Richard Kemeny

Do octopuses dream of electric eels? Observations of a sleeping octopus startling awake have scientists asking if it has nightmares or is just getting old For @NatGeo nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…

How to Season Your Food Like the French newyorker.com/magazine/secre…

@halhod @TheEconomist Congrats Hal!

*Some Personal News* After 10yrs as a sci/tech writer, I'm taking on a new challenge as @TheEconomist's Americas editor, running our LatAm & Canada coverage The potential for this kind of cross-pollination is one of my favourite things about the paper. Can't wait to get going

We’re joining @imperialcollege @ImperialSpark for their 1st #ImperialLates of the season! Hosted by @rakemeny + @MichaelaAgapiou with stories about science & food 🍔 from @jennykleeman Ellis Ballard @MullaZeinab & @gutismycopilot. Details & Register: storycollider.org/tickets/2023/1…

Remarkable find from Zambia: 476,000 year old logs could be evidence of the world's oldest building. Before this, the oldest known was ~9000BC Early hominins may have been less nomadic than we thought and capable of "sophisticated, complex behaviors" sciencenews.org/article/logs-e…

Guess who's back in #London for a night of true, personal #stories about #science and renewal? WE ARE! Join hosts @rakemeny & @MichaelaAgapiou at @Aces_Bar on May 24th and hear stories from: ☀️Pran Darshan ☀️An Nemia ☀️@ericabuist ☀️@rakemeny Tickets: ow.ly/Plze50O94ZH

Swarming locusts deploy a “don’t-eat-me” chemical to avoid being cannibalised by their travel companions For @ScienceNews sciencenews.org/article/locust…

On The World 🌎 today: @OfmanDaniel : Why is Russia's Fan ID law controversial? @_aswesterman: China, the West and the courtship of the Pacific Islands @gerryhadden: Designing buildings to withstand earthquakes @rakemeny: Femicide in Colombia Biden meets Trudeau Tune in 📻

What an incredible video that was captured of mushrooms releasing spores into the wind! Nature is spectacular.  Video credit: Villareal C. Jojo

Devastating bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Consistently superb content

Maybe they just had a massive birthday party bbc.co.uk/news/world-645…

@DebabarrenaTur It’s a deal!

@rakemeny you should come back and taste again some local food, maybe that makes you write another article, this time describing your gastronomy experience in the Basque Coast 🙃

I wrote about Mutriku, a Basque town home to Europe’s first commercial wave power plant. Well worth a visit to this stretch of the coast, I only regret not mentioning the food… bbc.com/travel/article…

@TomLRodgers I just think the algo has overestimated *slightly* and I don’t know how to row back. A tone-down is all I’m after

@rakemeny i dont understand the issue here. Do you not like the things you like?

Does anyone know how I can get less cat on my Insta? I love cats, but it's too much now. Dawn till dusk. Cats. No friends. Help!

@mishagajewski Thank you for your help

@rakemeny Ew why would you want less cats? Don’t be ridiculous

Argentina *finally* making good fiscal decisions

Flood gates opening theguardian.com/technology/202…

10 days left to apply! Come & work @mongabay as one of our next fellows. This is 6-month opportunity for early-career journalists in tropical countries. All the info & eligibility requirements here: bit.ly/3WUG7Lh #environment #conservation #journalism