#Voyager1 a 46 yr old space probe coasting in interstelllar space 15 bn miles from Earth prodded back into action with a software patch after months of silence

⁦NASA JPL⁩: You. Rock. 👏

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voy…

Already looking forward to the public inquiry into how billions of taxpayers’ money was funnelled to a foreign government in return for so little, during a cost of living crisis.

Let's prioritize #NeuroEthics ! At UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, we have convened top experts to start crafting a groundbreaking Recommendation on the Ethics of #Neurotechnology . This vital framework will guide companies & governments to pave the way for responsible #neurotech !
unesco.org/en/articles/et…

Last week I wrote about what some material scientists really think about Google DeepMind ‘s claim to have expanded the stable materials known to humanity by an order of magnitude.

At the heart of the matter: what constitutes a ‘material’ ? ft.com/content/ca7f67… via @ft

There's a lot of Truss today, but this is worth your time. ft.com/content/755111…

Seeing plenty of old videos from the Middle East plus some video game footage going viral tonight, mostly posted by accounts seeking clout and engagement during a major news event by spreading misinformation and fear.

Double-check everything you see online tonight.

economist.com/finance-and-ec… Want to write about economics for The Economist? No journalism experience necessary but you *do* have to know a lot about economics (sorry)

Snakes are surprisingly popular among Financial Times readers, to judge by my latest column, on their evolution & superfood potential.

Lively punning competition in the comments, though sitting that one out because I’ve already adder go.

#Snakes

ft.com/content/c3f859… via @ft

Go back and savour this great lunch with the FT that Tim Harford had with The British Academy Fellow Daniel Kahneman on.ft.com/3usjqkj

Very pleased to be co-chairing the annual symposium of the Medical Journalists' Association City Journalism on 13/04. For further details and student registration, click here:
mjauk.org/2024/03/07/mja…

What did Donald Trump do for trust in science? You might be surprised. My FT Opinion column on research from University of Michigan , among others, on how 🇺🇸 citizens shifted allegiances between 2016 & 2020.

ft.com/content/865db3… via @ft

The new UK issue of WIRED lands on Thursday.

Here's our cover story—it's about Sadiq Khan, ULEZ, how conspiracy theories spread, and the rise of deepfake democracy.

Great work as always by Peter Guest

wired.com/story/mayor-of…

I’m looking forward to chatting with Sir Venki Ramakrishnan *tonight* British Library about life, #Death , accidental biology and immortality.

7pm start. And you can still catch the second half of #ENGvBEL or #WALvPOL after…what a night!

Tickets:
seetickets.com/event/venki-ra…

I could not have gone into journalism without one of these bursaries.
Good luck!

Are you an early career (≦5 yrs) journalist interested in science reporting? In or able to locate to Boston for a year? Applications for the 2024-25 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellowship have just opened. Deadline: April 26.
This is a great gig. statnews.com/careers/sharon…

As it’s in the news…the piece I wrote for FT Opinion back in July on why we should be very wary.

Deep-sea mining is a watery wild west ft.com/content/14cf08… via @ft

Happy birthday to Albert Einstein! Physicist, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, and winner of the Society's Copley Medal in 1925 for 'his theory of relativity and his contributions to the quantum theory', his theories helped set the stage for modern physics. #OnThisDay

Just 48 minutes or so to go

It’s been 4 years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic over Covid-19. My FT Opinion col asks how well we are set up for the next one. In short, not dire but, in a bid to forget and move on, we risk forgetting what we learnt.
#Vaccines

ft.com/content/77f1be… via @ft

Such an interesting piece