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@FinancialTimes.com science editor. Ex-Nigeria, UAE, Thailand, Belgium & Japan. Latest book: What Everyone Knows About Britain* (*Except the British) - https://linktr.ee/whateveryoneknowsaboutbritain. Author of The Fabulists and A Swamp Full of Dollars.
@mikepeeljourno.bsky.socialNEW: How inspiration from algae is helping unlock the human brain’s secrets.
My report on this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, announced on Monday.
@mikepeeljourno.bsky.socialNEW: George Williamson took over in May as the head of the UK’s Alan Turing Institute.
I talked to him about AI costs v capabilities, how the public debate on AI needs to be wider - and his plans for an organisation branded “failing” last year by a cabinet minister.
@mikepeeljourno.bsky.socialNEW: Whether people are night owls or morning larks may have a big impact on their working lives, a new study from Finland suggests.
It raises the question of whether working practices should be more flexible, to take account of when employees function best.
@mikepeeljourno.bsky.socialBats' extraordinary adaptations to promote long life and stave off disease have long fascinated researchers who are attempting to harness those attributes for human health.
Now a genetic trove promises new clues to bat biology - and to the creatures' mysterious origins.
@mikepeeljourno.bsky.socialMeet a new extremophile: a shape-shifting amoeba that lives in hot springs and can thrive at a record high 63C temperature.
Organisms that flourish in severe environments such as the poles or deep ocean offer lessons in hardiness- and potentially valuable practical uses.
@mikepeeljourno.bsky.socialIt is very disturbing how few politicians seem prepared to say without reservation that it is wrong to intimidate people by gathering outside - and in this case entering - places where they are staying.
@mikepeeljourno.bsky.socialComplacency, like its equally malign twin superiority, has been a hallmark of thinking in so many spheres of British public life.
@mikepeeljourno.bsky.socialStem cells have extraordinary powers of regeneration - but some clinics offer treatments that may be ineffective or even unsafe.
My @financialtimes.com colleague @antoniacundy.ft.com and I investigated a growing industry that critics say urgently needs better regulation.
@mikepeeljourno.bsky.socialBeadle’s About?
@mikepeeljourno.bsky.socialHi Roland - thanks for this really interesting and important piece. Would you mind following me, please? Thank you!