Stu Cantrill
@stuartcantrill.com
Husband, Dad, PhD, pedant, former Chief Ed of @natchem.nature.com, now Editorial Director at @NaturePortfolio.nature.com. Wine, chemistry, publishing, words & snark. Views ranty, but all mine. #ContaminatedBlood victim (affected). He/Him
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Wiley: "We’re supporting responsible research assessment practices" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1520...
Also Wiley: "Prove that your article is a good fit for this journal 😉😉😉😉😉 by citing at least two of our articles in your manuscript before we will even consider reviewing it" 🤡
Also Wiley: "Prove that your article is a good fit for this journal 😉😉😉😉😉 by citing at least two of our articles in your manuscript before we will even consider reviewing it" 🤡
January 30, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Wiley: "We’re supporting responsible research assessment practices" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1520...
Also Wiley: "Prove that your article is a good fit for this journal 😉😉😉😉😉 by citing at least two of our articles in your manuscript before we will even consider reviewing it" 🤡
Also Wiley: "Prove that your article is a good fit for this journal 😉😉😉😉😉 by citing at least two of our articles in your manuscript before we will even consider reviewing it" 🤡
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Fabulous 10/10 no notes
January 31, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Fabulous 10/10 no notes
Hosted my first blind wine tasting - wines 1-6 were blind; 7 and 8 were Jura gems in the interlude and 9 (Vin de Constance) was a surprise addition bought by a friend!
January 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Hosted my first blind wine tasting - wines 1-6 were blind; 7 and 8 were Jura gems in the interlude and 9 (Vin de Constance) was a surprise addition bought by a friend!
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We're hiring! We're looking for a Locum Editor to cover our chemical biology/biochem. The role can be located in either our London or Pune offices. Planned start date is June 1st. Closing date for applications is Feb 2nd. #chemjobs #chemsky springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
Locum Associate or Senior Editor
Job Title: Locum Associate or Senior Editor (Chemical Biology / Biological Chemistry), Nature Chemistry Company: Nature Portfolio Contract Type: Full-time, Fixed Term (maternity leave cover) Location(...
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January 20, 2026 at 9:32 AM
We're hiring! We're looking for a Locum Editor to cover our chemical biology/biochem. The role can be located in either our London or Pune offices. Planned start date is June 1st. Closing date for applications is Feb 2nd. #chemjobs #chemsky springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
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Microplastics prove elusive amid doubts over extent of problem.
#chemchat #chemsky
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#chemchat #chemsky
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‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
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January 14, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Microplastics prove elusive amid doubts over extent of problem.
#chemchat #chemsky
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#chemchat #chemsky
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When I wrote my latest for @natchem.nature.com on the appropriation of the quantum mechanical lexicon by scam artists, could I have imagined that the surgeon general of Florida would be peddling the woo? Alas, probably. rdcu.be/eXQL (1/3)
Quantum quacks
Nature Chemistry - It is 100 years since the initial development of quantum mechanics, and not only did it bring with it a greater understanding of the world around us, it also introduced a new...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
When I wrote my latest for @natchem.nature.com on the appropriation of the quantum mechanical lexicon by scam artists, could I have imagined that the surgeon general of Florida would be peddling the woo? Alas, probably. rdcu.be/eXQL (1/3)
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Why should scientists write op-eds? It's tempting to say the facts ought to speak for themselves. But the facts are largely whispering among themselves in the scientific literature. They need us to give them a voice. How? Advice in my latest @natchem.nature.com Thesis rdcu.be/eJlGL #chemsky 1/3
Opinionated science
Nature Chemistry - When the facts can’t speak for themselves, scientists can give them a voice, argues Michelle Francl.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Why should scientists write op-eds? It's tempting to say the facts ought to speak for themselves. But the facts are largely whispering among themselves in the scientific literature. They need us to give them a voice. How? Advice in my latest @natchem.nature.com Thesis rdcu.be/eJlGL #chemsky 1/3
Well, I survived #Whamageddon in 2025 (first time ever), but the universe was pissed and so decided to give me flu, which kicked in to high gear just after the King's Speech on Xmas Day. So that was fun. Feeling slightly more human now, so might actually get dressed tomorrow.
a man says it 's too much while standing in front of a window
Alt: That chap from Schitt's Creek saying 'It's too much'
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December 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Well, I survived #Whamageddon in 2025 (first time ever), but the universe was pissed and so decided to give me flu, which kicked in to high gear just after the King's Speech on Xmas Day. So that was fun. Feeling slightly more human now, so might actually get dressed tomorrow.
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At roughly this time 9 years ago I was at a banquet with the King of Sweden… #ChemSky #ChemNobel
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
At roughly this time 9 years ago I was at a banquet with the King of Sweden… #ChemSky #ChemNobel
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The latest from an honored member of the Royal Society. Every week he attacks the foundations of society in the UK and the EU and @royalsociety.org is apparently too worried about retribution to do anything about it.
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The latest from an honored member of the Royal Society. Every week he attacks the foundations of society in the UK and the EU and @royalsociety.org is apparently too worried about retribution to do anything about it.
More than 36 years later, the #ContaminatedBlood fight goes on. One day I hope I won't have to post the same fucking thing on Dec 1st.
