Abby Beall
@abbybeall.bsky.social
specials editor at New Scientist
New Scientist is looking for someone to join our brilliant features team! preferably with expertise in evolution, ecology, human sciences and biology, but applicants with any science specialism are welcome www.dmgmedia.co.uk/careers/jobs...
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Features Editor (beat specialist) Location: New Scientist Headquarters – London Position: Full-time, permanent Salary: £40,000 to £43,000, depending on experience Workplace Type: Hybrid – 3 days ...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
New Scientist is looking for someone to join our brilliant features team! preferably with expertise in evolution, ecology, human sciences and biology, but applicants with any science specialism are welcome www.dmgmedia.co.uk/careers/jobs...
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So, is the US actually going to start testing nuclear weapons? Here's what the experts tell @sparkes.bsky.social and New Scientist www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
The US is unlikely to test nuclear weapons, despite what Trump says
President Donald Trump appears to have ordered a return to nuclear testing after decades of uneasy but effective treaties banning the practice – but will it actually happen?
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October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
So, is the US actually going to start testing nuclear weapons? Here's what the experts tell @sparkes.bsky.social and New Scientist www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
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Here is our exclusive survey asking leading climate scientists to give their views on solar geoengineering:
*66% believe we will see it attempted this century
*52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor"
*81% want an international treaty to manage risk
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
*66% believe we will see it attempted this century
*52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor"
*81% want an international treaty to manage risk
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
Exclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100
An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet
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October 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Here is our exclusive survey asking leading climate scientists to give their views on solar geoengineering:
*66% believe we will see it attempted this century
*52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor"
*81% want an international treaty to manage risk
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
*66% believe we will see it attempted this century
*52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor"
*81% want an international treaty to manage risk
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
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The future of space exploration and habitation: with first Briton in space Helen Sharman, biomedical space engineer Irene di Giulio, and BioOrbit CEO Katie King. Recorded live at the @royalsociety.org, with co-host @abbybeall.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVf_...
Space 2075: How Humans Will Live Off-Planet in 50 Years
YouTube video by New Scientist
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October 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The future of space exploration and habitation: with first Briton in space Helen Sharman, biomedical space engineer Irene di Giulio, and BioOrbit CEO Katie King. Recorded live at the @royalsociety.org, with co-host @abbybeall.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVf_...
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“The results were surprising, even for me,” says Llavero Pasquina. “I knew they were playing a very little role in the energy transition. I knew it was only for show. It was only for dressing their narrative. But I didn’t expect this low number.”
www.newscientist.com/article/2499...
www.newscientist.com/article/2499...
Top 250 oil and gas firms own just 1.5% of the world's renewable power
Despite public promises by many fossil fuel firms that they are investing in the green transition, it turns out that they have made little contribution to the growth of renewable energy
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October 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“The results were surprising, even for me,” says Llavero Pasquina. “I knew they were playing a very little role in the energy transition. I knew it was only for show. It was only for dressing their narrative. But I didn’t expect this low number.”
www.newscientist.com/article/2499...
www.newscientist.com/article/2499...
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does this paper...make sense to anyone? "women’s menstrual cycles recorded before the introduction of LEDs in 2010 and the extensive use of smart phones significantly synchronized with the Moon, while those after 2010 coupled to the Moon mostly in January" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Synchronization of women’s menstruation with the Moon has decreased but remains detectable when gravitational pull is strong
In modern times, menstrual cycles run in synchrony with the Moon only during Perihelion and Minor Lunar Standstills.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
does this paper...make sense to anyone? "women’s menstrual cycles recorded before the introduction of LEDs in 2010 and the extensive use of smart phones significantly synchronized with the Moon, while those after 2010 coupled to the Moon mostly in January" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We analyse the LIFE ON MARS data... with comment from Janice Bishop of @setiinstitute.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMW...
Did We Just Find Signs of Life on Mars?
YouTube video by New Scientist
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September 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We analyse the LIFE ON MARS data... with comment from Janice Bishop of @setiinstitute.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMW...
in a few weeks I'll be hosting a special live episode of our @newscientist.com podcast "The world, the universe and us" at @royalsociety.org. it's going to be all about spaceflight and the human body, with some amazing guests!
sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-world-...
