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Peter Aldhous

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Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Teach: @ucscscicomm.bsky.social. Current: Nonprofit newsrooms including @insideclimatenews.org. Ex: BuzzFeed News, berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social, @newscientist.com, @nature.com, @science.org. peteraldhous.com

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Story after story right now about OpenAI models failing on safety, but it’s all been in the context of cybersecurity. What about ChatGPT fueling school shooters? We just published a major investigation exposing that further and the details are beyond disturbing www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
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Exclusive | OpenAI Scraps Release of New AI Model Over Safety Concerns
The model, dubbed GPT-6.1 Astra, was due to debut inside ChatGPT and Codex in October.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of humanity's greatest heroes
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 23/09/2026
The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly opened with clashing worldviews: one arguing for shared climate policy, protecting forests and regulating AI. The other boasted climate denial, celebrated fossil fuel expansion and attacked global climate regulation.
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Competing Climate Visions Clash at UN General Assembly - Inside Climate News
While President Donald Trump pushed against cutting emissions and regulating technology, environmentalists called for world leaders to reject conflict and build a stable future with clean energy.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 22/09/2026
Congrats to all winners @sciencewriters.org Science in Society Journalism Awards, including @ucscscicomm.bsky.social alum Zack Savitsky! www.nasw.org/2026Sciencei...
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Announcing the 2026 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award winners
The National Association of Science Writers and its Awards Committee are pleased to announce the winners of the <strong>2026 NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards.</strong> This year, NASW is awar...
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 22/09/2026
Great to be back at @ucscscicomm.bsky.social with the new class, and many thanks @paulrogerssjm.bsky.social for an inspiring and informative guest spot talking about finding story ideas!
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Phil McKenna @mckennapr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Recycling efforts could slash emissions at little cost. Read our full @insideclimatenews.org e analysis here insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202... with Rudy Lu and @peteraldhous.com, graphics by @paulhornographic.bsky.social.
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Climate Super-Pollutant from China’s Electric Grid Is Cooking the Planet - Inside Climate News
The nation’s electric utilities release vast quantities of the world’s most potent greenhouse gas. Recycling efforts could slash emissions at little cost, an Inside Climate News analysis reveals.
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Gretchen King @gbtking.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wolves are an easy target, but what's really harming ranchers' bottomline? @jakebolster.bsky.social & @peteraldhous.com take a look for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1809202...
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Trump Targets Big Bad Wolves, but Ranchers Say Other Administration Actions Drive Their Woes - Inside Climate News
While ranchers support eliminating federal protections for wolves, data shows the predators kill few cattle. Trump’s lifting of tariffs on foreign beef, however, is hitting cattlemen’s wallets.
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Mat Honan ✅ @mathonan.com · 21/09/2026
Our reporters spent the past year and some months investigating deaths along the "virtual wall" of the southern border. Their investigation reveals that a humanitarian crisis at the border has unfolded in view of the government’s own cameras: www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...
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The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 21/09/2026
Pleased to provide some help/advice to @mckennapr.bsky.social in covering this neglected but crucial issue! insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202...
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Climate Super-Pollutant from China’s Electric Grid Is Cooking the Planet - Inside Climate News
The nation’s electric utilities release vast quantities of the world’s most potent greenhouse gas. Recycling efforts could slash emissions at little cost, an Inside Climate News analysis reveals.
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Phil McKenna @mckennapr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Exclusive: China’s electric grid releases vast quantities of the world’s most potent greenhouse gas. A low-cost recycling program could go a long way toward curbing that, an @insideclimatenews.org analysis reveals. My latest, w/ Rudy Lu and @peteraldhous.com insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202...
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Climate Super-Pollutant from China’s Electric Grid Is Cooking the Planet - Inside Climate News
The nation’s electric utilities release vast quantities of the world’s most potent greenhouse gas. Recycling efforts could slash emissions at little cost, an Inside Climate News analysis reveals.
