Roger Highfield

Here are a few of my latest articles. There are more in my archive.

Sep

Review of The Many Lives of James Lovelock

Sep

Revealed: hotspots of plastic waste pollution across 51,000 cities

The extraordinary extent of plastic pollution, and burning, is revealed by a global inventory today, created with the help of AI. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports.

Aug

An electrifying way to combat coastal erosion

Electrification is a key component of the energy transition that can also help deal with coastline erosion. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports.

Aug

How to fix a broken planet: AI finds most climate policies are ineffective

Aug

A cost effective way to grow meat in the lab?

Lab grown chicken could be produced as cheaply as organic chicken, according to a study published today. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports.

Aug

Sweltering weather kills thousands, though public health measures make a big difference

Heat deaths are rising as summers get hotter, but would have been almost doubled if we had done nothing to adapt, reports Science Director, Roger Highfield.

Aug

The UK can’t continue its shambolic stop-go approach to supercomputing

The exascale computer’s cancellation underlines the need for a long-term vision that transcends political whim, say Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield

Aug

How modern fuel-efficient aircraft create more warming than thought

Roger Highfield, Science Director, describes a study that highlights the challenges the aviation industry faces to cut its impact on the climate.

Jul

Wanted: a lunar repository for life

The moon could be used to store a backup copy of frozen cells from most Earth species to protect global diversity.

Jul

Artificial Intelligence Must Be Made More Scientific

To ensure AI benefits research, we need to develop forms of AI that are fully compatible with the scientific method.

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Roger Highfield was born in Wales, raised in North London and became the first person to bounce a neutron off a soap bubble. He was the Science Editor of The Daily Telegraph for two decades and the Editor of New Scientist between 2008 and 2011. Today, he is the Director of External Affairs at the Science Museum Group. Roger has written seven books and had thousands of articles published in newspapers and magazines. This is his personal website.