It's #WorldAIDSDay. My Dad was a haemophiliac and was infected with HIV & Hep C by the British state early in the '80s. I watched him die from AIDS when I was just 15. I remember him every day, but today maybe more than some others. More than 35 years later, the #ContaminatedBlood fight goes on.
December 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
More than 36 years later, the #ContaminatedBlood fight goes on. One day I hope I won't have to post the same fucking thing on Dec 1st.
Oh, this is gonna be a good e-mail... 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Oh, this is gonna be a good e-mail... 🤣
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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...
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It's hard to believe this is real, but I think it is.
And most depressingly: Tyler does not say "What the fuck are you even talking about Sam, and why are you in this job?"
And most depressingly: Tyler does not say "What the fuck are you even talking about Sam, and why are you in this job?"
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
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COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It's hard to believe this is real, but I think it is.
And most depressingly: Tyler does not say "What the fuck are you even talking about Sam, and why are you in this job?"
And most depressingly: Tyler does not say "What the fuck are you even talking about Sam, and why are you in this job?"
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Haven’t travelled to the US for a while, but it appears my towel theory still holds based on this NYC hotel room. If you wake up in a random hotel room not knowing where on Earth you are, if the biggest towel in the room is smaller than the TV, you’re probably in the US…
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Haven’t travelled to the US for a while, but it appears my towel theory still holds based on this NYC hotel room. If you wake up in a random hotel room not knowing where on Earth you are, if the biggest towel in the room is smaller than the TV, you’re probably in the US…
Nov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Nov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪
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Our November issue is live!🔔 It contains the usual mix of Articles and News and Views, along with…
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#chemsky
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#chemsky
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Our November issue is live!🔔 It contains the usual mix of Articles and News and Views, along with…
www.nature.com/nchem/volume...
#chemsky
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#chemsky
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November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Hey #ChemSky - if you feel like answering a social media survey, here's one 👇
Not the most difficult game of ‘find the odd one out’ that I’ve ever played…
October 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Not the most difficult game of ‘find the odd one out’ that I’ve ever played…
Happy Mole Day everyone - here's my favourite thing related to the mole. 'A mole of moles' courtesy of @xkcd.com
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#ChemSky
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Happy Mole Day everyone - here's my favourite thing related to the mole. 'A mole of moles' courtesy of @xkcd.com
what-if.xkcd.com/4/
#ChemSky
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#ChemSky
Love this piece in @natchem.nature.com by Judy Wu:
'...benzene is more than a molecule — it is a symbol of industrial revolutions, of new ways to represent molecules, and an example of the quiet forces that move science forward: kindness, conviction, and generosity.'
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#ChemSky
'...benzene is more than a molecule — it is a symbol of industrial revolutions, of new ways to represent molecules, and an example of the quiet forces that move science forward: kindness, conviction, and generosity.'
rdcu.be/eMn4o
#ChemSky
The human story of benzene
Nature Chemistry - The discovery of benzene two centuries ago marked a turning point in chemistry. From contributing to the development of chemical bonding concepts, to its practical use in the...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Love this piece in @natchem.nature.com by Judy Wu:
'...benzene is more than a molecule — it is a symbol of industrial revolutions, of new ways to represent molecules, and an example of the quiet forces that move science forward: kindness, conviction, and generosity.'
rdcu.be/eMn4o
#ChemSky
'...benzene is more than a molecule — it is a symbol of industrial revolutions, of new ways to represent molecules, and an example of the quiet forces that move science forward: kindness, conviction, and generosity.'
rdcu.be/eMn4o
#ChemSky
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To celebrate my book being shortlisted for the 'Food & Mental Health Award' at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (the Oscars of food writing), I have cut the price of the paperback to basically the minimum possible.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739967038
#Cookbook #GourmandAward #Foodie #FoodSky #BookSky
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739967038
#Cookbook #GourmandAward #Foodie #FoodSky #BookSky
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
To celebrate my book being shortlisted for the 'Food & Mental Health Award' at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (the Oscars of food writing), I have cut the price of the paperback to basically the minimum possible.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739967038
#Cookbook #GourmandAward #Foodie #FoodSky #BookSky
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739967038
#Cookbook #GourmandAward #Foodie #FoodSky #BookSky
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Our October issue is now live! 🎃
Read about electrified tungsten wire lightbulb reactors, salt formation in CO2 electrolysis, artificial cytoskeleton assembly in viscoelastic confinements, and more! #ChemSky #ChemBio #Physics
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Read about electrified tungsten wire lightbulb reactors, salt formation in CO2 electrolysis, artificial cytoskeleton assembly in viscoelastic confinements, and more! #ChemSky #ChemBio #Physics
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October 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Our October issue is now live! 🎃
Read about electrified tungsten wire lightbulb reactors, salt formation in CO2 electrolysis, artificial cytoskeleton assembly in viscoelastic confinements, and more! #ChemSky #ChemBio #Physics
nature.com/natchemeng/v...
Read about electrified tungsten wire lightbulb reactors, salt formation in CO2 electrolysis, artificial cytoskeleton assembly in viscoelastic confinements, and more! #ChemSky #ChemBio #Physics
nature.com/natchemeng/v...