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hear from both ranchers and conservationists about why Trump's executive order to begin delisting wolves may not offer ranches much financial relief from some of his other policies. Always a pleasure to team up with @peteraldhous.com. insideclimatenews.org/news/1809202...
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 18/09/2026
Here we go again ... lookout.co/fire-reignit...
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Fire reignites at Moss Landing battery plant; Monterey County officials issue shelter-in-place order
Residents near the Moss Landing battery plant were under a shelter-in-place order after a fire erupted at the facility early Friday morning.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 18/09/2026
NEW from @jakebolster.bsky.social and I for @insideclimatenews.org: Trump Targets Big Bad Wolves, but Ranchers Say Other Administration Actions Drive Their Woes insideclimatenews.org/news/1809202...
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Trump Targets Big Bad Wolves, but Ranchers Say Other Administration Actions Drive Their Woes - Inside Climate News
While ranchers support eliminating federal protections for wolves, data shows the predators kill few cattle. Trump’s lifting of tariffs on foreign beef, however, is hitting cattlemen’s wallets.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 17/09/2026
Pleased to help out with this @gulfstatesnewsroom.bsky.social story. As well as showing the high rate of ICE arrests in the region relative to the immigrant noncitizen population, we found wide variation from state to state in cooperation from county/parish jails. www.wwno.org/immigration/...
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New Orleans ICE office has the second-highest arrest rate in the country, data shows
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest data obtained by the Deportation Data Project shows that the New Orleans ICE office's area of responsibility has the second-highest arrest rate in the ...
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 15/09/2026
How the End of USAID Eroded Global Environmental Goals insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...
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How the End of USAID Eroded Global Environmental Goals - Inside Climate News
An analysis finds the cancellation of $1 billion in annual funding weakened protections around the world and undermined U.S. interests.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 11/09/2026
Here's @ramanzuk.bsky.social in @theconversation.com describing the research that underpinned our @lighthousereports.com @data.ft.com investigation into the DRC's hidden uranium exports theconversation.com/drcs-cobalt-...
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DRC’s cobalt exports contain unreported uranium – our study estimates the global nuclear risk
The amount of undeclared uranium from the DRC’s cobalt mines could – if processed – produce enough material for 600-1,500 nuclear weapons.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 05/09/2026
Photo from just before the anvil hit? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
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Photo of Road Runner Snagged by Coyote Shows That Cartoons Were a Lie
Here’s some bad news: Sometimes the coyote does win.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 04/09/2026
European emissions: France’s wildfires sent 1.5 million metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere, the largest amount since tracking began in 2003, according to a new report from the EU’s @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social observation service buff.ly/MT8UUxd
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France's summer 2026 wildfires caused unprecedented carbon emissions
The EU's Copernicus Earth observation service has reported more than 1.5 million metric tons of carbon were released in the fires, a figure not seen since measurements began in 2003. The findings…
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 02/09/2026
ICYMI yesterday: The Trump EPA Is a Toothless Friend of Polluting Industries, Analysis Shows 1 / Civil judicial complaints, the strongest way for the EPA to enforce the nation’s environmental laws, have fallen off a cliff insideclimatenews.org/news/0109202...
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 02/09/2026
No, we are not insideclimatenews.org/news/0209202...
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Climate ‘Overshoot’ Is Coming—Are We Ready? - Inside Climate News
If global warming remains above 1.5 degrees Celsius, a new U.N. report says “there are no good outcomes.”
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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Inside Climate News shared its findings—including that lawsuits against the worst polluters have "fallen off a cliff" during Trump 2.0—with the EPA, @peteraldhous.com reports. The agency asked for a deadline extension to comment, then ultimately stopped responding to emails.
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Dan Gearino @dangearino.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Smart analysis from my colleague @peteraldhous.com, showing what's happened to EPA. Share this one with anyone who doesn't quite understand what's happening or the stakes. insideclimatenews.org/news/0109202...
