Richard Kemeny

Writer, science + travel.
✏️ National Geographic, Science, BBC, Hakai, others.
Ex @TheEconomist
@SheffieldUnited fan

[Richard Kemeny @rakemeny]

Do octopuses dream of electric eels? Observations of a sleeping octopus startling awake have scientists asking if it has nightmares or is just getting old

For @NatGeo

https://t.co/NdlksIcsv6

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How to Season Your Food Like the French
https://t.co/tXsCmZ7bnt

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@halhod @TheEconomist Congrats Hal!

[The Story Collider @storycollider]

We’re joining @imperialcollege @ImperialSpark for their 1st #ImperialLates of the season! Hosted by @rakemeny + @MichaelaAgapiou with stories about science & food 🍔 from @jennykleeman Ellis Ballard @MullaZeinab & @gutismycopilot. Details & Register: https://t.co/bS8N8SuRZz

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Remarkable find from Zambia: 476,000 year old logs could be evidence of the world's oldest building. Before this, the oldest known was ~9000BC

Early hominins may have been less nomadic than we thought and capable of "sophisticated, complex behaviors"
https://t.co/JFdJuCazyb

[The Story Collider @storycollider]

Guess who's back in #London for a night of true, personal #stories about #science and renewal? WE ARE! Join hosts @rakemeny & @MichaelaAgapiou at @Aces_Bar on May 24th and hear stories from:
☀️Pran Darshan
☀️An Nemia
☀️@ericabuist
☀️@rakemeny
Tickets: https://t.co/H67ShF5Fxf

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Swarming locusts deploy a “don’t-eat-me” chemical to avoid being cannibalised by their travel companions

For @ScienceNews

https://t.co/Iul2MmnXUJ

[The World @TheWorld]

On The World 🌎 today:

@OfmanDaniel : Why is Russia's Fan ID law controversial?

@_aswesterman: China, the West and the courtship of the Pacific Islands

@gerryhadden: Designing buildings to withstand earthquakes

@rakemeny: Femicide in Colombia

Biden meets Trudeau

Tune in 📻

[Paul Stamets @PaulStamets]

What an incredible video that was captured of mushrooms releasing spores into the wind! Nature is spectacular. 

Video credit: Villareal C. Jojo

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Devastating
https://t.co/EYdROqqLuG

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Consistently superb content

[weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval]

lil snail farmer hard at work, france, 14th century

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Maybe they just had a massive birthday party

https://t.co/E5rYluesxR

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@DebabarrenaTur It’s a deal!

[Richard Kemeny @rakemeny]

I wrote about Mutriku, a Basque town home to Europe’s first commercial wave power plant.

Well worth a visit to this stretch of the coast, I only regret not mentioning the food…

https://t.co/ZOdlqCf079

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@TomLRodgers I just think the algo has overestimated *slightly* and I don’t know how to row back. A tone-down is all I’m after

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Does anyone know how I can get less cat on my Insta? I love cats, but it's too much now. Dawn till dusk. Cats. No friends. Help!

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@mishagajewski Thank you for your help

[Joshua Collins @InvisiblesMuros]

Argentina *finally* making good fiscal decisions

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Flood gates opening
https://t.co/OL1VT0YhzH

[Karen Coates @RamblingSpoon]

10 days left to apply! Come & work @mongabay as one of our next fellows. This is 6-month opportunity for early-career journalists in tropical countries. All the info & eligibility requirements here: https://t.co/Er8YRi4QjY #environment #conservation #journalism