Did you like Netflix’s new sci-fi series, #3bodyproblem ?

I dissect the show’s science from fiction in my latest for nature

Are you under the age of 26 and play the New York Times games (connections/wordle/mini crossword) every day? I want to speak to you for a piece I'm writing! DM me or email me on [email protected] if you'd be up for chatting #journorequest

The Sick Times is excited to announce we have received an award of $250,000 from the biotech giving fund Kanro. This grant will fund our general operations over the next 18 months, enabling our expansion to a larger newsroom.

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Have you ever missed a total solar eclipse and then thought to yourself, 'Why don't these happen more often?' We did. So we called Bruce Macintosh to help us dream up a way to make a solar eclipse on demand. Listen here: newscientist.com/article/242894…

#sciencetwitter Any cicada researchers traveling to Illinois to study the emergence of broods XIII and XIX? I would love to hear what you're excited about for a nature story! #cicada s #cicada

Two years after New Scientist opened our New York bureau, we're launching our first in-person event in the US: a masterclass on consciousness! (June 22).

To celebrate, here's special access to five in-depth features on the #brain and #consciousness :
newscientist.com/article/242815…

Hey there, doing my occassional re-up of this:

I'm looking for more pitches for a column I edit in Mother Jones called Mother Tongue. The pieces are 600 to 800 words, and the pay is $1000. You can email me at [email protected]

Empty space doesn't exist.

Between everything there are particles and antiparticles flickering in and out of existence.

Karmela Padavic-Callaghan (they/them) says researchers are using these quantum fluctuations to create tiny, self-assembling devices that manipulate light

link.chtbl.com/newscientist

Open postdoc positions in my group Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology - WACQT Chalmers University of Technology on theory for quantum simulation or quantum communication using giant atoms: chalmers.se/en/about-chalm…. Part of a project funded by strategisk forskning.

Application deadline May 31. Please share!

Editors: I've had an incredible time at The New York Times but my fellowship is coming to an end soon. So I am looking for my next opportunity!

I spent the past year jumping on some biggest news in tech, delivering some scoops and two A1 stories. Get in touch! [email protected]

1. A new landmark systematic review of transgender surgeries finds that regret rates are 'remarkably low.'

Looking at more than 55 individual studies, researchers find that trans surgeries have some of the lowest regret rates of any surgery.

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I'm back on the New Scientist weekly podcast today, talking about how empty space is not actually empty and how we can harness that for assembling tiny devices newscientist.com/podcasts/weekl…

A couple of months ago, I explored why supplements are overhyped in Health Check — New Scientist's free health newsletter. This week, I'm backtracking a bit to highlight an exception: vitamin D. To learn more subscribe below. Hits inboxes every Saturday! bit.ly/3Ey0kAc

An asteroid that broke apart over Berlin in January was spinning faster than any other known asteroid – once every 2.6 seconds!

Super cool discovery this. Story by me @NewScientist

newscientist.com/article/242847…

NEW: Ranga Dias has lost his court case against the University of Rochester. We have the story, with details about how he attempted to discredit his former students and stop the investigation into his scientific misconduct. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Cool to see that this paper on quantum memories that can support a 1000 consecutive operations and be used for a broad variety of tasks was published in PRX today: journals.aps.org/prx/abstract/1…. I wrote about it a while back for New Scientist here: newscientist.com/article/242066…

NEW in Sequencer Magazine: the case against the gay gene.

I talked with GenderSci Lab researchers Alex Borsa and Mia Miyagi about a new paper, what 'Born This Way' got wrong, and whether we should even bother with genetics and sexuality research.

sequencermag.com/the-case-again…

The Casimir effect, the idea that imperceptible quantum flickers in empty space can cause nearby objects to experience forces, can seem arcane but for New Scientist I wrote about an experiment where it was put to work and helped assemble tiny gold devices newscientist.com/article/242818…

A big thank you to New Scientist and Karmela Padavic-Callaghan (they/them) for the fantastic article on our work at Normal Computing! 🙌
newscientist.com/article/241221…

Space has a trash problem (perhaps, we are the problem?) and NASA is determined to do something about it.
Fun to work with Ramin Skibba on this one!
nationalgeographic.com/science/articl…