Stuart Layt

Health, Science and Tech journalist for @brisbanetimes. All tweets are mine, my own, my precious. Got a story? [email protected]

[Liam Mannix @liammannix]

Extraordinary. There was genetic evidence all along that racoon dogs at Huanan Market were infected with SARS-CoV-2 https://t.co/z5sEpauRC9

[Stuart Layt @stuartlayt]

Lot of cope from people from other cities in the comments.

[Brisbane Times @brisbanetimes]

Time magazine has named Brisbane among the world’s best destinations to explore in 2023 - and left all other Australian cities off the list.
https://t.co/wIChuSDbcx

[Stuart Layt @stuartlayt]

Very excited for this - the new exhibition at @qldmuseum will feature one of the largest dinosaurs ever, and gives a clue about what dinos walked ancient Australia as well https://t.co/lQ0RIz45og

[Stuart Layt @stuartlayt]

A massive end of an era moment for Brisbane https://t.co/WxhnyihBTo

[Jen Dudley-Nicholson @jendudley]

Only 23 more days of asking “is that your time or my time,” Queensland people.

[Stuart Layt @stuartlayt]

From me - Australian researchers have isolated an enzyme which produces electricity from hydrogen in the air around it, opening the possibility of "air-powered" devices in the future. https://t.co/lXtd6dUvU8

[Brisbane Times @brisbanetimes]

📢We're hiring📢

Reporting to our Editor, @seanparnell, we're on the lookout for a Digital Editor to lead our daily editorial output and oversee the management of our amazing team!

Apply here: https://t.co/3P3Tq9hsg7 or reach out to @JasmineIsHiring for more information.

[Michael Rowland @mjrowland68]

Enough.

Enough of the abusive comments about Lisa Millar, and other female presenters.

And enough of amplifying the bullying by republishing offensive comments.

Do better.
https://t.co/wL9O31XrBy

[Brisbane Times @brisbanetimes]

A recent two-day annual conference in Brisbane drew hundreds with the goal of “arming Christians to influence culture”. Read what their plan is ⬇️ https://t.co/rbP2NyZcMs

[Stuart Layt @stuartlayt]

"Until political leaders can find or be forced to muster the courage to truly step back and add politically inconvenient facts, not election fuel, to such a heated debate on an emotive and evergreen issue, we’re doomed to repeat the cycle."

[Brisbane Times @brisbanetimes]

Researchers including Queensland experts have mapped the routes taken by ancient humans through what is now Iran for the first time, confirming climate change helped and hindered their progress.

https://t.co/88AgDy1xP8

[Brisbane Times @brisbanetimes]

Experts say calls to ban manufactured stone are not the best way of dealing with a spike in silicosis cases in recent years.

https://t.co/tMFBnWajqK

[Stuart Layt @stuartlayt]

This is FULL ON.

[9News Queensland @9NewsQueensland]

#EXCLUSIVE: This is the moment a crocodile attacks a tourist at the Bloomfield boat ramp, in Far North Queensland.

The man fights his way free from the jaws of the predator and walks away with only minor injuries to his lower leg.

MORE: https://t.co/wVaa2os3xo

#9News

[Stuart Layt @stuartlayt]

From me - Scientists have confirmed Earth has more layers than we thought, using seismic waves to peer into the heart of the planet https://t.co/2IcBNN1zts

[Stuart Layt @stuartlayt]

Meanwhile @mattdennien reports the Palaszczuk government has had to override its own human rights legislation to introduce youth justice amendments which were copied wholesale from the LNP https://t.co/Lw4YEhO3LM

[Stuart Layt @stuartlayt]

Great analysis of what's actually going on with youth crime in Qld by Zach Hope https://t.co/f3JVgoVu2j

[Stuart Layt @stuartlayt]

As life gets back to something that looks very much like "normal" after the pandemic, @liammannix looks at what experts are doing to minimise their Covid risk https://t.co/ZKh9ndSFKb

[Stuart Layt @stuartlayt]

The @AnnastaciaMP govt's U-turn on breach of bail laws for youth offenders is a "race to the bottom" that will leave young people mired in the justice system without addressing the reasons they are there in the first place, experts have told @mattdennien https://t.co/yPvcPIoLXj

[Stuart Layt @stuartlayt]

Improve indoor ventilation and make antivirals widely available to prevent the burden of Long Covid, federal inquiry told (coverage by @liammannix) https://t.co/Unud446JJI

[Brisbane Times @brisbanetimes]

The Australian man is an archaeologist who works for an Australian university. He was accompanied by several Papua New Guinean students from a local university who were also taken hostage.

https://t.co/rJdc9Qv0VA