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Journalist & podcast host @newscientist. Former Tokyoite. Books: SUPERHUMAN (2018), HOW TO SPEND A TRILLION DOLLARS (2021). Next book: on SYMBIOSIS. すごい!
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Joined September 2008
At one point in this video, dollars actually SHINE THROUGH MY EYES, like some sort of Marvel superhero banker.
Ever wondered what you could do with a trillion dollars?. Listen to @rowhoop as he explores all the things that amount of money could do in not just solving science's many mysteries, but also in saving the world. A must-read for us all. Out today:
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This is just to wave a flag of encouragement to move to the Other Place which is a far better experience than this.
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RT @janesutton4: Great fun tonight @sciencemuseum Christmas Lates and a treat to be at recording of @newscientist podcast with the excellen….
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RT @AssaadRazzouk: Epochal change coming near you: "The interaction between Arctic wildfires -more frequent and severe- and thawing permafr….
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In 1895 he suggested building a space elevator from Earth into orbit. That won't work, but an elevator from the LUNAR surface into orbit WOULD work:
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Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. We journey to 2055, when a space elevator from the moon’s surface to near-Earth orbit was...
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“Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever" - sounds like Musk talking about making humans multiplanetary, but it was Russian space pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in 1911
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RT @NewScientistPod: Chimps culture evolves in a way we thought was unique to humans. A @UZH_en study shows chimp culture can evolve cumul….
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I sent Elon a copy of my book How to Save the World for Just a Trillion Dollars. Pic in the intro of Bezos. When I tried to get a quote off Elon he said “is that the book with Bezos in it?” 😂.
Just learned tonight at Mar-a-Lago that Jeff Bezos was telling everyone that @realDonaldTrump would lose for sure, so they should sell all their Tesla and SpaceX stock 🤭.
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RT @bsmeinfo: The highly commended award for Columnist of the Year - Consumer goes to Rowan Hooper . #BSMEAwards2024
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And the winner is… @caitlinmoran 😍😍
The highly commended award for Columnist of the Year - Consumer goes to Rowan Hooper . #BSMEAwards2024
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Gophers as ecosystem engineers!.
Gopher productivity puts humans to shame!. These small, burrowing rodents show an incredible capacity to reshape their landscape. @sophiebushwick tells @PennySarchet and @rowhoop all about it.
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PODCAST, with @GreenRupertRead:. COP29: Are UN climate summits failing us and our planet? .
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Podcast Episode · The world, the universe and us · 15/11/2024 · 31m
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Ridiculous irony at #COP29: Literal stranded assets in Azerbaijan due to climate impacts - story by @MadeleineCuff
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Water levels in the Caspian Sea are set to fall dramatically as the climate gets hotter, posing a major threat to economic activity and ecosystems in the region
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We discuss the Problems with COP on the podcast this week - with @GreenRupertRead - coming soon.
Great to see some honesty surfacing at last… As I’ve been saying for the last three years, the CoP process is not fit for purpose. Moreover, I’d add that it’s really hard to see any way back for it now. The (corruption and) failure appear systemic.
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Apocalypse Cow.
Treating #beef like #coal 🪨 would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions. Cattle 🐄 are a surprisingly large producer of greenhouse gases - time to stop eating beef 🥩 . Up to 30% of global greenhouse gases comes from food production. #climatechange #vegetarian . @COP29_AZ
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RT @alisonflood: Hurrah for a new genre of fiction winning the Booker: "space pastoral". Check out our interview with Samantha Harvey from….
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Samantha Harvey, who has won the Booker prize for her novel Orbital, has created a new genre: nature writing about space.
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Samantha Harvey has won the UK's top fiction prize for a novel that takes place over 24 hours on the International Space Station
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