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Tom Chivers

Science writer at the i and freelance science writer. My second book, "How to Read Numbers", is out now.

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These People Are Trying To Fix A Huge Problem In Science – BuzzFeed UK

29/07/201711/04/2018 ~ Tom Chivers ~ Leave a comment
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Sian Butcher / BuzzFeed

The results of too many scientific studies aren’t standing up to scrutiny. Here’s how a group of scientists think they can (partly) change that.

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This UKIP Guy Is Selling “Bleach” As A Health Supplement – BuzzFeed UK

13/04/201711/04/2018 ~ Tom Chivers ~ Leave a comment
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UKIP / Phil Han / BuzzFeed

Andrew Haigh, appointed UKIP’s national organiser for Wales in 2015, has a website selling “Aerobic Oxygen” for consumption – but tests reveal it to be a powerful chemical similar to oven cleaner.

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Being A Father Makes Me Empathetic, But Does It Make Me Right?

22/09/201610/07/2018 ~ Tom Chivers ~ Leave a comment
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When photos of suffering children are splashed across my timeline, I see my own son reflected in them. But that doesn’t mean I deserve more say in how, and whether, those photos are shared.

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How The Cures For Cancer Snuck Up On Us – BuzzFeed UK

24/07/201611/04/2018 ~ Tom Chivers ~ Leave a comment

Screen Shot 2018-04-11 at 14.38.46New research is revealing cancer to be a complex, evolving disease – but scientists are beginning to cautiously talk about “curing” some instances.

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Terry Pratchett interview: a fantasy writer facing reality – Telegraph

27/08/201521/03/2018 ~ Tom Chivers ~ Leave a comment
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Photo: Alastair Levy for the Telegraph

The much-loved author of the Discworld series has died aged 66. In this interview from 2013, he showed that he didn’t shy away from life’s ‘depressing stuff’.

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Are ‘grammar Nazis’ ruining the English language? – Telegraph

19/03/201412/04/2018 ~ Tom Chivers ~ Leave a comment

grammar-pic-gramma_2850082b.jpgSplit infinitives make them shudder and they’d never end a sentence with a preposition. But linguist Geoffrey Pullum has a message for all grammar pedants: you’re wrong.

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Irving Finkel, reader of the lost Ark – Telegraph

19/01/201411/04/2018 ~ Tom Chivers ~ Leave a comment
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Irving Finkel. Photo by Benjamin McMahon for Telegraph

Tom Chivers meets the man who deciphered a 4,000-year-old blueprint – for the original Noah’s Ark.

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