Penny Sarchet
@pennysarchet.bsky.social
New Scientist managing editor and The World, The Universe & Us podcast host. Plant genetics & evolution DPhil; birder.
Joy indeed! Listen now and hear how our ancestors raved in caves.
Real treat this week. Steve Pretty of Hackney Colliery Band came to the studio to play CONCH SHELLS and discuss the origin of music. Look at the joy on our faces! @pennysarchet.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Joy indeed! Listen now and hear how our ancestors raved in caves.
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#COP30 starts TODAY. Here's New Scientist's preview of the meeting, with @pennysarchet.bsky.social, @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org and
@rupertread.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m_Q...
@rupertread.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m_Q...
The World's Climate Future Hinges On This Meeting
YouTube video by New Scientist
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November 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
#COP30 starts TODAY. Here's New Scientist's preview of the meeting, with @pennysarchet.bsky.social, @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org and
@rupertread.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m_Q...
@rupertread.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m_Q...
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The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨
It's a #COP30 special with @rowhoop.bsky.social, @pennysarchet.bsky.social, @rupertread.bsky.social & @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
They discuss the upcoming climate conference in Brazil - possibly the most crucial one yet
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It's a #COP30 special with @rowhoop.bsky.social, @pennysarchet.bsky.social, @rupertread.bsky.social & @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
They discuss the upcoming climate conference in Brazil - possibly the most crucial one yet
podfollow.com/the-world-th...
The world, the universe and us
From the evolution of intelligent life, to the mysteries of consciousness; from the threat of the climate crisis to the search for dark matter, The world, the universe and us is your essential weekly ...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨
It's a #COP30 special with @rowhoop.bsky.social, @pennysarchet.bsky.social, @rupertread.bsky.social & @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
They discuss the upcoming climate conference in Brazil - possibly the most crucial one yet
podfollow.com/the-world-th...
It's a #COP30 special with @rowhoop.bsky.social, @pennysarchet.bsky.social, @rupertread.bsky.social & @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
They discuss the upcoming climate conference in Brazil - possibly the most crucial one yet
podfollow.com/the-world-th...
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The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨
@pennysarchet.bsky.social,
@timothyrevell.bsky.social and the team on:
📉 The collapse of America’s health data system
😴 How sleep affects your focus
👽 Life on Mars in liquid veins?
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@pennysarchet.bsky.social,
@timothyrevell.bsky.social and the team on:
📉 The collapse of America’s health data system
😴 How sleep affects your focus
👽 Life on Mars in liquid veins?
podfollow.com/the-world-th...
The world, the universe and us
From the evolution of intelligent life, to the mysteries of consciousness; from the threat of the climate crisis to the search for dark matter, The world, the universe and us is your essential weekly ...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨
@pennysarchet.bsky.social,
@timothyrevell.bsky.social and the team on:
📉 The collapse of America’s health data system
😴 How sleep affects your focus
👽 Life on Mars in liquid veins?
podfollow.com/the-world-th...
@pennysarchet.bsky.social,
@timothyrevell.bsky.social and the team on:
📉 The collapse of America’s health data system
😴 How sleep affects your focus
👽 Life on Mars in liquid veins?
podfollow.com/the-world-th...
