The interview picks up on some of the themes from a favourite piece of mine, on the search for lost birds. In the age of extinction, can we really afford the extraordinary effort to determine if a single species is extant or extinct, and what could we do instead? www.newscientist.com/article/2373...

I love it when long-lost species are rediscovered - rare moments of good news. So I was taken aback when Aelys Humphreys told a @rbgkew.bsky.social summit that rediscoveries constitute a failure and that we need to change how we think about extinction altogether. www.newscientist.com/article/2590...

What is your p(doom)? Here I explain that, despite confident answers from tech bros, this is not a question that has a meaningful answer www.newscientist.com/article/2590...

How to be hopeful - with science! @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social joins the New Scientist podcast! With me, @pennysarchet.bsky.social, @tinymaddie.bsky.social, @mjflepage.bsky.social and @catdl.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/1FOH...

What happened with Navier-Stokes? Just what are GPT-6 Astra and its successor capable of?
*Fascinating* discussion with @sparkes.bsky.social, @timothyrevell.bsky.social and @pennysarchet.bsky.social
youtu.be/NNIpdytGWf0

On the absolute TROVE of Denisovan tools and bones found in China. With @pennysarchet.bsky.social and @michael-marshall.bsky.social
youtu.be/XetR1PDQqh4

This video of a baby echidna's first weigh-in is astonishing!

It's the first time an echidna has been born in a research/lab setting.

Echidnas lay eggs and then incubate them in their pouches, where they hatch - extraordinary.

Exclusive from James Woodford. www.newscientist.com/article/2586...