Hannah Devlin
@hannahdevlin.bsky.social
Guardian science correspondent
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@hannahdevlin.bsky.social Brilliant article. One observation: We exist in a physics “light cone“ & are sequestered from other light-based information in the universe. Have you ever interviewed anyone as to how this detracts from our present understanding of the universe?
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‘A paradigm change’: black hole spotted that may have been created moments after big bang — Guardian US
Sighting by James Webb space telescope of black hole with sparse halo of material could upend theories of the universe
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September 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
@hannahdevlin.bsky.social Brilliant article. One observation: We exist in a physics “light cone“ & are sequestered from other light-based information in the universe. Have you ever interviewed anyone as to how this detracts from our present understanding of the universe?
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Good @hannahdevlin.bsky.social piece teasing apart different issues & perspectives below the surface of simplistic headline claims of mental health 'overdiagnosis'
Very few people with a serious stake in this debate suggesting benefit cuts will help anything www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Very few people with a serious stake in this debate suggesting benefit cuts will help anything www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Does the UK have a mental health overdiagnosis problem?
Mental ill health has been cited as a factor in the welfare overhaul, and experts agree it has worsened since the pandemic
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April 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Good @hannahdevlin.bsky.social piece teasing apart different issues & perspectives below the surface of simplistic headline claims of mental health 'overdiagnosis'
Very few people with a serious stake in this debate suggesting benefit cuts will help anything www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Very few people with a serious stake in this debate suggesting benefit cuts will help anything www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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A psychedelic drug, DMT, is being tested as a novel way to reduce problematic alcohol consumption, in an ongoing study led by Prof Ravi Das and Prof Jeremy Skipper @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social. Article by @hannahdevlin.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Psychedelic drug DMT to be trialled on UK volunteers to tackle alcohol misuse
Exclusive: Scientists at UCL hope one-off dose of powerful hallucinogenic could help drinkers reduce intake
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January 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A psychedelic drug, DMT, is being tested as a novel way to reduce problematic alcohol consumption, in an ongoing study led by Prof Ravi Das and Prof Jeremy Skipper @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social. Article by @hannahdevlin.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Question for virologists/immunologists: would drinking milk containing avian flu virus (as in the US public right now) inoculate you? Is anyone investigating this or is it obvious that it wouldn't have any effect?
November 26, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Question for virologists/immunologists: would drinking milk containing avian flu virus (as in the US public right now) inoculate you? Is anyone investigating this or is it obvious that it wouldn't have any effect?
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I don’t need to go on social media to have my worldview challenged I am in theoretical physics I have a new existential crisis daily
November 18, 2024 at 11:43 PM
I don’t need to go on social media to have my worldview challenged I am in theoretical physics I have a new existential crisis daily
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There’s been quite an influx here overnight! The great @severincarrell.bsky.social has made a starter pack of Guardian journalists and columnists here go.bsky.app/B6CxPTX
November 13, 2024 at 6:06 AM
There’s been quite an influx here overnight! The great @severincarrell.bsky.social has made a starter pack of Guardian journalists and columnists here go.bsky.app/B6CxPTX
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Characteristically evidence-based piece from @profdevisridhar.bsky.social on the most egregious of RFK Jr's views.
A dangerous anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist who promotes raw milk (E.coli or salmonella, anyone?) & has claimed "autism comes from vaccines" 😳
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A dangerous anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist who promotes raw milk (E.coli or salmonella, anyone?) & has claimed "autism comes from vaccines" 😳
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The appointment of Robert F Kennedy has horrified public health experts. Here are his three most dangerous ideas | Devi Sridhar
He says his goal is to “Make America healthy again”. But behind the laudable slogan there’s a morass of conspiracy theories, says Devi Sridhar of Edinburgh University
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November 18, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Characteristically evidence-based piece from @profdevisridhar.bsky.social on the most egregious of RFK Jr's views.
A dangerous anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist who promotes raw milk (E.coli or salmonella, anyone?) & has claimed "autism comes from vaccines" 😳
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A dangerous anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist who promotes raw milk (E.coli or salmonella, anyone?) & has claimed "autism comes from vaccines" 😳
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Today's #COP29 liveblog up and running ....
- UN secretary general calls on G20 leaders to rescue stalled climate talks
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- UN secretary general calls on G20 leaders to rescue stalled climate talks
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Cop29 live: UN secretary general calls on G20 leaders to rescue stalled climate talks
António Guterres says succesful outcome at Cop29 is still ‘within reach’ but only with ‘leadership’ from world’s most powerful countries
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November 18, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Today's #COP29 liveblog up and running ....
- UN secretary general calls on G20 leaders to rescue stalled climate talks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- UN secretary general calls on G20 leaders to rescue stalled climate talks
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I wrote about floating with astronauts on a zero gravity flight www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘First instinct is to swim’: my trip on a zero-gravity flight with an Esa astronaut
The sensation of weightlessness is extraordinary as I join Rosemary Coogan for a breathtaking glimpse of life in space
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November 16, 2024 at 9:32 AM
I wrote about floating with astronauts on a zero gravity flight www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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November 17, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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So you want more science journalism in your feed? Follow @hannahdevlin.bsky.social (Guardian) @whippletom.bsky.social / @rhysblakely.bsky.social (Times) and @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social (Nature).
November 16, 2024 at 6:03 PM
So you want more science journalism in your feed? Follow @hannahdevlin.bsky.social (Guardian) @whippletom.bsky.social / @rhysblakely.bsky.social (Times) and @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social (Nature).
I wrote about floating with astronauts on a zero gravity flight www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘First instinct is to swim’: my trip on a zero-gravity flight with an Esa astronaut
The sensation of weightlessness is extraordinary as I join Rosemary Coogan for a breathtaking glimpse of life in space
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:32 AM
I wrote about floating with astronauts on a zero gravity flight www.theguardian.com/science/2024...