Rowan Hooper
New Scientist
United Kingdom
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The cosmologist who claims to have evidence for the multiverse
Cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton says our universe is one of many – and she argues that we have already seen signs of those other universes in the cosmic microwave background, the light left over from the big bang → Read More
Engineering firms explore plan to slow melting of Greenland glacier
Companies are considering a major geoengineering project that would build a barrier to block warm seawater from reaching the base of Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland → Read More
The Climate Book review: An essential guide to a better world
Greta Thunberg has enticed over 100 experts to write about the climate crisis. No one else could have created this incredible resource → Read More
Regenesis review: Farming is killing the planet but we can stop it
George Monbiot's terrifying new book tells us that farming is the most destructive human activity there has ever been. Luckily, it also offers radical solutions → Read More
How to spend enough to save the world
Writer and evolutionary biologist Rowan Hooper offers a nine-point plan to solve our environmental problems. All you need is a spare £1tn → Read More
Don’t Look Up review: the funniest climate change movie so far
Netflix disaster-satire film Don’t Look Up is a cathartic and hilarious allegory of humanity's hapless efforts to deal with climate change. → Read More
COP26 news: US-China climate pact is important but largely symbolic
Two huge emitters agreed to work together to limit global warming, but the agreement is largely symbolic, as is an alliance to stop extracting oil and gas which hasn't been signed by the biggest oil and gas producers → Read More
From Billie Eilish to Bessie Smith: A climate playlist for COP26
COP26 is soon to get under way, so why not let our playlist be your soundtrack to the climate summit? We've got something for everyone → Read More
Gwen Adshead interview: Why ordinary people commit heinous crimes
Three decades spent working as a psychotherapist with the most violent offenders has convinced Gwen Adshead that they aren't the monsters we portray them as → Read More
Suzanne Simard interview: How I uncovered the hidden language of trees
First she discovered the wood wide web. Now Suzanne Simard has found that underground connections in a forest are like a brain that allows trees to form societies – and look out for their kin → Read More
Klara and the Sun review: Ishiguro's thought-provoking future for AI
Klara and the Sun by Nobel prizewinning author Kazuo Ishiguro is a fascinating tale about artificial intelligence, friendship and what it means to be human → Read More
How to spend a trillion dollars to fix climate change and end poverty
Let’s imagine you have inherited a fortune and want to solve the world’s most pressing problems. Here’s the best way to spend your money to make a difference to climate change, disease and poverty → Read More
Quadruple-stranded DNA seen in healthy human cells for the first time
DNA's most famous form is a double helix, but it can exist in other arrangements, and a quadruple-stranded version has been discovered in healthy human cells → Read More
Chimps have local culture differences when it comes to eating termites
Different groups of chimpanzees have their own distinct ways of fishing for termites, suggesting these techniques are passed on as a form of local culture → Read More
Philip Pullman: Some things are better understood by art than science
In His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman touches on difficult philosophical and scientific questions about our existence. We spoke to him about science, daemons and dust → Read More
Philip Pullman: 'A story will help us make sense of anything'
In His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman touches on difficult philosophical and scientific questions about our existence. We spoke to him about science, daemons and dust → Read More
How coronavirus is affecting your dreams
Lockdown measures and pandemic-related anxiety may be making you have more vivid dreams. Evidence suggests talking about them can help → Read More
Optimism can avert climate disaster, say duo who brokered Paris deal
Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac led the 2015 Paris climate negotiations. They tell us why they’re hopeful for the future, and explain how fighting climate change is “the most exciting experiment in history” → Read More
Octopuses were thought to be solitary until a social species turned up
The discovery of a species of octopus that lives in groups and mates face-to-face is changing our thinking about what cephalopods are capable of → Read More
Refreezing the Arctic: How to bring the ice back with geoengineering
The Arctic is heating up faster than anywhere else on Earth and the only way to save the ice may be to intervene directly. We look at the three ambitious projects that aim to do just that → Read More