👀 A London journalism job that actually pays enough to live in London! No high-earning spouse / rich parents / trust fund needed. Get on it! newscientist.com/nsj/job/140198…

Science-y writery types! Our World in Data is hiring an in-house writer, and obviously they're brilliant and important and you could actually make a difference to the world! Go and apply here ourworldindata.org/writer-q2-2024

Excited to share that after a rather long hiatus, I'm back editing WIRED business! I am also looking to commission exclusive, interesting and weird stories! Writers, if you have a important story worth telling, get in touch: [email protected]

a couple of weeks ago i met a man working one of the hardest jobs in the transition to a clean economy 1/

Wrote about two new books on screen time, with very different conclusions: wired.com/story/pete-etc…

SCOOP: A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “pedophile island.”

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🚨 New Publication 🚨

In Nature Food, my co-authors and I critique the methodological and substantive shortcomings of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) roadmap for achieving zero hunger without breaching the 1.5 °C threshold.

🧵 1/17

nature.com/articles/s4301…

Around 46 million Americans live in states that have introduced bills to ban cultivated meat, the latest escalation in a surprising culture war

wired.com/story/cultivat…

Colossal Biosciences have managed to create elephant induced pluripotent stem cells – a small breakthrough in their attempt to make 'functional mammoths' a reality

wired.com/story/colossal…

Eat Just/Good Meat production facility is shuttered for now, per reporting in The Straits Times

(reposting w/o typo)

straitstimes.com/singapore/cult…

De-extinction startup Colossal is moving into the entertainment world, starting with a five-year-long docuseries from the director of My Octopus Teacher.

I spoke to Colossal CEO Ben Lamm and director James Reed about the doc:

wired.com/story/colossal…

A mini-scoop on the cultivated meat beat:

Upside Foods is pausing plans for its large scale factory in Chicago, which it first announced in September. Instead it's going to focus on increasing production capacity in its Emeryville facility

wired.com/story/upside-f…

A mini-scoop on the cultivated meat beat:

Upside Foods is pausing plans for its large scale factory in Chicago, which it first announced in September. Instead it's going to focus on increasing production capacity in its Emeryville facility

wired.com/story/upside-f…

Farmers and scientists are getting better at growing more crops on less land, but they’re not focusing on plants that people eat.

Matt Reynolds reports on the problem for WIRED

wired.com/story/crop-yie…

I love this from Kenny Torrella – a really great point, well made

vox.com/future-perfect…