Journalist & podcast host @newscientist. Former Tokyoite. Books: SUPERHUMAN (2018), HOW TO SPEND A TRILLION DOLLARS (2021). Next book: on SYMBIOSIS. すごい!
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At one point in this video, dollars actually SHINE THROUGH MY EYES, like some sort of Marvel superhero banker
Ever wondered what you could do with a trillion dollars?
Listen to @rowhoop as he explores all the things that amount of money could do in not just solving science's many mysteries, but also in saving the world. A must-read for us all.
Out today: bit.ly/3pTazWa
My book TOGETHERNESS is published in the US and Canada this week. @RichardDawkins AND Rebecca Solnit liked it penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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This is just to wave a flag of encouragement to move to the Other Place which is a far better experience than this
This is just to wave a flag of encouragement to move to the Other Place which is a far better experience than this
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Great fun tonight @sciencemuseum Christmas Lates and a treat to be at recording of @newscientist podcast with the excellent @rowhoop @catdl @MadeleineCuff @SamWong1 #createthefuture
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Epochal change coming near you: "The interaction between Arctic wildfires -more frequent and severe- and thawing permafrost has for 1st time erased the beneficial role of the Arctic tundra as a carbon sink, turning it into a net source of CO2"
Source: Bloomberg, 10/Dec/2024
I discussed the implications of this in my book, Saving the Planet Without the Bullsh*t, and they are, for example, far more newsworthy than the collapse of the German government
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… #climate
“Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever" - sounds like Musk talking about making humans multiplanetary, but it was Russian space pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in 1911
In 1895 he suggested building a space elevator from Earth into orbit. That won't work, but an elevator from the LUNAR surface into orbit WOULD work: newscientist.com/article/mg2…
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Chimps culture evolves in a way we thought was unique to humans.
A @UZH_en study shows chimp culture can evolve cumulatively.
So why are they stuck in the Stone Age, while humans are off exploring space?
@rowhoop asks @andrea_migliano
newscientist.com/podcasts/
I sent Elon a copy of my book How to Save the World for Just a Trillion Dollars. Pic in the intro of Bezos. When I tried to get a quote off Elon he said “is that the book with Bezos in it?” 😂
Just learned tonight at Mar-a-Lago that Jeff Bezos was telling everyone that @realDonaldTrump would lose for sure, so they should sell all their Tesla and SpaceX stock 🤭
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Jeff Bezos denies this allegation.
x.com/JeffBezos/stat…
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The highly commended award for Columnist of the Year - Consumer goes to Rowan Hooper
#BSMEAwards2024
And the winner is… @caitlinmoran 😍😍
The highly commended award for Columnist of the Year - Consumer goes to Rowan Hooper
#BSMEAwards2024
Gophers as ecosystem engineers!
Gopher productivity puts humans to shame!
These small, burrowing rodents show an incredible capacity to reshape their landscape.
@sophiebushwick tells @PennySarchet and @rowhoop all about it
newscientist.com/podcasts/
PODCAST, with @GreenRupertRead:
COP29: Are UN climate summits failing us and our planet?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
Ridiculous irony at #COP29: Literal stranded assets in Azerbaijan due to climate impacts - story by @MadeleineCuff newscientist.com/article/245…
We discuss the Problems with COP on the podcast this week - with @GreenRupertRead - coming soon
Great to see some honesty surfacing at last… As I’ve been saying for the last three years, the CoP process is not fit for purpose. Moreover, I’d add that it’s really hard to see any way back for it now. The (corruption and) failure appear systemic. bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lkn…
Apocalypse Cow
Treating #beef like #coal 🪨 would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions
Cattle 🐄 are a surprisingly large producer of greenhouse gases - time to stop eating beef 🥩
Up to 30% of global greenhouse gases comes from food production
#climatechange #vegetarian
@COP29_AZ
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Hurrah for a new genre of fiction winning the Booker: "space pastoral". Check out our interview with Samantha Harvey from @rowhoop
Samantha Harvey, who has won the Booker prize for her novel Orbital, has created a new genre: nature writing about space.
newscientist.com/article/245…
