Penny Sarchet
News Editor at New Scientist
Host at New Scientist Weekly Podcast
Managing Editor @newscientist. Co-host @NewScientistPod. Stuff I've written: https://t.co/TB0nchGP4K Banner pic @rivers_disguise
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2 weeks ago |
newscientist.com | Penny Sarchet
It has been a sunny spring in London, the perfect time to explore the overlap between gardening and science in the Avanade Intelligent Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, which closed on 24 May. Each tree in this urban forest sported an arboreal “smartwatch”, which tracked its growth, lean angle and more. An AI dashboard monitored the trees, ready to flag any warning signs. This is no gimmick: studies suggest perhaps the majority of urban trees die 15 years or less after planting.
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1 month ago |
newscientist.com | Penny Sarchet
If the only way you want to spend time away from your own garden right now is in places where you can look at and think about other gardens (preferably with some science thrown in), now’s the perfect time – in London, at least. I enjoyed the newly relaunched science section at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, which ran from 20 to 24 May. The clunkily named “GreenSTEM” area had five small exhibits, with two of the most interesting being more agricultural than horticultural. There was a…
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1 month ago |
newscientist.com | Penny Sarchet
How Babies SleepHelen Ball (Cornerstone Press (UK); Balance (US))Like many mothers of young children, I have spent a lot of nighttime hours reading about baby sleep on the internet. I’m fluent in the lexicon – from wake windows to split nights – and the frustratingly impossible exhortation to “put your baby down drowsy but awake”. I approach all these concepts as I would in my day job – looking for evidence, or at least some semblance of scientific plausibility. Both can be hard…
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Mar 14, 2025 |
cadenadial.com | Ana Más |Penny Sarchet
Comparte: Los padres de hoy en día estamos saturados de consejos sobre crianza, que van de lo más exigente a lo más respetuoso, no cabe duda. Y es que muchas veces tantas teorías nos saturan y sobre todo nos crean una presión excesiva a la hora de decidir la mejor forma de criar a nuestros niños y si esta será la correcta o nos estaremos equivocando escogiéndola y como afectará a nuestros hijos.
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Mar 5, 2025 |
newscientist.com | Penny Sarchet
MotherdomAlex Bollen (Verso (UK, out now; US, pending))Relax, but be on constant alert. Enjoy your baby, but take them very seriously. Follow your instincts, but do exactly what the scientists and health professionals say. Amid such a deluge of “expert” advice, is it any wonder that the experience of modern parenting – motherhood, in particular – can often feel exhausting and impossible?
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It's time to give up on the Late Heavy Bombardment and realise that life on Earth began surprisingly early https://t.co/EKswWXqM8Z
Great piece by @GrahamLawton last week on the popularity of climate action, and why it's so unwise to think declaring war on the environment is a vote winner. https://t.co/C5nFbMpvfU