Nick Petrić Howe
@nickpetrichowe.bsky.social
Multimedia journalist of sorts at Nature. Host of the Nature Podcast. Former bee scientist.
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These black hole jets are HUNDREDS of Milky Way galaxies long 🕳️
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Hello!
I am a science journalist and I make videos like this one where I wave my arms around a lot.
I am a science journalist and I make videos like this one where I wave my arms around a lot.
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In a gear change from my last few stories...by acting as a "mechanical fuse" this simple little slipknot, added to surgical thread, can radically improve how surgeons perform sutures & lead to better outcomes
A lovely intersection of mechanics, geometry and medicine 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A lovely intersection of mechanics, geometry and medicine 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In a gear change from my last few stories...by acting as a "mechanical fuse" this simple little slipknot, added to surgical thread, can radically improve how surgeons perform sutures & lead to better outcomes
A lovely intersection of mechanics, geometry and medicine 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A lovely intersection of mechanics, geometry and medicine 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Did you know there's lightning on Mars?
There is! At least very small versions of it. AND YOU CAN HEAR IT.
For more, check out my latest podcast for @nature.com
There is! At least very small versions of it. AND YOU CAN HEAR IT.
For more, check out my latest podcast for @nature.com
This is what lightning on Mars sounds like
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 26 November 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Did you know there's lightning on Mars?
There is! At least very small versions of it. AND YOU CAN HEAR IT.
For more, check out my latest podcast for @nature.com
There is! At least very small versions of it. AND YOU CAN HEAR IT.
For more, check out my latest podcast for @nature.com
A very cool story by my colleague @lizziegibney.bsky.social about how some quirky physics of knots could help make surgery better!
Inserting easy-to-release slipknots into surgical thread could help surgeons to tie the perfect sutures
go.nature.com/49GlfS7
go.nature.com/49GlfS7
These ‘programmable’ knots harness physics to make surgical stitches safer
Loops precisely knotted into thread can help novice surgeons to perform perfect sutures.
go.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A very cool story by my colleague @lizziegibney.bsky.social about how some quirky physics of knots could help make surgery better!
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About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Do you wanna see a robot pick up a weird squishy bug? I may have just the video for you... youtu.be/FHW6eKvtcBw
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Do you wanna see a robot pick up a weird squishy bug? I may have just the video for you... youtu.be/FHW6eKvtcBw
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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A halloween cartoon for @newscientist.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A halloween cartoon for @newscientist.com
Is Nanotyrannus a baby T. rex, or is it its own species? @shamini.bsky.social has been finding out!
Decades of debate over the identity of a medium-sized Cretaceous predator may finally be over
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Is Nanotyrannus a baby T. rex, or is it its own species? @shamini.bsky.social has been finding out!
Nature is hiring a new Multimedia Editor, so if you want to work with me then this is a great opportunity. Who could say no to that?
It's for verticals, so if you know your Toks from your Tiks, your ring lights from your Reels, and your shoots from your Shorts, then this might be the job for you!
It's for verticals, so if you know your Toks from your Tiks, your ring lights from your Reels, and your shoots from your Shorts, then this might be the job for you!
Associate Multimedia Editor or Senior Multimedia Editor
Job Title: Associate Multimedia Editor or Senior Multimedia Editor (12 Month Fixed Term Role) Organisation: Nature Portfolio Location: London – Hybrid Working Model Application Deadline: Sunday 9th No...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Nature is hiring a new Multimedia Editor, so if you want to work with me then this is a great opportunity. Who could say no to that?
It's for verticals, so if you know your Toks from your Tiks, your ring lights from your Reels, and your shoots from your Shorts, then this might be the job for you!
It's for verticals, so if you know your Toks from your Tiks, your ring lights from your Reels, and your shoots from your Shorts, then this might be the job for you!
Highly recommend, we're fun!
Also a great chance to cover cool science.
Also a great chance to cover cool science.
