Rowan Hooper
@rowhoop.bsky.social
Journalist and podcast host @newscientist.com. Former Tokyoite. Books: SUPERHUMAN (2018) and HOW TO SPEND A TRILLION DOLLARS (2021). Next book: TOGETHERNESS (2026). すごい!
I was watching the reflection of this little egret so long that the reflection took over
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I was watching the reflection of this little egret so long that the reflection took over
In WOMAN OF THE DUNES by Abe Kobo, a village fights constantly against encroaching sand. This is the nightmarish real-life situation in Chad
#砂の女 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
#砂の女 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
How rolling sand dunes are creeping up on last remaining oases on edge of Sahara
In western Chad, villagers are desperately trying to hold back the sand as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on one of the hottest countries in the world
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
In WOMAN OF THE DUNES by Abe Kobo, a village fights constantly against encroaching sand. This is the nightmarish real-life situation in Chad
#砂の女 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
#砂の女 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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With a mixed-results at COP30 - i.e. good intentions but no concrete plans for the “transition away from fossil fuels” - don’t give up.
Let’s remember the progress made since the Paris Agreement and the options ahead of us. That’s the message of the image below
Let’s remember the progress made since the Paris Agreement and the options ahead of us. That’s the message of the image below
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
With a mixed-results at COP30 - i.e. good intentions but no concrete plans for the “transition away from fossil fuels” - don’t give up.
Let’s remember the progress made since the Paris Agreement and the options ahead of us. That’s the message of the image below
Let’s remember the progress made since the Paris Agreement and the options ahead of us. That’s the message of the image below
Cave acoustics! (Rave in a cave)
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Cave acoustics! (Rave in a cave)
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This is incredible.
We recreate the acoustics of prehistoric caves with Steve Pretty of Hackney Colliery Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKY3...
How Music Made Us Human
YouTube video by New Scientist
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This is incredible.
Wow … we were recreating ancient human cave acoustics on the podcast this week - this is amazing bsky.app/profile/rowh...
We recreate the acoustics of prehistoric caves with Steve Pretty of Hackney Colliery Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKY3...
How Music Made Us Human
YouTube video by New Scientist
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wow … we were recreating ancient human cave acoustics on the podcast this week - this is amazing bsky.app/profile/rowh...
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We recreate the acoustics of prehistoric caves with Steve Pretty of Hackney Colliery Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKY3...
How Music Made Us Human
YouTube video by New Scientist
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We recreate the acoustics of prehistoric caves with Steve Pretty of Hackney Colliery Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKY3...
Glad to reference the Butlerian jihad in this week’s New Scientist. Subs wanted to replace jihad with “revolution” but I had to insist
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Glad to reference the Butlerian jihad in this week’s New Scientist. Subs wanted to replace jihad with “revolution” but I had to insist
MY LOG HAS A MESSAGE FOR YOU:
Step into the Red Room next Saturday 29th November as we run the entire first season of TWIN PEAKS as an all night marathon.
(At the Prince Charles cinema)
Step into the Red Room next Saturday 29th November as we run the entire first season of TWIN PEAKS as an all night marathon.
(At the Prince Charles cinema)
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
MY LOG HAS A MESSAGE FOR YOU:
Step into the Red Room next Saturday 29th November as we run the entire first season of TWIN PEAKS as an all night marathon.
(At the Prince Charles cinema)
Step into the Red Room next Saturday 29th November as we run the entire first season of TWIN PEAKS as an all night marathon.
(At the Prince Charles cinema)
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This was really interesting.
Nevermind "needs more cowbell", we should be demanding more conch shell.
Nevermind "needs more cowbell", we should be demanding more conch shell.
We recreate the acoustics of prehistoric caves with Steve Pretty of Hackney Colliery Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKY3...
How Music Made Us Human
YouTube video by New Scientist
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This was really interesting.
Nevermind "needs more cowbell", we should be demanding more conch shell.
Nevermind "needs more cowbell", we should be demanding more conch shell.
This week - the evolution of music!