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New podcast:
💉mRNA vaccines help your body fight cancer
🤬State of Climate Action report sounds red alert
🦜New explanation for the dawn chorus
open.spotify.com/episode/4ODd... with @pennysarchet.bsky.social and @mjflepage.bsky.social plus Clea Schumer and Sophie Boehm of @worldresources.bsky.social
💉mRNA vaccines help your body fight cancer
🤬State of Climate Action report sounds red alert
🦜New explanation for the dawn chorus
open.spotify.com/episode/4ODd... with @pennysarchet.bsky.social and @mjflepage.bsky.social plus Clea Schumer and Sophie Boehm of @worldresources.bsky.social
How mRNA vaccines teach your body to kill cancer; Grim state of climate action; Why birds sing the dawn chorus
Spotify video
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October 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New podcast:
💉mRNA vaccines help your body fight cancer
🤬State of Climate Action report sounds red alert
🦜New explanation for the dawn chorus
open.spotify.com/episode/4ODd... with @pennysarchet.bsky.social and @mjflepage.bsky.social plus Clea Schumer and Sophie Boehm of @worldresources.bsky.social
💉mRNA vaccines help your body fight cancer
🤬State of Climate Action report sounds red alert
🦜New explanation for the dawn chorus
open.spotify.com/episode/4ODd... with @pennysarchet.bsky.social and @mjflepage.bsky.social plus Clea Schumer and Sophie Boehm of @worldresources.bsky.social
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Here is our exclusive survey asking leading climate scientists to give their views on solar geoengineering:
*66% believe we will see it attempted this century
*52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor"
*81% want an international treaty to manage risk
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
*66% believe we will see it attempted this century
*52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor"
*81% want an international treaty to manage risk
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
Exclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100
An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet
www.newscientist.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Here is our exclusive survey asking leading climate scientists to give their views on solar geoengineering:
*66% believe we will see it attempted this century
*52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor"
*81% want an international treaty to manage risk
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
*66% believe we will see it attempted this century
*52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor"
*81% want an international treaty to manage risk
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
Bad photos of an extraordinary weekend at #NewScientistLive.
1. @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social, @danieljamesyon.bsky.social and @chamkaurghag.bsky.social tell @rowhoop.bsky.social and myself all about their fascinating research on a special live episode of The World, The Universe & Us (on feeds soon).
1. @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social, @danieljamesyon.bsky.social and @chamkaurghag.bsky.social tell @rowhoop.bsky.social and myself all about their fascinating research on a special live episode of The World, The Universe & Us (on feeds soon).
October 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Bad photos of an extraordinary weekend at #NewScientistLive.
1. @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social, @danieljamesyon.bsky.social and @chamkaurghag.bsky.social tell @rowhoop.bsky.social and myself all about their fascinating research on a special live episode of The World, The Universe & Us (on feeds soon).
1. @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social, @danieljamesyon.bsky.social and @chamkaurghag.bsky.social tell @rowhoop.bsky.social and myself all about their fascinating research on a special live episode of The World, The Universe & Us (on feeds soon).
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Here's @sparkes.bsky.social on what happens if/when the AI bubble bursts. If you're expecting it to all go away, you're probably wrong www.newscientist.com/article/2499...
The AI bubble is heading towards a burst but it won't be the end of AI
Economists, bankers and even the boss of OpenAI are warning of a rapidly inflating AI bubble. If and when it bursts, what will happen to the technological breakthroughs of the past few years?
www.newscientist.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Here's @sparkes.bsky.social on what happens if/when the AI bubble bursts. If you're expecting it to all go away, you're probably wrong www.newscientist.com/article/2499...
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Must-catch show this week: 🧵
1/3) Primatologist Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, who works on tool use in chimps in Gombe, tells us what it was like working with Jane Goodall. 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/2QZk...
1/3) Primatologist Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, who works on tool use in chimps in Gombe, tells us what it was like working with Jane Goodall. 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/2QZk...
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Must-catch show this week: 🧵
1/3) Primatologist Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, who works on tool use in chimps in Gombe, tells us what it was like working with Jane Goodall. 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/2QZk...
1/3) Primatologist Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, who works on tool use in chimps in Gombe, tells us what it was like working with Jane Goodall. 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/2QZk...
Great episode of The World, The Universe & Us out later today, featuring @astrokatie.com
Podcast out tomorrow - with @pennysarchet.bsky.social and @mjflepage.bsky.social and time zone-shifted Katie!