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The Trump EPA Is a Toothless Friend of Polluting Industries, Analysis Shows - Inside Climate News
The EPA’s retreat from its role guarding clean air and water will have lasting effects on public health, critics fear.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 01/09/2026
NEW: My analysis of enforcement actions by the Trump 2.0 Environmental Protection Agency, in historical context. insideclimatenews.org/news/0109202...
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The Trump EPA Is a Toothless Friend of Polluting Industries, Analysis Shows - Inside Climate News
The EPA’s retreat from its role guarding clean air and water will have lasting effects on public health, critics fear.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 01/09/2026
Do yourself a favor and listen to the correct pronunciation of Worcestershire from the county's finest band: open.spotify.com/track/0WM6Ve... (Original release was 1982)
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Wolves Of Worcestershire
The Dancing Did · And Did Those Feet · Song · 2008
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 01/09/2026
Some good news
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 27/08/2026
Utterly terrifying www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Nepal flash flood live updates: more than 1,000 people missing after glacial collapse at Tibet border
At least 165 people have died, while officials say hundreds of foreign nationals from India, the US, UK, Australia, Malaysia and Ukraine among those missing. Follow the latest news
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 18/08/2026
Very pleased that our @insideclimatenews.org @grist.org @wbez.org project on lead water pipes in Chicago was honored in nabjonline.org awards! nabjonline.org/blog/nabj-an...
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NABJ Announces 2026 Salute to Excellence Awards Winners
2026 Salute to Excellence Winners  The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced its 2026 Salute to Excellence Awards winners during its annual gala at the […]
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Berkeley Earth @berkeleyearth.org · 14/08/2026
“Human emissions are adding a permanent El Niño worth of heat to the climate system each decade.” Berkeley Earth's @zekehausfather.com spoke with @bennollweather.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com about the future preview coming via this year's record-setting El Niño. Gift link: wapo.st/4htwiBY
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We’ll soon get a glimpse of future temperatures, thanks to this record El Niño
It will act like a climate time machine, temporarily pushing temperatures to levels that otherwise might not be felt for a decade or so.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 14/08/2026
While telling the nation to take emergency fire warning seriously …
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 14/08/2026
Pleased to provide a small assist for this @mlavelle.bsky.social story on the federal response to a pipeline spill in Pennsylvania in the Trump era of "unleashed" energy insideclimatenews.org/news/1108202...
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Neighbors of Pipeline Leak Live in Fear and Regulatory Neglect in Trump Era of 'Unleashed' Energy - Inside Climate News
As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow clean-up of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 14/08/2026
In the global scheme of things, these scenes are not unusual. But happening just a few miles from where I grew up, it really brings home the reality of climate change. This just didn't happen here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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West Midlands crews continue to battle fires that brought 'extensive devastation'
In Stourbridge, the fire service says it has crews "tactically working" on several sites.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 14/08/2026
On Aug. 11, the contiguous U.S. set a record for min temps using the Climate Shift Index, with 82% of the lower 48 experiencing the largest spatial extent of overnight heat influenced by climate change (≥1). This will only become even more common and impactful if we continue to burn fossil fuels.
Graphic showing the Climate Shift Index for August 11, 2026 using data from the 18z GFS model for minimum temperatures. The graphic shows the change in likelihood due to climate change across the contiguous United States, which is called the Climate Shift Index. Many areas are seeing minimum temperatures being at least 1-5x more likely due to climate change. This tool is available at https://csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index from Climate Central.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 06/08/2026
Sign of the times, Staffordshire
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 06/08/2026
Failing to report the story www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-ne...
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ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change
From late June through July, successive heat waves swept across large portions of the United States, breaking temperature records and placing more than 100 million people at a time under heat alerts. ...
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 31/07/2026
A cynic might think these announcements are PR moves intended to awe potential investors www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anthropic's Claude AI escapes tests to hack three organisations
It comes just days after rival OpenAI said rogue AI agents had breached other firms' networks.
