini.bsky.social

I think it's very important to point out that the researcher does an impression of a crow at 4:20

New podcast for @nature.com. An AI to detect when your heart stops and call the emergency services, using a smartwatch. Turns out it's really hard to do, as you can't just, um, wait for people's hearts to stop and you don't want to just be calling 999 willy-nilly.

Scicomm folks: If you're interested in getting started in journalism, Nature News regularly has internships in both London and New York. Apply for the current London one by Friday. June-November 2025 Pay is London Living Wage London based (hybrid - up to 3 days WFH) Must be able to work in the UK

Nature just published this lovely documentary by @emzywb.bsky.social on how crows speak to each other - spoiler, it's mostly not 'Caw caw caw'!

This week on the pod 🔊 👍 A simple switch to reduce racist ratings 📃 An analysis of retraction hotspots https://go.nature.com/4hAwoF3

Could a simple change to how workers are rated eliminate racial discrimination on online platforms? My latest for @nature.com on the @naturepodcast.bsky.social

Which universities have the most retracted articles - and the highest retraction rates? For @nature.com, here's a first-of-its-kind analysis of retractions by institutions. Full details in the story. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Reposting because @annemarie.bsky.social's quizzical face always brings me joy.

Please don't shout at me if your favourite isn't included in this scientists' guide to LLMs (my latest for @nature.com) but do tell me politely what we've missed! I had to whittle out a bunch of models from my first draft and I'd love to know your favs www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In cool physics news, researchers spotted the most energetic neutrino yet! Which could tell us more about the incredibly powerful cosmic objects that might have made them. The amazing @lizziegibney.bsky.social spoke to Aart Heijboer all about for this week's @nature.com podcast.

Scientists are bracing for major changes in US biomedical research as Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who has promoted vaccine misinformation and public-health conspiracies, is confirmed as HHS secretary. by @heidiledford.bsky.social & @scattercushion.bsky.social | @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Some positive news: Researchers have developed a simple blood test that can detect pancreatic cancer early, and save lives. Find out how it works @nature.com 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00438-z