“Predictions for up to 15 days ahead expected to improve tracking of extreme events” ⁦Clive Cookson⁩ #AI #Climate #Europe #ExtremeWeather #WeatherForecasting on.ft.com/4ksLTkr

“Scientists deploy AI to better predict wildfires helping to mitigate disasters such as the one that recently devastated Los Angeles” ⁦Clive Cookson⁩ #AI #ClimateCrisis #Mitigation #Wildfires on.ft.com/3FRmwJ0

Another advance for organoid research. Creating the brain's pain pathway in a lab dish Sergiu P. Pasca ft.com/content/f8d540… via @ft

Thank you, Clive Cookson

A look into the science and business of weather forecasting with Michael Peel. Predictions have become much more accurate in past decades. AI promises further improvement -- so long as met data continues to flow freely ft.com/content/a1b6ab… via @ft

Best summer books of 2025: Environment, Science and Technology chosen by Pilita Clark John Thornhill and me ft.com/content/0f0b1e…

A new Welsh dragon raises $140mn to breathe fire into the moribund field of antidepressant development Cardiff University ft.com/content/0b8d32… via @ft

Many UK universities are in financial trouble but Queen Mary has the confidence to buy a large site in Whitechapel to expand its biomedical campus and then spend £750mn with partners developing it ft.com/content/33eca8… via @ft

Some vaccines may offer double protection against dementia. New study suggests that they not only suppress viral infection but also modulate the brain's immune response through their added adjuvants ft.com/content/4843b6… via @ft

Two of our finest mathematical writers, Marcus du Sautoy and David Darling, have new books out about the intertwining of maths, music and artistic creativity. ft.com/content/26ac89… via @ft

Organ ageing research shows that the brain is 'the guardian of longevity' ft.com/content/06e6f3… via @ft

A million thanks ABSW. Too emotional to say much more now than ‘what an honour’

Experts warn the materials were causing extensive disease ‘at every stage’ of human life, ahead of UN talks on a global plastics treaty on.ft.com/3IWVykS

Important new real-world evidence that AI may harm performance. Clive Cookson Financial Times on.ft.com/3Jdskyj Routine AI assistance hits skills of health experts performing colonoscopies

Gut guru Tim Spector moves on from popularising the human microbiome -- trillions of beneficial bacteria in our intestines -- to urge us to add a further multitude of microbes by making and eating as much fermented food as we can Tim Spector MD (Prof) ft.com/content/25aa59… via @ft

Scientists detail Delphi-2M, an AI model trained on large-scale health records that can predict susceptibility to over 1,000 diseases decades into the future (Clive Cookson / Financial Times) ft.com/content/598e07… techmeme.com/250917/p37#a25…

The latest in our series about longevity companies. A sisterly enterprise seeking to stop unwanted cell death. LinkGevity ft.com/content/72f5be… via @ft

The most recent AMR surveillance charts the continued rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs ft.com/content/ae1dcc… via @ft

A tide of fabricated research risks scientific integrity. Powerful OpEd by Bernhard Sabel. ft.com/content/a1c675… via @ft

a milestone moment for ESA - the begining of a new role? European nations to fund military-grade surveillance network in space ft.com/content/4d61c6… via @ft