Emma Stoye
@emmastoye.bsky.social
I edit science news at @nature.com
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KJ Muldoon, at less than a year old, was the first known person to receive a personalised CRISPR-based genome-editing therapy
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
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He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
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The baby whose life was saved by the first personalized CRISPR therapy
KJ Muldoon is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
KJ Muldoon, at less than a year old, was the first known person to receive a personalised CRISPR-based genome-editing therapy
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48GqTl3
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48GqTl3
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Reposted by Emma Stoye
You've probably heard about how the rapidly increasing numbers of satellites are affecting #astronomy. A new paper in @nature.com looks at the possible future for space-based telescopes — and finds 96% of some images could be impacted. 🧪🔭🛰️
By @jennaahart.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
By @jennaahart.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Satellite swarms set to photobomb more than 95% of some telescopes’ images
Planned megaconstellations would contaminate the view of the cosmos of four orbiting telescopes
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December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
You've probably heard about how the rapidly increasing numbers of satellites are affecting #astronomy. A new paper in @nature.com looks at the possible future for space-based telescopes — and finds 96% of some images could be impacted. 🧪🔭🛰️
By @jennaahart.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
By @jennaahart.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I write a lot about AI and in AI policy circles I kept hearing one thing -- China is the country talking loudest about wanting to regulate the technology at a global level.
Here's my explainer on what that could look like
🧪🤖
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's my explainer on what that could look like
🧪🤖
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
China wants to lead the world on AI regulation — will the plan work?
Having placed artificial intelligence at the centre of its own economic strategy, China is driving efforts to create an international system to govern the technology’s use.
www.nature.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I write a lot about AI and in AI policy circles I kept hearing one thing -- China is the country talking loudest about wanting to regulate the technology at a global level.
Here's my explainer on what that could look like
🧪🤖
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's my explainer on what that could look like
🧪🤖
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Two days left to apply for this job!
Important news for my London #scicomm / film-making folks: my work is hiring!
We're looking for a science-nerd with experience of social/vertical video production - writing, editing, presenting, wacky ideas, the whole shebang.
If this is you and you have any questions feel free to reach out!
We're looking for a science-nerd with experience of social/vertical video production - writing, editing, presenting, wacky ideas, the whole shebang.
If this is you and you have any questions feel free to reach out!
Associate Multimedia Editor or Senior Multimedia Editor
Job Title: Associate Multimedia Editor or Senior Multimedia Editor (12 Month Fixed Term Role) Organisation: Nature Portfolio Location: London – Hybrid Working Model Application Deadline: Sunday 9th No...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Two days left to apply for this job!
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With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to avert catastrophe
go.nature.com/4ofcrH6
go.nature.com/4ofcrH6
How to fight climate change without the US: a guide to global action
With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to avert catastrophe.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to avert catastrophe
go.nature.com/4ofcrH6
go.nature.com/4ofcrH6
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In praise of fundamental research
Our editorial this week argues that I n these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different
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@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Our editorial this week argues that I n these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different
🧪
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In praise of fundamental research
Our editorial this week argues that I n these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different
🧪
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Our editorial this week argues that I n these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different
🧪
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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These walls CAN talk! Turns out the plant cell wall isn't just a boring cubicle for hard working chloroplasts and stuff. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Plants have a secret language that scientists are only now starting to decipher
Signals from the plant cell wall help to orchestrate growth, reproduction and immune function. Can harnessing this molecular cross talk help in creating better crops?
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October 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
These walls CAN talk! Turns out the plant cell wall isn't just a boring cubicle for hard working chloroplasts and stuff. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Nature is hiring a new Multimedia Editor, so if you want to work with me then this is a great opportunity. Who could say no to that?
It's for verticals, so if you know your Toks from your Tiks, your ring lights from your Reels, and your shoots from your Shorts, then this might be the job for you!
It's for verticals, so if you know your Toks from your Tiks, your ring lights from your Reels, and your shoots from your Shorts, then this might be the job for you!
Associate Multimedia Editor or Senior Multimedia Editor
Job Title: Associate Multimedia Editor or Senior Multimedia Editor (12 Month Fixed Term Role) Organisation: Nature Portfolio Location: London – Hybrid Working Model Application Deadline: Sunday 9th No...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Nature is hiring a new Multimedia Editor, so if you want to work with me then this is a great opportunity. Who could say no to that?
