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Neal Asher

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Science fiction writer. nealasher.co.uk

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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 10h
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The Chronicles of Bone - Chapter One: A Vengeful Fairy
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 13h
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"Save Me White Men!" cries Yasmin Alibhai Brown
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 13h
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A Guardianista Reflects on the Manosphere
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 22h
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War Bodies
Rebellion could be their salvation – or their doom.Long ago, the Cyberat left Earth to co-evolve with machines....
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 22h
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Plants use a molecular measuring tape to tell fungal friend from foe
Chitin, a chain of repeating sugar molecules, is the main building block of fungal cell walls. When fungi grow or are broken down, fragments of chitin chains of different lengths end up in the soil, a...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 22h
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Human learning is an underestimated factor in the success of human–AI teams
Human–AI collaboration is widely seen as the work model of the future: The expectation is that together, humans and AI will be more productive than either working alone. Yet the research to date seeme...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 23h
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Protein modification partially reverses cancer-related muscle wasting in preclinical study
Cachexia is one of the most severe forms of muscle wasting in humans. It affects up to 80% of cancer patients and is caused by cancer cytokines—pro-inflammatory signaling molecules—that are released b...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 23h
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Popular sports supplement may help shield the brain from damage linked to gut inflammation
The gut-brain axis is a two-way biochemical hotline, with messages zipping back and forth all day long. When the gut is chronically inflamed, inflammatory signals travel through the body to the brain ...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 23h
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Single 2D crystal transforms into transistor with built-in insulation and electrical contacts
A transistor normally requires several fundamentally different materials—a semiconductor to carry current, an insulating dielectric to control it and metallic contacts through which current enters and...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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QUEEN: Secrets of the Lost Empire | Cinematic Experience
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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THE LAST SIGNAL | Sound Means Death. One Voice Keeps Him Alive | Sci-Fi Horror Short Film
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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THE WORLD AFTER US | He Woke to a World That Forgot Humanity | Post-Apocalyptic Short Film 2026 4K
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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SHADOWBORNE - Welcome to the Nightmare | Chapter Three | Epic Dark Fantasy Short Film 2026
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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SHADOWBORNE - The Werewolf | Chapter Two | Epic Dark Fantasy Short Film 4K 2026
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Gym Wh*res
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Fantastical
I’m known for science fiction and that work ends up as a book or in some story collection. But as over the years I scrabbled around to find my openi...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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miR-128-3p Inhibition Improves Muscle Mass and Function in Aged Mice
That the calorie restriction imposed by GLP-1 receptor agonists induces loss of muscle mass has proved a boon for research into ways to address the loss of muscle mass that occurs with age, contributi...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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A gut microbe makes a fatty acid that cuts artery plaque in half in mice
A common gut bacterium produces a molecule that slows cholesterol production in the liver. When researchers gave the molecule to mice prone to artery disease, the animals developed roughly half as muc...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Reversing age by reprogramming gene expression networks
Every organ and tissue progressively loses function and integrity as it ages. In fact, researchers have identified "hallmarks of aging" that not only present specific processes impacted by age, but ar...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Commonly prescribed blood-pressure drug may stimulate 'healthy' brown fat
Scientists have discovered that the drug losartan, commonly prescribed for high blood pressure, boosts brown adipose tissue activity in mice, enhancing their metabolism. This indicates that repurposin...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
You can't tell the difference between a meme and a You Tube video? You won't get far on social media with that ignorance.
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Common deworming drug helps restore lung cancer's sensitivity to targeted therapy in mice
A form of lung cancer, which is found in about 10%–15% of Western patients and 40%–50% of Asian patients, is driven by a mutation in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene. Gefitinib is a go...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I see Facebook has moved one of my posts lower in my feed there. Of course they ask if I want to object to this but can't show me what the post was. They are so ridiculous.
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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This Past Month Has Been Brutal For Women - But They Earned It
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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BABYLON 5 Severed Dreams Battle
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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I'm Not Sure It's Just About Student Conditions and Teacher Pay
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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space talk to austronauts at 2010 The Year We Make Contact
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Lockdown Tales II
A collection of nine novelettes and stories from best-selling SF author Neal Asher (150,000 words of fiction between them), all w...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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How a diet free from animal proteins challenges the liver
Although a plant-based diet is recommended, notably for its environmental benefits, the health consequences of such a diet—in which protein intake is exclusively plant-based—are not yet fully understo...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Triple-action drug retatrutide delivers major weight loss for people with diabetes, Phase III trial finds
A recent Phase III clinical trial, TRIUMPH-2, evaluated the efficacy and safety of retatrutide, a triple receptor agonist and experimental once-weekly injection being developed to treat obesity and ty...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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A Review of Differences Identified in Gut Microbiome Composition Between Young, Old, and Long-Lived Individuals
The gut microbiome changes with age in ways that are not favorable to health. Microbes that provoke inflammation and tissue dysfunction grow in number, replacing those microbes that generate beneficia...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Second Century Foundation Launches to Advocate for Longevity Research
It is always good to see a diversification in non-profit efforts to advance the state of research and development in the matter of treating aging as a medical condition. Given the vast costs imposed b...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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A History of Research into Cellular Senescence
Cells become senescent in response to various forms of damage and stress, including the stress induced by reaching the Hayflick limit on replication. This was first described in the context of replica...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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The Russia Cope
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Suicide by Welfare
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Weaponized
Weaponized is a thrilling far-future adventure by acclaimed science ...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Shared signaling regulator may link liver and pancreas dysfunction in type 2 diabetes
Maintaining healthy blood glucose levels involves striking a balance between the glucose produced by the liver during fasting and the insulin released from pancreatic beta cells after meals. In type 2...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Tiny robots speed medicine through body to the heart
Johns Hopkins University engineers have created robots the size of a pencil tip intended to travel through the body to deliver medicine to infections inside a beating heart.
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Two-trigger drugs target 'zombie' cancer cells with sharper aim
Stopping a cancer cell from dividing does not necessarily make it harmless. Chemotherapy can leave behind living, senescent cells. These 'zombie' cells can release inflammatory signals, helping tumors...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Age-Related Decline in Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy Impairs Clearance of Senescence Cells
Cells become senescent in response to stress and damage, in response to tissue injury, but most commonly upon reaching the Hayflick limit to replication. A senescent cell ceases to replicate, grows in...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Functional Connectivity Changes in the Aging Brain are Different in Alzheimer's Disease Patients
Functional connectivity is a measure of neuronal activity over time in different parts of the brain, assessed using MRI to detect the increased blood flow that accompanies increased neuronal activity....
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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WANTED RELOADED | Chapter Two | Sci-Fi Western Short Film
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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WANTED RELOADED | Sci-Fi Western Short Film
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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SCARABEUS | Sci-Fi Fantasy Short Film
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Mummy's Boy Conservatism
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Jack Four
This high-octane adventure is set in the same world as Neal Asher's acclaimed Polity universe. It's a...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Superconducting circuit links smaller photon groups into larger entangled states
Quantum computers, computer systems that leverage the laws of quantum mechanics, store and process information using qubits (i.e., quantum bits). In many quantum computers, qubits are linked via entan...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Light-responsive inks could make tattoos visible on demand, but safety remains unproven
A team of engineers has designed a new line of multicolored tattoo inks that switch on and off with different kinds of light. Described in a study published in Matter & Light, the technology could one...
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Zinc-air batteries gain new momentum with long-lasting catalyst
Zinc-air batteries can store significantly more energy than lithium-ion batteries, but until now have been virtually impossible to recharge. A team led by Professor Jörg J. Schneider from the Departme...
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