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Roger Highfield: 80 per cent executive at the Science Museum Group / 20 per cent author, journalist and broadcaster. Views expressed here are 100 per cent his own.
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Here are a few of my latest articles. There are more in my archive.
02
Oct
Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine and Change Your Life
The Science podcast, with Angela Saini
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26
Sep
Aviation can still achieve Net-Zero by 2050, says a new report
A five-year roadmap to help the aviation sector achieve net-zero climate impact by 2050 is published today by a Cambridge University team.
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20
Sep
Half a billion years of climate change was driven by carbon dioxide levels, concludes study
Evidence is published today that human-generated atmospheric carbon dioxide is boosting Earth’s surface temperature faster than ever, reports Science Director Roger Highfield.
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15
Sep
Stephen Hawking: Genius at Work
Roger Highfield and Martin Rees in conversation with Alex O'Brien
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05
Sep
With Gaia Abandon
Review of The Many Lives of James Lovelock
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04
Sep
Revealed: hotspots of plastic waste pollution across 51,000 cities
The extraordinary extent of plastic pollution, and burning, is revealed by a global inventory today, created with the help of AI. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports.
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27
Aug
An electrifying way to combat coastal erosion
Electrification is a key component of the energy transition that can also help deal with coastline erosion. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports.
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22
Aug
How to fix a broken planet: AI finds most climate policies are ineffective
How to fix a broken planet: AI finds most climate policies are ineffective
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21
Aug
A cost effective way to grow meat in the lab?
Lab grown chicken could be produced as cheaply as organic chicken, according to a study published today. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports.
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14
Aug
Sweltering weather kills thousands, though public health measures make a big difference
Heat deaths are rising as summers get hotter, but would have been almost doubled if we had done nothing to adapt, reports Science Director, Roger Highfield.
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