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Claire Ainsworth @claireainsworth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I’m delighted to be a finalist in three categories in this year’s @mja-uk.bsky.social MJA Awards: Feature (specialist audience); the Gordon McVie Award for Cancer Reporting, and Science Explained. The stories were for @newscientist.com and @nature.com ... 🧵

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Claire Ainsworth @claireainsworth.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This was a fun piece to write: I learned that meerkats are ticklish! Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo-l...

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Meerkat laughs uncontrollably when its tummy is tickled

YouTube video by Bbcone activatednow

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Ctenophores Rock! @ctenophoresrock.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Happy #CtenophoreDay (10-04) for those in Europe, UK, Australia & others that use DD-MM-YYYY format! This bi-annual event celebrates these squishy globs of goodness 🤩 Go ahead: share your favorite #ctenophore images and videos using the hashtag #CtenophoreDay! Credit video to @oceana.bsky.social.

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Claire Ainsworth @claireainsworth.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

My cover story for this week's New Scientist: research isuncovering a vast array of languages that our body's organs and tissues use to function together as a great er whole. And how tapping in to it could transform medicine and ageing (article link in next post)

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Claire Ainsworth @claireainsworth.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The liver has a surprising rival for the title of most regenerative organ: the lung. It has a remarkable capacity to rebuild itself, with its specialised cell types moonlighting as stem cells. Could this be harnessed to help reverse disease? My latest for @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Could the regenerative power of the lungs help to reverse disease?

The ability of the lungs to rebuild themselves has long been underappreciated, now researchers are raising the possibility that it could help to tackle chronic disease.

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Claire Ainsworth @claireainsworth.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I'm Claire, a freelance science journalist with a background in developmental biology. I write about biology and biomedicine, with a particular interest devbio, evodevo, systems biology, mechanobiology, ageing and more. Here are some of my favourite stories:

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