It's for verticals, so if you know your Toks from your Tiks, your ring lights from your Reels, and your shoots from your Shorts, then this might be the job for you!
It's for verticals, so if you know your Toks from your Tiks, your ring lights from your Reels, and your shoots from your Shorts, then this might be the job for you!
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Although many physicists disagree on quantum mechanics, they seem to agree on their favourite sci-fi movies
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go.nature.com/4qrFUiw
The sci-fi films that physicists love to watch
Nature surveyed scientists about their favourite cinematic moments to celebrate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Although many physicists disagree on quantum mechanics, they seem to agree on their favourite sci-fi movies
go.nature.com/4qrFUiw
go.nature.com/4qrFUiw
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The Open Notebook's 15th Anniversary - The Open Notebook
For 15 years, The Open Notebook has been the trusted home for journalists worldwide who cover science. What started as an experiment to demystify the craft of science writing has grown into a vital, g...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hey, it's a great week to sign up for the newsletter from @theopennotebook.bsky.social! They'll send you fab resources on science writing every Tuesday.
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It is ALSO a great week to donate to @theopennotebook.bsky.social — gifts are being matched!
#SciWri25 take note! ⬇️
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Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi, who developed a class of extremely porous materials known as metal-organic frameworks, have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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go.nature.com/3VRBAv4
Chemistry Nobel for team who developed massively porous ‘super sponge’ materials
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi pioneered the creation of metal-organic frameworks, which can capture and store molecules such as carbon dioxide.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi, who developed a class of extremely porous materials known as metal-organic frameworks, have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry
go.nature.com/3VRBAv4
go.nature.com/3VRBAv4
Omg finally a MOFs Nobel - this is not a drill!!!
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Omg finally a MOFs Nobel - this is not a drill!!!
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Congratulations to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis!
Martinis told our reporter that his wife had gotten the news in the middle of the night — in California time — but decided not to wake him up quite yet.
🧪
#Nobel2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Martinis told our reporter that his wife had gotten the news in the middle of the night — in California time — but decided not to wake him up quite yet.
🧪
#Nobel2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Groundbreaking quantum-tunnelling experiments win physics Nobel
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis discovered quantum physics on a macroscopic scale, paving the way for quantum computing.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Congratulations to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis!
Martinis told our reporter that his wife had gotten the news in the middle of the night — in California time — but decided not to wake him up quite yet.
🧪
#Nobel2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Martinis told our reporter that his wife had gotten the news in the middle of the night — in California time — but decided not to wake him up quite yet.
🧪
#Nobel2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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John M. Martinis, Michel H. Devoret & John Clarke recount the history of their milestone discovery, which today won the Nobel Prize in Physics
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go.nature.com/4gVswyS
Quantum Josephson junction circuits and the dawn of artificial atoms - Nature Physics
In 1985, experiments revealed the quantum behaviour of a macroscopic degree of freedom: the phase difference across a Josephson junction. The authors recount the history of this milestone for the development of superconducting quantum circuits.
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October 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
John M. Martinis, Michel H. Devoret & John Clarke recount the history of their milestone discovery, which today won the Nobel Prize in Physics
go.nature.com/4gVswyS
go.nature.com/4gVswyS
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This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for discovering a class of immune cells that help to prevent the body from attacking its own tissues
go.nature.com/3VNrH1s
go.nature.com/3VNrH1s
Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’
Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered cells that protect the body from autoimmune diseases.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for discovering a class of immune cells that help to prevent the body from attacking its own tissues
go.nature.com/3VNrH1s
go.nature.com/3VNrH1s
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Jane Goodall challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
In this news story we look at three ways she changed science.
A loss for science, a loss for the community, a loss for everyone
🧪 #academicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In this news story we look at three ways she changed science.
A loss for science, a loss for the community, a loss for everyone
🧪 #academicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science
The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Jane Goodall challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
In this news story we look at three ways she changed science.
A loss for science, a loss for the community, a loss for everyone
🧪 #academicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In this news story we look at three ways she changed science.
