Zoe Corbyn

There's a lot of reasons but here's a business-focused take: Why does Amazon have no Western rivals? bbc.com/news/articles/…

Saddened to hear of the death of Craig Venter. I wrote this piece in 2013 after interviewing him in La Jolla. Venter was a maverick outsider and science needs those. theguardian.com/science/2013/o…

Craig Venter's prescription for science? Organise it around big goals and build teams to achieve them. "That is what we do – I have created 'team science' versus the university system with 200 prima donnas each with their own little space." theguardian.com/science/2013/o…

J Craig Venter, 79, retired on 29 April 2026. Some articles of interest: 1) Geneticist J Craig Venter: ‘I consider retirement tantamount to death’ (2023) @heidiledford 2) Craig Venter Mapped The Genome. Now He's Trying To Decode Death (2017) @matthewherper linkedin.com/posts/krzyszto…

Spotify's "borderline existential" balancing act: bbc.com/news/articles/…

Inside the business of making quirky food-themed hair claw clips: bbc.com/news/articles/…

‘Blokes cringe if you talk about it in the pub’ - my feature on the untapped power of menstrual blood published today in the Guardian US. theguardian.com/society/ng-int…

At the TIME100 AI celebration last night, @nlyonne stood in front of the emperors of AI and challenged them to their face. Doing that takes guts. And I’m incredibly honored she cited my work as well. Thank you for speaking truth to power, Natasha. 🙏 m.youtube.com/watch?v=RUu9Ov…

“There’s no need to be quite so ruthless with our own species, folks.” Natasha Lyonne chiding AI leaders at the TIME100 AI Impact Dinner in San Francisco last night. time.com/7322685/time10…

“Swearing is what made people excited about it.” My interview with Cory Doctorow, campaigner against the enshittification of the internet, has just published in The Nerve! thenerve.news/p/cory-doctoro…

An ode to E.coli and what's on the horizon: bbc.com/news/articles/…

Exciting new publication out of the UK and I have a piece coming out in it soon. thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-fi…

OpenAI won’t say whose content trained its video tool. We found some clues. wapo.st/3KeqLR0

High stakes for US green energy firms: bbc.com/news/articles/…

Move fast, kill things: the tech startups trying to reinvent defence with Silicon Valley values: theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

Yes!

"Not kissing [Trump’s] ring, like many others have, is probably an economic limiter – but it’s better to be principled." theguardian.com/technology/202…

How AI can spot diseases that doctors aren't looking for: bbc.com/news/articles/…

How AI uncovers new ways to tackle difficult diseases bbc.com/news/articles/… @ZoeCorbyn @BBCNews

Inside the great AI drug race: bbc.com/news/articles/…