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 30/07/2026
Nature is investigating concerns surrounding a paper at the heart of a news story we published with @science.org last week on the death of a 6-year-old girl following a gene therapy treatment in China.
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Journal, university investigations launched into gene-editing death following Science-Retraction Watch reporting
Nature is investigating concerns surrounding a paper at the heart of a news story published last week on the death of a 6-year-old girl following a gene therapy treatment in China. The paper, publi…
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 31/07/2026
Well, this is F'd up www.digitaldigging.org/p/how-to-pla...
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How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 30/07/2026
"the ​image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that ⁠signals it was made with OpenAI tools" www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 30/07/2026
Your move, FIFA www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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Fifa World Cup: Uefa to boycott tournament if Gianni Infantino's investment plans go through
Uefa says "the World Cup is not for sale" after its 55 member associations vote to boycott future tournaments if Fifa and its president, Gianni Infantino, do not back down on their investment proposal...
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
DR Congo’s cobalt exports carry a hidden cargo: uranium. New visual investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how uranium-laced cobalt could enter covert supply chains hidden from regulators — raising proliferation concerns among DRC officials and nuclear experts. as.ft.com/r/7aa59487-e...
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DR Congo’s cobalt boom carries an unwanted cargo: uranium
Radioactive ores have become a proliferation risk in the land that supplied material for second world war atomic bombs
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 30/07/2026
🧵This @lighthousereports.com investigation of hidden exports of uranium from the DRC to China in cobalt supply chains, co-published with @data.ft.com, has been almost two years in the making. Very pleased to have helped out! www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio... www.ft.com/content/7781...
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DR Congo’s cobalt boom carries an unwanted cargo: uranium
Radioactive ores have become a proliferation risk in the land that supplied material for second world war atomic bombs
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Katie Surma @katiesurma.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A secretive arbitration system lets companies force big payouts over governments’ climate policies. ExxonMobil is using it to challenge an EU climate solution the company promotes. insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...
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ExxonMobil Uses Corporate Arbitration System to Challenge Climate Solution It Promotes - Inside Climate News
The oil giant has filed a notice of dispute under an energy treaty about the European Union’s carbon capture and storage requirements.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 28/07/2026
One shot of lenacapavir, a new HIV prevention drug, can protect for 6 months—but aid cuts and uncertain demand mean little of the drug has reached the countries that most need it. Learn more: scim.ag/44TIW5G
A powerful new prevention drug could help end the HIV epidemic—but supply is falling far short
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 27/07/2026
Seems rather similar to what you can experience if you move countries/continents. For years I felt like an observer of my own life each time I returned to California from a trip back to the UK. I think it was the much more intense light here that triggered it ...
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Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Climate change has now become a problem for the whole solar system
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One of NASA’s Most Important Deep Space Observatories Hit by Spanish Wildfires
Flames burned through the Deep Space Communications Complex near Madrid, but NASA has been unable to assess the damage as a wildfire emergency grips the region.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 24/07/2026
My automated charts for @insideclimatenews.org are still tracking oil/fuel prices. We're now back above $100 per barrel again for Brent Crude
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 23/07/2026
Some vital reporting here www.science.org/content/arti...
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Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public
Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 23/07/2026
Feature request: Button to rickroll AI notetakers trying to enter the video call
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 15/07/2026
Seriously? Not today, Worldle
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 14/07/2026
My friend and former colleague @danvergano.bsky.social has seen it all in science journalism. The latest chapter on Scientific American is a sad one. johnhorgan.org/cross-check/...
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Scientific American and the Collapse of Science Journalism — John Horgan (The Science Writer)
HOBOKEN, JULY 13, 2026. I shouldn’t write a eulogy for something that’s not dead. But I fear for the future of Scientific American --and science journalism as a whole. Attention must be paid. On Ju...
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