Rowan Hooper
@rowhoop.bsky.social
Journalist and podcast host @newscientist.com. Former Tokyoite. Books: SUPERHUMAN (2018) and HOW TO SPEND A TRILLION DOLLARS (2021). Next book: TOGETHERNESS (2026). すごい!
As a child he was captivated by JR Ewing, the Stetson-wearing oil baron in the US television series Dallas #SoapOperaRoleModels
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
As a child he was captivated by JR Ewing, the Stetson-wearing oil baron in the US television series Dallas #SoapOperaRoleModels
What was the libel??
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What was the libel??
What about Fools Gold then 9 more tracks about different minerals?
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
What about Fools Gold then 9 more tracks about different minerals?
As you'll know, the US spends $182 billion/year on imprisonment, with a recidivism rate of 60-70% after two years (UK is 50%). Prison is expensive, and doesn't work - this piece on technological incarceration looks at how to get rid of them www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Could a self-monitoring system for criminals replace prisons one day?
Future Chronicles is our regular speculative look at inventions yet to come. In this latest installment, we journey to 2050, when technology had been developed so that criminals could be monitored at ...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
As you'll know, the US spends $182 billion/year on imprisonment, with a recidivism rate of 60-70% after two years (UK is 50%). Prison is expensive, and doesn't work - this piece on technological incarceration looks at how to get rid of them www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...