
Zoë Corbyn
Zoë Corbyn is a freelance journalist who specialises in science, technology, research, higher education and ideas. She is based in San Francisco
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The face of South Africa’s Covid science on the new variant in the region and the danger of vaccine nationalism
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The renowned fossil hunter on the anti-African prejudice in palaeontology, her dream discovery, and bathing her daughter beside a baby hippo
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The research scientist and Democratic candidate on the Green New Deal, the importance of facts and why Trump’s stance on masks is ‘unconscionable’
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Breast milk grown from mammary cells could liberate women – but it’s a controversial sell
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The author and academic on why smartphones have been a game changer in African Americans’ struggle against police brutality – and the ethics of sharing violent images
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The co-author of Data Feminism on the importance of recognising discrimination in algorithms and introducing measures to stamp it out
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US biotech companies are working towards plasma therapies to tackle age-related diseases in humans
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The Harvard professor on science and scepticism – and why climate deniers have run out of excuses
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The social psychologist’s new book tackles the tricky subject of how oral contraceptives may affect women’s brains
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Brain-computer interface technology is moving fast and Silicon Valley is moving in. Will we all soon be typing with our minds?
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The space archaeologist on her GlobalXplorer project, deterring looters and what ancient Egypt reveals about our future
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The trailblazing computer scientist on being in charge of the software for the 1969 Apollo moon landing
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In 2015, the scientist’s husband was almost killed by an antibiotic-resistant superbug
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The neuroscientist talks about her website to expose sexual ‘harassholes’ in science
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Pioneering methods are being developed to find traces of tumours quickly in small blood samples
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Specialists are using public-access DNA databases to track down violent criminals such as the notorious Golden State Killer. But the technique raises a host of legal and ethical questions
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The joint winner of this year’s Nobel prize in chemistry talks about her pioneering work on enzymes and the realities of sexism in the sciences
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As time passes, the number of damaged, ‘senescent’ cells in our bodies increases. These in turn are responsible for many effects of ageing. Now scientists are working to eliminate them
Out of the lab and into your frying pan: the advance of cultured meat