Benjamin Thompson from Nature - Journalist Profile

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1	Benjamin Thompson Nature	‘Rapture and beauty’: a writer’s portrait of the International Space Station - 6 days ago Surprise finding reveals mitochondrial ‘energy factories’ come in two different types - 11 days ago Star-eating black hole could power cosmic particle accelerator - about 1 month ago Strange gamma-ray flickers seen in thunderstorms for the first time - about 1 month ago Ancient DNA debunks Rapa Nui ‘ecological suicide’ theory - 2 months ago Audio long read: So you got a null result. Will anyone publish it? - 2 months ago Long-sought 'nuclear clocks' are one tick closer - 2 months ago AI can’t learn new things forever — an algorithm can fix that - 3 months ago Can ageing be stopped? A biologist explains - 3 months ago Audio long read: Hope, despair and CRISPR — the race to save one woman’s life - 4 months ago How light-based computers could cut AI’s energy needs - 4 months ago The plastic that biodegrades in your home compost - 4 months ago Breastfeeding should break down mothers’ bones — here’s why it doesn’t - 4 months ago These frog 'saunas’ could help endangered species fight off a deadly fungus - 4 months ago Why ‘open source’ AIs could be anything but, the derailment risks of long freight trains, and breeding better wheat - 5 months ago Audio long read: How NASA astronauts are training to walk on the Moon in 2026 - 5 months ago Audio long read: How does ChatGPT ‘think’? Psychology and neuroscience crack open AI large language models - 6 months ago Dad’s microbiome can affect offspring’s health — in mice - 7 months ago The ‘ghost roads’ driving tropical deforestation - 7 months ago Audio long read: Why are so many young people getting cancer? What the data say - 8 months ago Pregnancy’s effect on ‘biological’ age, polite birds, and the carbon cost of home-grown veg - 8 months ago AI hears hidden X factor in zebra finch love songs - 8 months ago Killer whales have menopause. Now scientists think they know why - 8 months ago These tiny fish combine electric pulses to probe the environment - 8 months ago Audio long read: Chimpanzees are dying from our colds — these scientists are trying to save them - 9 months ago Why are we nice? Altruism’s origins are put to the test - 9 months ago Cancer’s power harnessed — lymphoma mutations supercharge T cells - 9 months ago Toxic red mud could be turned into ‘green’ steel - 10 months ago Audio long read: Long COVID is a double curse in low-income nations — here’s why - 10 months ago The science stories you missed over the holiday period - 10 months ago Audio long read: A new kind of solar cell is coming — is it the future of green energy? - 11 months ago Navigating planets, plays and prejudice — a conversation with Aomawa Shields - 11 months ago Audio long read: Apple revival — how science is bringing historic varieties back to life - 12 months ago
2	Emily Bates Nature	Surprise finding reveals mitochondrial ‘energy factories’ come in two different types - 11 days ago The plastic that biodegrades in your home compost - 4 months ago
3	Nick Petrić Howe Nature	Star-eating black hole could power cosmic particle accelerator - about 1 month ago Strange gamma-ray flickers seen in thunderstorms for the first time - about 1 month ago Ancient DNA debunks Rapa Nui ‘ecological suicide’ theory - 2 months ago AI can’t learn new things forever — an algorithm can fix that - 3 months ago Breastfeeding should break down mothers’ bones — here’s why it doesn’t - 4 months ago These frog 'saunas’ could help endangered species fight off a deadly fungus - 4 months ago Why ‘open source’ AIs could be anything but, the derailment risks of long freight trains, and breeding better wheat - 5 months ago Dad’s microbiome can affect offspring’s health — in mice - 7 months ago The ‘ghost roads’ driving tropical deforestation - 7 months ago AI hears hidden X factor in zebra finch love songs - 8 months ago Killer whales have menopause. Now scientists think they know why - 8 months ago These tiny fish combine electric pulses to probe the environment - 8 months ago Why are we nice? Altruism’s origins are put to the test - 9 months ago Cancer’s power harnessed — lymphoma mutations supercharge T cells - 9 months ago
4	Max Kozlov Nature	Audio long read: So you got a null result. Will anyone publish it? - 2 months ago
5	Elizabeth Gibney Nature	Long-sought 'nuclear clocks' are one tick closer - 2 months ago How light-based computers could cut AI’s energy needs - 4 months ago
6	Heidi Ledford Nature	Audio long read: Hope, despair and CRISPR — the race to save one woman’s life - 4 months ago Audio long read: Why are so many young people getting cancer? What the data say - 8 months ago Audio long read: Long COVID is a double curse in low-income nations — here’s why - 10 months ago
7	Dan Fox Nature	Why ‘open source’ AIs could be anything but, the derailment risks of long freight trains, and breeding better wheat - 5 months ago
8	Alexandra Witze Nature Science journalist. Nature correspondent. Boulder, Colorado science journalismnature	Audio long read: How NASA astronauts are training to walk on the Moon in 2026 - 5 months ago
9	Matthew Hutson Nature	Audio long read: How does ChatGPT ‘think’? Psychology and neuroscience crack open AI large language models - 6 months ago
10	Flora Graham Nature Writes Nature Briefing. Tweets own. On B’sky. London, United Kingdom science	Pregnancy’s effect on ‘biological’ age, polite birds, and the carbon cost of home-grown veg - 8 months ago The science stories you missed over the holiday period - 10 months ago