Come and make some vertical videos with me? springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
Associate Multimedia Editor or Senior Multimedia Editor
Job Title: Associate Multimedia Editor or Senior Multimedia Editor (12 Month Fixed Term Role) Organisation: Nature Portfolio Location: London – Hybrid Working Model Application Deadline: Sunday 9th No...
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Highly recommend, we're fun!
Also a great chance to cover cool science.
Also a great chance to cover cool science.
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Want some GOOD news, for once? This article will leave you feeling happy end positive about the future
The future of solar power is bright, finds @tinymaddie.bsky.social
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think
Solar electricity is growing rapidly, but can it really dominate the global energy system? Here is what it will take for us to power the planet on sunshine
www.newscientist.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Want some GOOD news, for once? This article will leave you feeling happy end positive about the future
I am honoured.
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I am honoured.
It's a very good moustache. You'll have to watch to see it.
Me and my distinguished cartoon mustache dive into new research on online sexism.
The ChatGPT results are eye-opening, but the impact of googling on people's actual beliefs about the world was something I didn't expect!
The ChatGPT results are eye-opening, but the impact of googling on people's actual beliefs about the world was something I didn't expect!
Would ChatGPT recommend hiring you?
It depends on your age and gender according to new research on stereotypes in online text and images and in LLMs
go.nature.com/4njUvKn
It depends on your age and gender according to new research on stereotypes in online text and images and in LLMs
go.nature.com/4njUvKn
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's a very good moustache. You'll have to watch to see it.
No mice were devoured in the writing of this headline (or in this research for that matter).
Honey, I ate the kids: how hunger and hormones make mice aggressive
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 22 October 2025
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October 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
No mice were devoured in the writing of this headline (or in this research for that matter).
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Fewer grad students means less science, but many STEM PhD programs in the US are cutting back on admissions this year due to federal funding uncertainties. Words by me for @nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪
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@emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold
Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.
www.nature.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fewer grad students means less science, but many STEM PhD programs in the US are cutting back on admissions this year due to federal funding uncertainties. Words by me for @nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪
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Astonishing when you see it like this.
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Astonishing when you see it like this.
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Great new film from @nature.com youtu.be/BGT7kuaruZY?... @shamini.bsky.social and @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social knocked this one out of the park
Would ChatGPT hire you? Your age and gender matter
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October 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Great new film from @nature.com youtu.be/BGT7kuaruZY?... @shamini.bsky.social and @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social knocked this one out of the park
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Super close race in the technology Lovies category this year. Go and and give @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social a vote, and watch his excellent film on the AI surveillance pipeline while you're there vote.lovieawards.com/PublicVoting...
The People's Lovie Awards needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a People's Lovie Awards. You should too.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Super close race in the technology Lovies category this year. Go and and give @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social a vote, and watch his excellent film on the AI surveillance pipeline while you're there vote.lovieawards.com/PublicVoting...
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Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖
October 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖
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You've probably heard how a high percentage of #Nobel laureates are immigrants. The US in particular has benefited from the influx of bright minds.
@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys
The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
You've probably heard how a high percentage of #Nobel laureates are immigrants. The US in particular has benefited from the influx of bright minds.
@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"
Stay tuned for more.
Stay tuned for more.
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"
Stay tuned for more.
Stay tuned for more.
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I may have found my defining quote.
Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
September 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I may have found my defining quote.
Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
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Really cool story - bird species from across the world make the same sound to warn against cuckoos, and they can even understand each other. Feeds into ideas Darwin had about the origin of language! www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
20 bird species can understand each other’s anti-cuckoo call
Several species of birds from different continents use and understand similar alarm calls when they see an invader that might lay an egg in their nest – this shared call hints at the origin of languag...
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October 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Really cool story - bird species from across the world make the same sound to warn against cuckoos, and they can even understand each other. Feeds into ideas Darwin had about the origin of language! www.newscientist.com/article/2498...