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The world, the universe and us: live
Join us for at Royal Society Lates - 2075: A space odyssey for a special live edition of New Scientist’s award-winning podcast
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September 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
in a few weeks I'll be hosting a special live episode of our @newscientist.com podcast "The world, the universe and us" at @royalsociety.org. it's going to be all about spaceflight and the human body, with some amazing guests!
sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-world-...
sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-world-...
there's a total lunar eclipse this weekend! www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Get ready for a glorious Harvest Blood Moon on 7 September
Sky watchers are in for a treat next month, says Abigail Beall, when there is a total lunar eclipse visible in much of the world
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September 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
there's a total lunar eclipse this weekend! www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
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How to build a telescope the size of the moon, a 🧵
Very-long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a clever way astronomers combine inputs from radio telescopes to make a giant network of telescopes. It's how the Event Horizon Telescope imaged the black hole at the centre of our galaxy 1/5
Very-long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a clever way astronomers combine inputs from radio telescopes to make a giant network of telescopes. It's how the Event Horizon Telescope imaged the black hole at the centre of our galaxy 1/5
August 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
How to build a telescope the size of the moon, a 🧵
Very-long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a clever way astronomers combine inputs from radio telescopes to make a giant network of telescopes. It's how the Event Horizon Telescope imaged the black hole at the centre of our galaxy 1/5
Very-long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a clever way astronomers combine inputs from radio telescopes to make a giant network of telescopes. It's how the Event Horizon Telescope imaged the black hole at the centre of our galaxy 1/5
excited to share that I will be starting in a new role when I come back to work @newscientist.com next month, as Specials Editor.
I've had a lovely year with my tiny human but I am very excited to get back to editing and commissioning, with a focus on our special issue packages!
I've had a lovely year with my tiny human but I am very excited to get back to editing and commissioning, with a focus on our special issue packages!
July 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
excited to share that I will be starting in a new role when I come back to work @newscientist.com next month, as Specials Editor.
I've had a lovely year with my tiny human but I am very excited to get back to editing and commissioning, with a focus on our special issue packages!
I've had a lovely year with my tiny human but I am very excited to get back to editing and commissioning, with a focus on our special issue packages!
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An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪
Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2-18b
Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
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April 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪
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April 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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1/ Some things to keep in mind about the “planetary parade” that news reports breathlessly say is happening today: (1) The planets mostly move pretty slowly from day to day, so today's sky is pretty similar to a few days ago or a few days from now — except for Mercury (cont'd)
February 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
1/ Some things to keep in mind about the “planetary parade” that news reports breathlessly say is happening today: (1) The planets mostly move pretty slowly from day to day, so today's sky is pretty similar to a few days ago or a few days from now — except for Mercury (cont'd)
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The FEP is one of those ideas everyone and no one seems to understand. I tried to wrap my head around it for New Scientist, but I feel like I barely even *found* the surface , let alone scratched it.
For those of you who enjoy tying your brain in knots:
shorturl.at/9wakH
For those of you who enjoy tying your brain in knots:
shorturl.at/9wakH
The free-energy principle: Can one idea explain why everything exists?
What life is and how the mind works fall within the compass of one bold concept. But critics say that by attempting to explain everything, it may end up explaining nothing
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February 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The FEP is one of those ideas everyone and no one seems to understand. I tried to wrap my head around it for New Scientist, but I feel like I barely even *found* the surface , let alone scratched it.
For those of you who enjoy tying your brain in knots:
shorturl.at/9wakH
For those of you who enjoy tying your brain in knots:
shorturl.at/9wakH
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Jonathan McDowell has painstakingly amassed one of the world's largest collections on the space industry 🚀
@planet4589.bsky.social is now retiring, after four decades, and considering the future of his collection.
We spoke all things space for @newscientist
www.newscientist.com/article/2468...
@planet4589.bsky.social is now retiring, after four decades, and considering the future of his collection.
We spoke all things space for @newscientist
www.newscientist.com/article/2468...
Meet the man who single-handedly tracks every spaceflight mission ever
For more than 40 years, Jonathan McDowell has tirelessly catalogued the space industry. Now he is planning to retire, and looking to pass on his extensive collection of knowledge
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February 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Jonathan McDowell has painstakingly amassed one of the world's largest collections on the space industry 🚀
@planet4589.bsky.social is now retiring, after four decades, and considering the future of his collection.
We spoke all things space for @newscientist
www.newscientist.com/article/2468...
@planet4589.bsky.social is now retiring, after four decades, and considering the future of his collection.
