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Incredible read from David Robson on the cover this week on the startling idea that your brain has a microbiome. Microbes are meant to be kept from the brain by the blood brain barrier, and this has implications for Alzheimer's and more... newscientist.com/article/mg2633… New Scientist

Excellent comment by Dean Burnett (@garwboy everywhere else too) in New Scientist this week challenging many assumptions about that kids/phones/anxiety hot potato newscientist.com/article/mg2643…

Astronauts could one day end up eating asteroids. Yum! newscientist.com/article/245071…

Fabulous! Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー has been shortlisted for columnist of the year at the BSME awards... against the likes of Caitlin Moran Jay Rayner Philippa_Perry so no pressure then Rowan! Good luck 👊 And check out his column, it's excellent newscientist.com/article/mg2643… New Scientist

Waiting for (delayed) train to get to London to speak New Scientist Events #newscientistlive today. I’ll be chatting about four cases where DNA is helping solve mysteries past and present. 😊🧬 #nsl2024

On my way to New Scientist Live where I will be living for the next 3 days. Cannot wait! New Scientist #newscientistLive

“When you inhale you breathe in a million million million atoms and enough charge to ignite a thousand lightning bolts” - Frank Close at #NewScientistLive

Let the great sci-fi book-off commence! Emily H. Wilson Bethan Ackerley 🇵🇸 Dr Adam Rutherford Alison Flood fight to the death (well politely debate) over their top science fiction book of all time (if such a genre can even be said to exist!) #nslive24 #newscientistlive New Scientist

Nobel winner Venki Ramakrishnan in conversation with Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 on why we die #nslive24 #newscientistlive

Did you even choose to come here today? Kevin Mitchell asks whether we have free will at all. New Scientist #Nslive24 #newscientistlive

Day 2 of New Scientist #Nslive24 #newscientistlive and Claudia de Rham on the question that keeps her up at night- not” why is the universe so dark?”but “why is it not much much much darker?”

Come and find me at #ukcsj24 tomorrow if you want to chat about science journalism/ science comms careers, writing etc

Testing out Timeshifter to help with my jet lag. Coffee and sunlight for the next few hours… interested to know if others have been using it and whether it worked for you. It’s based on solid science #jetlag #sleep

We are hiring an Assistant Magazine Editor here at New Scientist to join the print team newscientist.com/nsj/job/140205… #journalismjobs

Such a fun feature about what it would really be like to live on Mars - spoiler: not v glamorous newscientist.com/article/mg2643… New Scientist

5 years on from the start of the coronavirus pandemic, our special issue this week looks back at what we learned, and the big unanswered questions. It was surreal to look at the covers we ran as our understanding of the virus evolved: newscientist.com/article/mg2643… New Scientist

In th⁠is week’s issue: forget parallel worlds - our new conception of reality is even stranger. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions.⁠ newscientist.com/issue/3525/

Really enjoyed Michael Le Page and the podcast team discussing the latest gene editing controversy on New Scientist podcasts this week. Listen to the end! New Scientist Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー Penny Sarchet

Great piece for New Scientist by Linda Geddes newscientist.com/article/247215…