Matthew Warren

Great UK-based opportunity to join @science.org's news team as a Deputy News Editor uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=5...

Following backlash from scientists, CRANE says it has suspended all grant decisions for this funding call and committed to sending rejected proposals for human review. https://scim.ag/46Qiqv3

'The irony was obvious: CRANE had specifically solicited proposals for research on trust and autonomy in future cybersystems—yet it appeared to have used an opaque system of AIs to reject dozens of proposals outright.' Great story from @cofford.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

'The irony was obvious: CRANE had specifically solicited proposals for research on trust and autonomy in future cybersystems—yet it appeared to have used an opaque system of AIs to reject dozens of proposals outright.' Great story from @cofford.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

🎶 Hey scientists, don't make it bad, take a sad title, and make it better 🎶 You could Come Together with 3200 others making use of Beatles song titles and lyrics to liven up their papers Check out my story from Yesterday on the phenomenon @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

A heartbreaking, important story: www.science.org/content/arti...

Reintroducing myself as Ailie, neuroscientist-turned-science journalist 👋 Incredibly grateful to be an @embo.org Maria Leptin Science Journalism Fellow this year - I'll be spending my fellowship writing for @science.org, starting with headbutting goats 🐐 www.science.org/content/arti...

A disturbing vision of the future night sky: 'Each of the 50,000 reflectors would shine as bright as Venus, the brightest object in the sky after the Moon. In a light-polluted city, hundreds of these bright pinpricks would likely be the only “stars” visible.' By @danclery.bsky.social

Russian geologists plan to drill 8km-deep boreholes in an attempt to prove a fringe Soviet-era theory: That major oil deposits can form without any organic matter. www.science.org/content/arti...

"Is the scene consistent with the physics of the real world? 'Shadows are amazing. Lighting is amazing. Geometry is amazing,' he says. '3D reconstruction is a huge part of what I do.'" @kakape.bsky.social for @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti...

Timmy, the humpback whale stranded in Germany for 6 weeks, was released on Saturday after a chaotic rescue operation that shocked marine biologists. It's unclear where Timmy is now; he may already be dead. Here's my story about the case: www.science.org/content/arti...

“Generative AI doesn’t know about physics, doesn’t know about geometry, and it does all kinds of crazy shit.” Great profile by @kakape.bsky.social on Hany Farid and his relentless attempts to answer the question we're all facing every day: Is that image real or AI? www.science.org/content/arti...

Nearing a decade @science.org, this is a point I should stress more. It's only $25/year to support one of the largest science-focused newsrooms in the world. Independent and nonprofit.

Many science journalists are concerned about plans to hold the profession's flagship international conference in China - a country that ranks 178th on the World Press Freedom Index www.science.org/content/arti...

Calling all budding science writers! Applications for our paid London-based internship, starting in June, are now open. Deadline: 9 March 2026 Full info here: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring... #PaidInternship #Internship #Journalism

Are #openaccess fees that some journals charge authors too high? The Chinese Academy of Sciences, the world’s largest research institution, reportedly thinks so and plans to stop funding some, a move that could shake up #scientificpublishing. @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials. Then he had to get out alive. This is his story. 🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...

One of the issues that has come up again and again in my reporting on misinformation and social media is the massive influence social media companies have on research in the field. Last night a preprint dropped that tries to get at this with some numbers. My piece in @science.org (and 🧪🧵 coming):

My latest: in which I visit Oxfordshire's 'Rubbish Mountain', buy a Twirl in the country's most violent Sainsbury's, and explore the absolutely dismal response of the Environment Agency.

EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org

Fun piece for @science.org that pretty much wrote itself. Interview with AP photographer Lindsey Wasson telling the story of being the one to tell a disbelieving Mary Brunkow that she’d just won the @nobelprize.bsky.social Prize in Medicine— www.science.org/content/arti...

The proposed Horizon Europe successor has 2x the budget, but there's a controversial catch: The previously civilian-only program will be opened to "dual-use" research with defense applications. ... that's, of course, if this thing passes the EU Parliament. New from me for @science.org 🧪

Last month, 140,000 Danes found out that their genetic data was being used in a massive research project-- without their consent. I unpacked how this happened, and why it matters for @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Thousands of Danes have just found out that their genetic data has been used in research for more than a decade, without their consent. Great reporting from @inampudi.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

Thousands of Danes have just found out that their genetic data has been used in research for more than a decade, without their consent. Great reporting from @inampudi.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

“The new law will negatively affect further international collaborations of Russian chemists and other scientists, as many of them will prefer not to participate in such projects amid the fears of possible attention from security services,” says one chemist www.science.org/content/arti...

Well, this makes it real: I'm retiring in September and this is the just-posted job listing for my replacement. @Science.org is a fabulous place to work, so @sciencewriters.org, apply here! recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...

The Science Media Centre has gathered several expert reactions to the "de-extinct the moa" publicity announcement. Each is withering in a different way. www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/07/09/m...

“I think we desperately need to take some of the heat out of this debate,” @peteetchells.bsky.social says. “And this paper, for me, doesn’t do that. It has the potential to go the other way.” www.science.org/content/arti...

for @ScienceMagazine i spent the past year investigating a brain technology used by Indian police to determine if suspects committed a crime. the technology has been used in hundreds high-stake cases. yet it has little to no science backing. 🧵 www.science.org/content/arti...

Be sure not to miss the last bit of @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social's short, strange interview with NIH chief Jay Bhattacharya: www.science.org/content/arti...

Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

Some new climate technologies are pretty controversial, but they could also be pretty useful; we should talk about it! To be clear, it's not a matter of convincing people; it's a matter of being in dialogue. Sounds woolly, but a number of fantastic researchers help me unpack what this involves:

One high level HHS official shown the door told Science, “I couldn’t have worked with these asshats anyway.” www.science.org/content/arti...

Overseas universities see opportunity in recruiting U.S. scientists uprooted by Trump policies. Not capitalizing on the situation “would be wasting a unique opportunity,” one specialist says. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Language is the social&cognitive air that humans breathe. It underlies our thinking, connection, education. So what happens when, as a young child, you don't get access to it? Implants can help deaf kids hear – but that's not always enough to give them language 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

🚨 @newscientist.com SCOOP: I've exclusively obtained Peter Kyle's interactions with ChatGPT using FOI laws - in what I believe may be a world-first transparency release. The chatbot said "Lack of Government or Institutional Support" slowed UK AI adoption www.newscientist.com/article/2472...

Tariffs imposed yesterday could hit researchers by raising prices for scientific equipment. My latest for Science: www.science.org/content/arti...

My latest: The mass firings at NOAA can feel abstract. Here's what was lost at one research center -- the birthplace of climate modeling. Fired staff became U.S. citizens to pursue these dream jobs, only to have their dreams upended.

Give a group of scientists the same data and the same research question, and they should come up with similar answers—in theory. But they don’t. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @cathleenogrady.bsky.social)

Absolutely cracking PAID internship for an aspiring science journalist. Great hands-on experience. London office (hybird). We particularly encourage candidates from historically underrepresented groups 🫶 springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/de-DE/Spring...

Here's one described as "an artificial intelligence powered skin cancer inspection device with design thinking". It's literally a pistol with a screen attached.

You've heard of paper mills - but what about patent mills? @cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports on a new type of academic fraud. www.science.org/content/arti...

Federal scientist taking the Trump buyout offer? Feel free to reach out, directly to me or via Science's news tip options. We're curious about what led to your decision and what/who your department or agency may be losing. Tips on other topics welcome too! www.science.org/content/page...