We spoke all things space for @newscientist
www.newscientist.com/article/2468...
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There will be an extra 2.3 million temperature-related deaths in Europe's main cities by 2099 without more action to limit further warming and adapt to it, researchers predict - but colder countries like the UK will see fewer temperature-related deaths overall. www.newscientist.com/article/2465...
European cities face millions more deaths from extreme temperatures
In Europe as a whole, the increase in deaths from hot weather over the next century will outweigh the decline in deaths from cold weather, but in colder countries such as the UK, temperature-related d...
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January 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There will be an extra 2.3 million temperature-related deaths in Europe's main cities by 2099 without more action to limit further warming and adapt to it, researchers predict - but colder countries like the UK will see fewer temperature-related deaths overall. www.newscientist.com/article/2465...
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Hey science nerds! Try your hand at these science-themed riddles @newscientist.bsky.social, written by yours truly: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Can you and your family solve these mind-bending scientific riddles?
Featuring everything from eggnog to uranium oxide, these 12 brain-twisting conundrums will get you in the festive spirit and test your scientific knowledge
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December 12, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Hey science nerds! Try your hand at these science-themed riddles @newscientist.bsky.social, written by yours truly: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
it’s time for the new scientist holiday puzzle!
hint - i was involved in coming up with some of the hidden words (88 of them) 💫 www.newscientist.com/article/2458...
hint - i was involved in coming up with some of the hidden words (88 of them) 💫 www.newscientist.com/article/2458...
Is this the world’s toughest word search? We dare you to try it
We challenge you to find the scientific terms in this monster of a puzzle – and we’re not even telling you exactly what they are
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December 12, 2024 at 7:59 PM
it’s time for the new scientist holiday puzzle!
hint - i was involved in coming up with some of the hidden words (88 of them) 💫 www.newscientist.com/article/2458...
hint - i was involved in coming up with some of the hidden words (88 of them) 💫 www.newscientist.com/article/2458...
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Tomorrow, Dec. 12, at 4:15 UTC, the Lucy spacecraft will make its closest approach during its 2nd Earth Gravity Assist (EGA), just 350 km above the surface. If you are in the Hawaiian Islands, Atlantic Islands, or West Africa, you might be able to see the spacecraft.
1/7 🧵
#planetsci #scicomm 🧪
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#planetsci #scicomm 🧪
December 11, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Tomorrow, Dec. 12, at 4:15 UTC, the Lucy spacecraft will make its closest approach during its 2nd Earth Gravity Assist (EGA), just 350 km above the surface. If you are in the Hawaiian Islands, Atlantic Islands, or West Africa, you might be able to see the spacecraft.
1/7 🧵
#planetsci #scicomm 🧪
1/7 🧵
#planetsci #scicomm 🧪
a lovely surprise to turn on the tv and see a familiar face! @seismatters.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 1:28 PM
a lovely surprise to turn on the tv and see a familiar face! @seismatters.bsky.social
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Reports of a bright, blue-green fireball over the UK tonight around 7:30pm. Sightings from Aberdeenshire down to Surrey. If you saw or recorded something please submit a report/footage to: ukmon.imo.net/members/imo/.... @ukfall.org.uk
United Kingdom Meteor Observation Network Report a Fireball: it's fun and easy!
You saw something bright and fast? Like a huge shooting star? Report it: it may be a fireball.
ukmon.imo.net
December 1, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Reports of a bright, blue-green fireball over the UK tonight around 7:30pm. Sightings from Aberdeenshire down to Surrey. If you saw or recorded something please submit a report/footage to: ukmon.imo.net/members/imo/.... @ukfall.org.uk
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“We’re thankful for zero gravity, it’s amazing” #thanksgiving on the ISS ❤️
November 28, 2024 at 8:45 AM
“We’re thankful for zero gravity, it’s amazing” #thanksgiving on the ISS ❤️
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Female astronaut goes to space but can’t escape online sexism by ‘small men’
Female astronaut goes to space but can’t escape online sexism by ‘small men’
Emily Calandrelli posted video sharing awe of seeing Earth, that was soon flooded with hateful, objectifying comments
There isn’t a galaxy far, far away enough where women can escape sexist online trolls.
Emily Calandrelli became the 100th woman to go…
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November 25, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Female astronaut goes to space but can’t escape online sexism by ‘small men’