Corryn Wetzel

[cries in former English major] newscientist.com/article/245629…

📢📢Job alert📢📢 We're looking for a new Chief Subeditor at New Scientist. Could this be you? Details here newscientist.com/nsj/job/140204… DMs open.

Everything you need to know about the new covid-19 variant from @grace_wade_ newscientist.com/article/244892…

Here we go! Introducing Wildlife Investigative Reporters & Editors (WIRE), a new journalism nonprofit from me, @rebersole, and @OlliePayneHere to make sure important stories about exploitation of nature and animals continue to be told. wireonline.org

An analysis of chimpanzee “conversations” revealed that the time between their gestures was remarkably similar to human exchanges – even a bit faster. newscientist.com/article/244029…

Monday catch-ups with coworkers who have kids can be humbling. Over the weekend, I went to the beach. Over the weekend, her son cut all his eyelashes off with scissors.

Scientists have now assembled the most complete woolly mammoth genome ever, thanks to a jerky-like fossil trapped in Siberian permafrost. newscientist.com/article/243921…

Leeches leap to find a meal 🩸newscientist.com/article/243606…

Calling young inventors and creative minds - scientists need your #lego ideas! newscientist.com/article/243466…

The lastest book recs from my favourite nerds (read: friends) newscientist.com/article/243303…

*Do not lick the toad* newscientist.com/article/243007…

Two years after @newscientist opened our New York bureau, we're launching our first in-person event in the US: a masterclass on consciousness! (June 22). To celebrate, here's special access to five in-depth features on the #brain and #consciousness: newscientist.com/article/242815…

They're baaaaaack newscientist.com/article/242700…

300-million-year-old fossilised reptile skin is the oldest ever found 🦎 newscientist.com/article/241164…

US men now die nearly 6 years before women on average—the biggest gap since 1996. One reason? "Deaths of despair." newscientist.com/article/240253…

The condition is still rare, but becoming more common. One study found that emergency room visits for CHS in Ontario, Canada increased 13-fold from 2014 to 2021. Here’s what you need to know: newscientist.com/article/239883…

“The cause of this syndrome is unknown,” says Linda Parker @uofg, but it seems to be limited to long-term and high-dose cannabis users

The prevalence of a mysterious cannabis-related illness has been rising in the past decade. One of the sinister symptoms? “Scromiting” 🤢(a🧵)