Michael Le Page

@mjflepage

A reporter at New Scientist. I'm over at the good place now. What on earth are you still doing here!

London newscientist.com/author/michael… Joined October 2012

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Michael Le Page @mjflepage Oct 10, 2024

There are at least five major problems with the idea that we can cool the planet 🌍 back down after overshooting the 1.5 target, according to @CarlSchleussner @JoeriRogelj & co

With comment from @JamesGDyke

newscientist.com/article/245128…

www.newscientist.com Once we pass 1.5°C of global warming, there is no going back | New Scientist We might not be able to cool the world down again after overshooting the 1.5°C warming limit – and even if we can, a lot of irreversible damage will have been done

Michael Le Page @mjflepage Oct 9, 2024

The Nobel prize in chemistry has gone to David Baker for developing ways to design entirely new proteins, and @demishassabis and John Jumper at DeepMind for developing ways to predict the structure of any protein from its sequence

newscientist.com/article/245123…

www.newscientist.com Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for mastering structures of proteins | New Scientist David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have been awarded the 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry for research on predicting protein structures and designing new proteins

Michael Le Page @mjflepage Oct 7, 2024

The Nobel for medicine goes to Victor Ambros and @gary_ruvkun for the discovery of tiny pieces of RNA called microRNAs. They're important because a single microRNA can control many different genes 🧬 at once

newscientist.com/article/245080…

www.newscientist.com Nobel prize for medicine goes to the pair who discovered microRNA | New Scientist The 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery that tiny pieces of RNA called microRNAs play a key role in controlling genes

Michael Le Page @mjflepage Oct 2, 2024

I think many people assume unexploded bombs get less dangerous over time but a recent study found this is not the case: newscientist.com/article/242431…

www.newscientist.com Unexploded bombs from the second world war are getting more dangerous | New Scientist An explosive found inside many bombs and shells used during the first and second world wars is becoming more likely to explode in response to impacts

Volcaholic 🌋 Verified account @volcaholic1 Oct 2, 2024

At Miyazaki Airport in Japan, a section of the taxiway collapsed, which was later determined to have been caused by unexploded ordnance. A camera at the nearby Aviation College captured what is believed to be the moment of the explosion 😳💥
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Michael Le Page @mjflepage Sep 26, 2024

We're still cutting down rainforest to grow more vegetable oils. So which oil should you buy if you care about the environment - and your health? #climate

The answer might be camellia oil, often sold as tea seed oil, which is similar to olive oil

newscientist.com/article/244944…

www.newscientist.com Camellia oil could be the greenest cooking oil – and the healthiest | New Scientist Replacing some existing vegetable oil crops with camellia oil could boost production while reducing environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas emissions