A loss for science, a loss for the community, a loss for everyone
🧪 #academicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Thirty years ago Monday, astronomers announced the first planet around a Sunlike star. Since then they have cataloged more than 6,000 alien worlds.
I asked a bunch of astronomers what their favorite exoplanet is, and wrote about it for @nature.com. What's yours?
🧪 #astronomy
I asked a bunch of astronomers what their favorite exoplanet is, and wrote about it for @nature.com. What's yours?
🧪 #astronomy
These alien planets are astronomers’ favourites: here’s why
Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Thirty years ago Monday, astronomers announced the first planet around a Sunlike star. Since then they have cataloged more than 6,000 alien worlds.
I asked a bunch of astronomers what their favorite exoplanet is, and wrote about it for @nature.com. What's yours?
🧪 #astronomy
I asked a bunch of astronomers what their favorite exoplanet is, and wrote about it for @nature.com. What's yours?
🧪 #astronomy
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Thinking of #pitching your science story across country borders? 🌍
Join us on 23 Oct at Pitching Across Borders. Free (for ABSW / EFSJ members).
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September 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Join us on 23 Oct at Pitching Across Borders. Free (for ABSW / EFSJ members).
Hear from editors & writers like @emmastoye.bsky.social @tushna42 @jopdevrieze.bsky.social @mariabolevich89.bsky.social
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NEW: Nature trained AI to predict which NIH grants from 2014 would have been cut if the Trump admin had its way back then — and what science would have been lost to history.
"The results show the damage that cuts in funding can do to research, and the unpredictable nature of the research process."
"The results show the damage that cuts in funding can do to research, and the unpredictable nature of the research process."
We used machine-learning tools in an attempt to recreate the method for cutting funding, and then applied it to past US NIH grants to reveal the broad-reaching consequences
go.nature.com/4pBArFH
go.nature.com/4pBArFH
What research might be lost after the NIH’s cuts? Nature trained a bot to find out
We used machine-learning tools in an attempt to recreate the method for cutting funding, and then applied it to past US National Institutes of Health grants to reveal the broad-reaching consequences of such action.
go.nature.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
NEW: Nature trained AI to predict which NIH grants from 2014 would have been cut if the Trump admin had its way back then — and what science would have been lost to history.
"The results show the damage that cuts in funding can do to research, and the unpredictable nature of the research process."
"The results show the damage that cuts in funding can do to research, and the unpredictable nature of the research process."
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Seismic shifts are afoot for universities in the US and worldwide. @dangaristo.bsky.social captures the trends in four telling graphics. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The great university shake-up: four charts show how global higher education is changing
More students than ever are studying across international borders, but where and what they learn is shifting.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Seismic shifts are afoot for universities in the US and worldwide. @dangaristo.bsky.social captures the trends in four telling graphics. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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“We cannot typically follow someone around with a microphone,” says audiologist Matthew Winn.
Enter Tay Tay.
@mohanabasu.bsky.social reports on the linguistics of #TaylorSwift for @nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Enter Tay Tay.
@mohanabasu.bsky.social reports on the linguistics of #TaylorSwift for @nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Shake it off’: Taylor Swift’s changing voice shows how our accents evolve
An analysis of Swift’s interviews suggests her speech pattern has changed over her career.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“We cannot typically follow someone around with a microphone,” says audiologist Matthew Winn.
Enter Tay Tay.
@mohanabasu.bsky.social reports on the linguistics of #TaylorSwift for @nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Enter Tay Tay.
@mohanabasu.bsky.social reports on the linguistics of #TaylorSwift for @nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Now might be a good time to repost this story about what scientists actually know about the complex causes of autism, and what's behind the increasing prevalence.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase?
RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research.
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September 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Now might be a good time to repost this story about what scientists actually know about the complex causes of autism, and what's behind the increasing prevalence.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Posting an article about LinkedIn on Bluesky feels a little strange, but I think this piece is useful for anyone who breaks out in a sweat at the thought of actively 'networking' for their career: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘LinkedIn is like air to me’: the scientists who’ve cracked professional networking
Fans of the global social-media platform explain how best to harness its career-boosting and collaboration potential.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Posting an article about LinkedIn on Bluesky feels a little strange, but I think this piece is useful for anyone who breaks out in a sweat at the thought of actively 'networking' for their career: www.nature.com/articles/d41...