October 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Great episode of The World, The Universe & Us out later today, featuring @astrokatie.com
Hear how Shackleton's Endurance was only strong "in the poetic sense" here www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
October 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hear how Shackleton's Endurance was only strong "in the poetic sense" here www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Vote for us! We are up for BEST SCIENCE PODCAST at the Signal Listener's Choice awards, please vote for THE WORLD, THE UNIVERSE AND US here: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
October 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Vote for us! We are up for BEST SCIENCE PODCAST at the Signal Listener's Choice awards, please vote for THE WORLD, THE UNIVERSE AND US here: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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Regulatory cells in our blood play a key role in preventing our immune systems attacking us - and the discovery of these cells by Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi was today rewarded with a Nobel prize 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio for work on immune tolerance
The 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries around how we keep our immune system under control
www.newscientist.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Regulatory cells in our blood play a key role in preventing our immune systems attacking us - and the discovery of these cells by Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi was today rewarded with a Nobel prize 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
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Podcast!
🇦🇶 Emergency in Antarctica
🧠 Brain swivel
🧬 Why women live longer than men
open.spotify.com/episode/1Afl... with @pennysarchet.bsky.social @tinymaddie.bsky.social
🇦🇶 Emergency in Antarctica
🧠 Brain swivel
🧬 Why women live longer than men
open.spotify.com/episode/1Afl... with @pennysarchet.bsky.social @tinymaddie.bsky.social
Emergency in Antarctica; How movement changes the brain; Why women live longer than men
Spotify video
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October 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Podcast!
🇦🇶 Emergency in Antarctica
🧠 Brain swivel
🧬 Why women live longer than men
open.spotify.com/episode/1Afl... with @pennysarchet.bsky.social @tinymaddie.bsky.social
🇦🇶 Emergency in Antarctica
🧠 Brain swivel
🧬 Why women live longer than men
open.spotify.com/episode/1Afl... with @pennysarchet.bsky.social @tinymaddie.bsky.social
Such an interesting column by @jjaron.bsky.social. Come for the algebraic geometry, stay for the pacifist hermit subsisting on dandelion soup. www.newscientist.com/article/2497...
The most important mathematician you’ve (probably) never heard of
Alexander Grothendieck was a titan in his field, making deep connections that fuelled a revolution in mathematics, before giving it all up and disappearing. Jacob Aron explores what his work meant
www.newscientist.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Such an interesting column by @jjaron.bsky.social. Come for the algebraic geometry, stay for the pacifist hermit subsisting on dandelion soup. www.newscientist.com/article/2497...
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We are quick to place ourselves on the extremes of the social spectrum, but the truth is that personality is more malleable than you think, says Claudia Canavan
Are you an introvert or extrovert? Surprisingly, the answer is neither
We are quick to place ourselves on the extremes of the social spectrum, but the truth is that personality is more malleable than you think, says Claudia Canavan
www.newscientist.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We are quick to place ourselves on the extremes of the social spectrum, but the truth is that personality is more malleable than you think, says Claudia Canavan
So interesting, especially the gender diagnosis gap, and a second, lesser-known kind of narcissism.
Writing this peace for @newscientist.com about the psychology of narcissism helped me to clarify a painful family dynamic www.newscientist.com/article/2496...
The truth about narcissists: How to handle them, and can they change?
Although narcissistic personality disorder is rarer than you might think, psychological research suggests it can come in two different types, one of which may be underdiagnosed
www.newscientist.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
So interesting, especially the gender diagnosis gap, and a second, lesser-known kind of narcissism.
Interesting to think how this method could also be adapted to treat other neurodegenerative conditions and dementias.
Huntington’s disease has been successfully treated for the first time using a gene therapy, which may be available in the US as soon as next year.
Huntington’s disease breakthrough: what to know about the gene therapy
Huntington’s disease has been successfully treated for the first time using a gene therapy, which may be available in the US as soon as next year
www.newscientist.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Interesting to think how this method could also be adapted to treat other neurodegenerative conditions and dementias.