We recreate the acoustics of prehistoric caves with Steve Pretty of Hackney Colliery Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKY3...
How Music Made Us Human
YouTube video by New Scientist
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This week - the evolution of music!
Cabaret Voltaire last night at the ICA. Epic! It was Chris Watson’s birthday. Stephen Mallinder got the crowd to sing to him “but it’s not a Cabs thing to do so don’t tell anyone”
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Cabaret Voltaire last night at the ICA. Epic! It was Chris Watson’s birthday. Stephen Mallinder got the crowd to sing to him “but it’s not a Cabs thing to do so don’t tell anyone”
We recreate the acoustics of prehistoric caves with Steve Pretty of Hackney Colliery Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKY3...
How Music Made Us Human
YouTube video by New Scientist
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We recreate the acoustics of prehistoric caves with Steve Pretty of Hackney Colliery Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKY3...
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 1:26 PM
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...
Anyone going to Caberet Voltaire at the ICA tonight? www.ica.art/live/cabaret...
ICA | Cabaret Voltaire
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...
www.ica.art
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Anyone going to Caberet Voltaire at the ICA tonight? www.ica.art/live/cabaret...
The fossil fuel lobbyists are sitting around saying “this is fine”
BREAKING: The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil.
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The fossil fuel lobbyists are sitting around saying “this is fine”
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Today, the California coast we cherish and the delicate ocean ecosystems just beyond it face a renewed threat from offshore drilling. We oppose the Trump Administration’s 5-year oil and gas leasing program and will continue to defend our coastline, wildlife, economy, and health from this threat.
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Today, the California coast we cherish and the delicate ocean ecosystems just beyond it face a renewed threat from offshore drilling. We oppose the Trump Administration’s 5-year oil and gas leasing program and will continue to defend our coastline, wildlife, economy, and health from this threat.
Mani has died aged only 63. First Andy Rourke and now Mani, arghhh
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Mani has died aged only 63. First Andy Rourke and now Mani, arghhh
While we wait for the Butlerian jihad, I thought of a couple of ways to Escape the Anslopocene
In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how an ingenious way to avoid being swamped by AI content was invented in the late 2020s
Imagining a future where smart glasses allow 'AI slop' to be avoided
In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how an ingenious way to avoid being swamped by AI content was invented in the late 2020s
www.newscientist.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
While we wait for the Butlerian jihad, I thought of a couple of ways to Escape the Anslopocene
There are more important things to spend money on but if a billionaire wanted to step in and #BringtheRocksBack it would be a good thing
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
NASA Found Something on Mars. Now We Might Just Leave It There
NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now they might be stranded
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
There are more important things to spend money on but if a billionaire wanted to step in and #BringtheRocksBack it would be a good thing
Tehran has received 1 mm of rain this year and may have to be evacuated if it doesn't rain soon.
Already there have been accusations of "rain stealing" through cloud seeding.
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Already there have been accusations of "rain stealing" through cloud seeding.
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
What is cloud seeding and could it end the drought in Iran?
Facing its worst drought in decades, Iran is attempting to stimulate rain by spreading seeding agents in clouds, but the technique is likely to have modest benefits at best
www.newscientist.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Tehran has received 1 mm of rain this year and may have to be evacuated if it doesn't rain soon.
Already there have been accusations of "rain stealing" through cloud seeding.
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Already there have been accusations of "rain stealing" through cloud seeding.
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Since wildcats are in the news, here are some I saw at Derek Gow’s rewilding centre in Devon. 1/…
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Since wildcats are in the news, here are some I saw at Derek Gow’s rewilding centre in Devon. 1/…
“Hitler: Blueprint of a Dictator” - my interview with Turi King here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XXB...
November 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
“Hitler: Blueprint of a Dictator” - my interview with Turi King here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XXB...
Biang biang noodles at Master Wei, just the GREATEST Sunday lunch and mega umami hit
November 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Biang biang noodles at Master Wei, just the GREATEST Sunday lunch and mega umami hit