Nic Fleming

journalist, rock climber, amateur mycologist, juggler (not simultaneously, nor necessarily in that order)

[Nic Fleming @NicFlem]

@l_masu Hi. I'm writing a feature for Nature about the funding of science by philanthropic organisations. Might you be willing to answer a couple of questions about your Wellcome Early Career Award? If so, what's the best way for me to contact you with more details please?

[Nic Fleming @NicFlem]

Around 40 companies are already selling or developing blood tests to detect multiple cancers. But can they pick up more cancers earlier and save lives? One I wrote for @Nature w. @EricTopol @jvburnier Nitzan Rosenfeld, Dennis Lo & Tom Callender https://t.co/0NXp2X1ScX

[Nic Fleming @NicFlem]

@barabasi Hi. Any chance of an interview about your research on philanthropic support for science for a piece I’m writing for Nature?

[Nic Fleming @NicFlem]

@ReesScientific Hi. Who deals with media enquiries please? I’m seeking an interview for a piece in @Nature

[Jo Marchant @JoMarchant]

Placebo effects are NOT about expectation, or positive thinking, and you don’t have to believe you’re taking a real drug to feel better, says Harvard’s Ted Kaptchuk. I spoke to him about why placebos really work, and how to unlock our inner pharmacy https://t.co/dSVQOE9C0c

[nature @Nature]

Ultra-processed foods have been linked to obesity and other health troubles, but is the grouping to broad to guide dietary choices?

https://t.co/xgX9ujHfcq

[Nic Fleming @NicFlem]

There's a lot of talk about ultra-processed food, but how useful is the term? Are they bad for our health? And if so, why? My latest for @Nature with @CMonteiro_USP @KevinH_PhD @fordeycee @SamuelDickenUK @SongLabHarvard & Karen Corbin & Richard Mattes: https://t.co/OUUFpsjo66

[Nic Fleming @NicFlem]

Getting protein from grass, making it with GM yeast, automated high-throughput crop breeding, boosting crop yields with probiotics and acoustic precision pollination. Five of many sustainable food innovations presented at @fa_next. My piece in @Nature https://t.co/3fKk85utyF

[Nic Fleming @NicFlem]

@PaulStamets Not sure the study confirms anything about Lion’s Mane. The benefits could have come from the switch to a vegan diet, the 30 mins cardio exercise daily, strength trading, mental health support, yoga or meditation.

[Nic Fleming @NicFlem]

Does intermittent fasting work? Which of the health claims are supported by science? My piece for @Nature, with Mark Mattson, from @JohnsHopkins, @CourtneyP_PhD, @DrKristaVarady, @NMaruthur, @ohyilmaz, @SatchinPanda Read all about it, hot off the press: https://t.co/iIyaKshfV6

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The influence of diet on our immune system function is getting increasingly recognized, a feature today @Nature
https://t.co/VKpB5omQH8 @NicFlem open-access

[Linda Geddes @LindaGeddes]

@bishmatters @travelWESTeng @BristolDon @James_CrBS7 @bristol_pip Please, oh please, can someone confirm that the section of Concorde Way by Ashley Down station will reopen in time for children to have a safe & shorter route to school by the start of term next week?! #bristol

[Anil Ananthaswamy @anilananth]

Don't know how other authors feel, but seeing the first physical copy of your book, after years of looking at Word files and PDFs... Seems surreal. It's as if someone else wrote it... Anyway, this advance copy arrived in the mail. One more month to pub date ...https://t.co/skiLyCTfmJ
#artificalintelligence @DuttonBooks

[Jan Pisek @jan_pisek]

Honoured that our @tartobs @unitartu research has been highlighted in the latest @Nature issue: https://t.co/p5yLRl90pM
Big thanks to @NicFlem, @larjamiisa, @xalekter, Andres Kuusk for making this happen.

[Nic Fleming @NicFlem]

@leerust1966 Hi. I'm a freelance science journalist writing about elvers. Any chance of a quick chat? If so, could you follow me so I can explain in more detail?

[Anna Fleming @annamfleming]

A farewell to Scottish winter? If that's a wrap, then what a way to go. In Glencoe chasing sunrise, snow and the sublime.

[Nic Fleming @NicFlem]

@RFleming46 Isn’t there a risk wooden satellites would burn up before they achieved their mission?!

[Nic Fleming @NicFlem]

Spacecraft are getting smaller, mission design is speeding up and how AI will help humans boldly go where we haven't been before. One I wrote for @GuardianLabs, with @UoPCosmology and @_LucindaKing. Read all about it: https://t.co/dWhx717IB8

[Anna Fleming @annamfleming]

A stunning day for a traverse of the Aonach Eagach along Glencoe's hearty skyline with views to the sea lochs, islands and Ben Nevis himself, covered in snow. When Scotland is on form, there's no place like it.

[Alan Watson Featherstone @AlanWatsonFeat1]

I've been to Glen Affric hundreds of times in the past 45 years, but being there today really took my breath away. There was a remarkably thick hoar frost coating all the vegetation, especially the birch trees, and it transformed the whole area into a fabulous frozen forest.