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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Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
This is just to wave a flag of encouragement to move to the Other Place which is a far better experience than this
Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
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
Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
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/
Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
The highly commended award for Columnist of the Year - Consumer goes to Rowan Hooper
#BSMEAwards2024
Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
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…
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This is a fab article featuring @SeaGen_ #AlgaRay!
@ExeterMarine @UniofExeterNews @Exe_Innovation @UniofExeter
Seaweed - the key to the Great Carbon Drawdown
newscientist.com/article/mg2…
Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
We’re going to hear lots of stories about which people, policies and rhetoric are to blame for the Democrats’ defeat.
Some of those stories may even be true!
But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇
Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
This video is incredible.
Everyone should RETWEET it so the whole *world* sees it.
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What would a Trump presidency mean for the climate?
@rowhoop speaks to @leahstokes and @NaomiOreskes about the negative consequences for the climate and the economy if Donald Trump wins the US election...
link.chtbl.com/newscientist
Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
What would a Trump presidency mean for the climate?
@rowhoop speaks to @leahstokes and @NaomiOreskes about the negative consequences for the climate and the economy if Donald Trump wins the US election...
link.chtbl.com/newscientist
Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
Kennedy wants to strip vaccine manufacturers of their product liability protections so they’ll be forced to pull vaccines off the market. It’s a radical escalation of the antivax agenda. Taking vaccines away from doctors and patients.
Trump Unleashing RFK Jr. on Public Health Would Be a Disaster | my interview with @m_scribe @newrepublic on how we got to this awful place in American politics newrepublic.com/article/1877…
Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
Happy Halloween!
This was a fun one with @AstroDuke, Frank Rubio, and @astro_josh in 2022. Wahoo!
Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
#SEASLUGDAY! But what have you done for me philately?
Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
A neuroscientist has scanned her own brain 75 times to uncover the impact of birth control pills.
@rowhoop and @grace_wade_ hear from @HellerCarina about her research into this understudied area
link.chtbl.com/newscientist
Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー retweeted
A welcome sliver of postive climate news 🌳
@mjflepage says fears that global warming is accelerating faster than models predicted are probably overblown.
Quoting @ClimateOfGavin, @rowhoop says avoiding doomerism and retaining agency is vital
link.chtbl.com/newscientist