Insightful analysis from @gracewade.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2497...
What we know, and don't, about the link between painkillers and autism
Scientific evidence is lacking to support the US government’s decisions to caution against using a common painkiller in pregnancy and fast-track the approval of an experimental medication for autism
www.newscientist.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Insightful analysis from @gracewade.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2497...
Listening vs reading taps into subtly different processes in your brain. V interesting from Helen Thomson www.newscientist.com/article/2497...
Is reading always better for your brain than listening to audiobooks?
Reading books and listening to audiobooks tap into different elements of cognition, each with their own benefits. So which one should you choose, and when?
www.newscientist.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Listening vs reading taps into subtly different processes in your brain. V interesting from Helen Thomson www.newscientist.com/article/2497...
You don't need to worry about the asteroid, it's the inflammaging that'll get you.
The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨
@rowhoop.bsky.social, @pennysarchet.bsky.social and the team on:
🧓The evolutionary price we pay for longer lives
☄️The asteroid coming VERY close to Earth
🦖How dinosaurs shaped the ecosystem
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@rowhoop.bsky.social, @pennysarchet.bsky.social and the team on:
🧓The evolutionary price we pay for longer lives
☄️The asteroid coming VERY close to Earth
🦖How dinosaurs shaped the ecosystem
podfollow.com/the-world-th...
The world, the universe and us
From the evolution of intelligent life, to the mysteries of consciousness; from the threat of the climate crisis to the search for dark matter, The world, the universe and us is your essential weekly ...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
You don't need to worry about the asteroid, it's the inflammaging that'll get you.
This week we've got a brilliant special package on longevity science and how to have a happy old age, superbly edited by Alison George.
In this week's special issue: How to live to 100, and enjoy getting there.
Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions.
www.newscientist.com/issue/3561/
Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions.
www.newscientist.com/issue/3561/
September 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This week we've got a brilliant special package on longevity science and how to have a happy old age, superbly edited by Alison George.
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The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨
@rowhoop.bsky.social, @pennysarchet.bsky.social and the team on:
👽 Why we can't announce life on Mars (yet)
⚔️ The Romans' impact on the British economy
🏋️ Link between weight lifting and your microbiome
podfollow.com/the-world-th...
@rowhoop.bsky.social, @pennysarchet.bsky.social and the team on:
👽 Why we can't announce life on Mars (yet)
⚔️ The Romans' impact on the British economy
🏋️ Link between weight lifting and your microbiome
podfollow.com/the-world-th...
https://podfollow.com/the-world-the-universe-and-us"
September 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨
@rowhoop.bsky.social, @pennysarchet.bsky.social and the team on:
👽 Why we can't announce life on Mars (yet)
⚔️ The Romans' impact on the British economy
🏋️ Link between weight lifting and your microbiome
podfollow.com/the-world-th...
@rowhoop.bsky.social, @pennysarchet.bsky.social and the team on:
👽 Why we can't announce life on Mars (yet)
⚔️ The Romans' impact on the British economy
🏋️ Link between weight lifting and your microbiome
podfollow.com/the-world-th...
Those intriguing biosignatures on Mars making the news this week? We discussed the exciting discovery back in March
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMW...
Did We Just Find Signs of Life on Mars?
YouTube video by New Scientist
www.youtube.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Those intriguing biosignatures on Mars making the news this week? We discussed the exciting discovery back in March
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMW...
I had the pleasure of talking polar geoengineering, emergency medicine robots and ancient hunter gatherer hairstyles with @bbcvic.bsky.social on Inside Science today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
BBC Inside Science - Could we have evidence of life on Mars? - BBC Sounds
Results from Nasa's Perseverance rover may show signs left in rocks by living organisms.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I had the pleasure of talking polar geoengineering, emergency medicine robots and ancient hunter gatherer hairstyles with @bbcvic.bsky.social on Inside Science today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...