Humble brag as we are approaching International Women's Day...
My version of Rosalind came surprisingly close.
Read to see why: www.waterstones.com/book/rosalin...
Energy at ‘moment of great change’, says Westminster strategist #energysky
An investment firm that innovated a novel funding model for infrastructure a decade ago is now adapting it for the nuclear power industry. #energysky
This one warranted a ten-minute read.
I spoke to a colleague of the presidential adviser who testified in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump about a potential 'swap' deal over Venezuela, and the grab for Venezuelan crude.
My research helped invent Ozempic — then male scientists took all the credit
“The work of the biochemist Svetlana Mojsov was instrumental in the development of the diet drugs that are now slimming the world.”
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
Excellent article.
Looking for some light weekend reading?
(Apparently 2026 is officially the National Year of Reading, bear with me...)
www.jessiemillsauthor.com/journalism/p...
Even Trevor Phillips did not mince his words around the effective invasion of Venezuela being an oil grab.
Snuck out just before Christmas, the Government has confirmed that one of the conditions of the UK rejoining the EU's internal market for electricity will be the UK once again being signed up to the Renewable Energy Directive, or obligations tantamount to it. /1
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The UK oil and gas industry did not thank me for writing this story, which they believe is a sign that the UK isn't doing enough to support fossil fuels. Cue journalist bashing for stating the facts as per the company's own tax disclosures.
Judge quashes challenge to ‘secret’ nuclear adaptations at Sizewell C #energysky
An organised pressure group claims energy secretary Ed Miliband 'refused' scrutiny of plans to include new overland flood barriers at the nuclear project site.
Defence lawyers maintain the government line, saying it 'cannot be right' to challenge adaptations to major infra projects.
#climatesky
It's satisfying when your Budget analysis and prediction proves right, without a crystal ball.
Hint: Reeves could move legacy subsidies under the Renewables Obligation (RO) to general taxation. Coutinho recently took aim at these older subsidies, distinct from the capacity market, in a speech at EnergyUK.
Short answer: not really.
- Aurora analysts say electrification will lower bills, and a move to gas wouldn't register for a decade.
- CfDs return what they cost.
- Nuclear (Sizewell) adds £10 under the RAB.
- Network charges are associated with grid build-out for all energy sources.
#climatesky
Reeves’s Budget conundrum: Are green levies driving up the cost of energy? #energysky
With AI growing in ubiquity, humans will be reduced to permanent password-storage units.
I'm currently with my son, exasperated at not feeling heard on a topic I invested much of the last seven years of my life in. As a journalist, it seems to carry more weight when advocating for the opinion of others, and I find that troubling.
What a bitter irony that, like Franklin, she did not survive to see the response to her keen insights.
As King's College London crystallography professor Brian Sutton explained when I interviewed him as part of my research; the key hallmark of photo 51 was how the fibre was off-centre. Photo 49, as important historically, was the x-ray that Watson didn't see.
wellcomecollection.org/works/s2juwd...
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
By jove, she's got something.
My book 'Rosalind' tells the story of the double helix through Rosalind Franklin's eyes; spotlighting photo 49 (from which she deduced findings), taken from an earlier experiment than photo 51, which became famous because James Watson saw it.
wellcomecollection.org/works/qzrpnj...
Good to see Economist staff have got behind Movember this month.
Interesting article, but is it factually correct that Rosalind Franklin 'gracefully conceded' her theories were wrong? I'd argue not, especially given she'd already corrected their three-chain model pointing out the phosphates should have been on the outside. This seems to warrant a correction.
