Association of British Science Writers advocates and provides professional training, development and networking for journalists and writers covering STEM.
Joined January 2009
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News Item of the Year
βοΈ Clare Carlile, Ellie O'Donnell & @CrispinDowler
"Staff Shortages Have Forced Major Cuts to Environment Agency Water Quality Monitoring, Internal Documents Reveal", @DeSmog / Unearthed
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βοΈ @TheRobertHart
"Chatbots are struggling with suicide hotline numbers", @verge
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βοΈ Cathleen O'Grady
"Papers based on open health data face bans", @ScienceMagazine
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News Analysis of the Year
π @anjahuja.bsky.social, @FinancialTimes
"The Science of Starvation"
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π @natashaloder.bsky.social & @iemsteinmark.bsky.social, @economist.com
"Why autism should not be treated as a single condition. A better understanding of its biology will lead to better interventions"
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π @markpeplow, @nature.com
"How should βmirror lifeβ research be restricted? Debate heats up"
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Newcomer of the Year β supported by @ABPI_UK
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π€Sophie Berdugo, @LiveScience
π€@noaleach @sciencefocus (Our Media)
π€ Mason Wakley, @ChemistryWorld
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π€Noa Leach
πΉ The world's biggest 'doomsday vault' has now been opened. Here's what's inside
πΉ I've spent my career studying ageing. Here are the 7 ways I slow my biological clock
πΉ We finally know how life on Earth started, staggering new asteroid discovery suggests
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π€ Mason Wakley, @ChemistryWorld
πΉ 30-year-old solar panels still going strong
πΉ Sailing towards recycling composite textiles
πΉ What could the future of nanoscience look like?
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π’ Last chance to register for the in-person ABSW Community Assembly
π 2 July 2026, 18:00-20:30, UCL Institute of Education
π« zurl.co/WWKEG
Booking closes at noon on Thursday, 11 June, as we need to provide final numbers and dietary requirements to the venue.
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Feature of the Year β General Audience
βοΈ @DrMLHarris @PhysicsWorld
"The physics Nobel prizes you've never heard of"
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βοΈ @ChrisJParr @ResProfNews
"How Europeβs defence boom could transform research"
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βοΈ @hcpearson @Nature
"Autism is on the rise: whatβs really behind the increase?"
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π The judges also wanted to commend the entry by @rtmcswee and team from @CarbonBrief πzurl.co/7869m
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Feature of the Year β General
βοΈ Kaya Burgess, @thetimes
"The mystery of Londonβs Himalayan parakeets: myths v truth"
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βοΈ @d_a_robson, @newscientist
"Why honing your sense of smell could keep you sharp as you age"
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π¬ The Dr Katharine Giles Award for best new academic voice β supported by the Dr Katharine Giles Fund
This award is intended to encourage more academic scientists, technologists and engineers to communicate with the public through the media.
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π¬ Vanessa Drevenakova, PhD student, Imperial College London
"Good vibrations could nudge our ageing brain cells back into their youthful groove"
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@ObserverUK
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π¬ Alex Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Communications, University of ExeterΒ
"Underground data fortresses: the nuclear bunkers, mines and mountains being transformed to protect our βnew goldβ from attack"
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@ConversationUK
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π€ What do you think our profession will look like in 2030 and beyond?
π¬ The ABSW Community Assembly will begin with Wolfgang Blau delivering a scene-setting provocation outlining the challenges facing our profession.
Book now! π zurl.co/TGtIS
π€ 2 July
π» 9 July
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π£ #ABSWawards Finalists announced!
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Of note were the range of pieces focused on the cuts to scientific research funding in the USA. Journalists investigated the impact on individuals, institutions and communities both in the USA and internationally.
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#ABSWawards finalists revealed soon
π 300 entries
π 11 categories
β 34 finalists
"At a time when mis- and disinformation are rife, it has never been more important to recognise and reward accurate, independent science reporting."
Martin Ince, Chair of the Judging Panel 2026
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