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Zoe Corbyn
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Freelance journalist writing about science, technology, research, higher education and ideas. Based in San Francisco. www.zoecorbyn.com // zoe@zoecorbyn.com
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‘Blokes cringe if you talk about it in the pub’ - my feature on the untapped power of menstrual blood published today. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?
Period blood has long been thought of as ‘stinky and useless’, but startups are exploring using the fluid to test for a wide range of health conditions – including difficult-to-diagnose endometriosis
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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“There’s no need to be quite so ruthless with our own species, folks.” Natasha Lyonne chiding AI leaders at the TIME100 AI Impact Dinner in San Francisco last night.
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AI Leaders Raise a Glass to Centering Humanity
The TIME100 Impact Dinner featured toasts from computer science professor Stuart Russell, Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava, artist Refik Anadol, and actor and Asteria Film Co. co-founder Natasha Lyonne.
time.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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“Swearing is what made people excited about it.” My interview with Cory Doctorow, campaigner against the enshittification of the internet, has just published in The Nerve! www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
‘The platforms got worse because we let them!’: Cory Doctorow on his fight to save the internet from enshittification
The author and cyber-activist argues that the tech giants have ruined life online. The only thing that can save the virtual world now, he tells Zoë Corbyn, is its users
www.thenerve.news
October 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Exciting new publication out of the UK and I have a piece coming out in it soon. www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
It's the Nerve's first weekend edition...
After a nail-biting and hugely successful launch week, we're wrung out but giddy with gratitude
www.thenerve.news
October 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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High stakes for US green energy firms: www.bbc.com/news/article...
US green energy braces for federal funding cuts
Billions of dollars of US federal funding for green energy projects hangs in the balance.
www.bbc.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Move fast, kill things: the tech startups trying to reinvent defence with Silicon Valley values:
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Move fast, kill things: the tech startups trying to reinvent defence with Silicon Valley values
Venture capital-backed, $1bn companies are disrupting the way war will be waged with AI and futuristic weapons. Will they overthrow the traditional big military manufacturers, and what would that mean...
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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"Not kissing [Trump’s] ring, like many others have, is probably an economic limiter – but it’s better to be principled." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Reid Hoffman: ‘Start using AI deeply. It is a huge intelligence amplifier’
The co-founder of LinkedIn and Democrat donor remains confident that AI can be good for all of us – if its introduction is handled in the right way
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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How AI can spot diseases that doctors aren't looking for
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How AI can spot diseases that doctors aren't looking for
AI can take a second look at medical scans and flag up potential problems that doctors might not see.
www.bbc.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Inside the great AI drug race: www.bbc.com/news/article...
How AI uncovers new ways to tackle difficult diseases
Pharmaceutical firms are turning to AI to find new molecules that might be able to tackle disease.
www.bbc.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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This scientist treated her own breast cancer. But should the paper have been published? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab
Virologist Beata Halassy says self-treatment worked and was a positive experience — but researchers warn that it is not something others should try.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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Come get up close and personal with some driverless trucks in the Pilbara (in Western Australia).
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Autonomous vehicles: How mines control driverless trucks
Big mining firms are switching to driverless trucks and other autonomous equipment.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2024 at 6:21 AM
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Wildlife biologist Diane Boyd: ‘Wolf and human societies have intriguing parallels’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wildlife biologist Diane Boyd: ‘Wolf and human societies have intriguing parallels’
The grey wolf expert on the incredible distances the predators travel, why dogs are a kind of dumbed down wolf – and her most hair‑raising close call
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2024 at 6:05 PM
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New beanless 'coffee' emerges but does it taste any good?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Coffee alternatives: Start-ups claim beanless coffee more ethical
Start-ups launch drinks that look and taste like coffee but they say are better for the environment.
www.bbc.com
September 13, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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AI scientist Ray Kurzweil: ‘We are going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045’
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AI scientist Ray Kurzweil: ‘We are going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045’
The Google futurist talks nanobots and avatars, deepfakes and elections – and why he is so optimistic about a future where we merge with computers
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2024 at 4:13 AM
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‘We need other logics for our approach to nature’: Banu Subramaniam is uprooting colonialism in botany. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We need other logics for our approach to nature’: the woman uprooting colonialism in botany
From plant names to notions of native species, many aspects of the natural world are shaped by empire. We need to decolonise, says the author of a new book – but not all experts agree
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2024 at 2:25 AM
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Can we have our cake and eat it? Welcome to the world of sugar elimination www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
February 28, 2024 at 3:53 PM