Michael Le Page
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 31
- Latest publication
- Sep 30, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for New Scientist
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- Jul 8, 2026
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Unsettling images reveal stark impact of humans on the environment | New Scientist (opens the original)
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Do you have any idea what you’re looking at in the image above? It might look completely abstract at first glance, but this is, in fact, an aerial photo. The white cobwebby-looking bits are bubbles, the green is algae and the straight lines are the edges of tanks. This is the Kasslerfeld sewage-treatment plant in Duisburg, Germany, next to the Rhine river, which treats wastewater from nearby businesses and homes. “This is part of my series which illustrates environmental damage in a creative way
Why is this monster El Niño so strong? | New Scientist (opens the original)
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Mind-blowing. Unprecedented. Off the charts. Jaw-dropping. Godzilla-level. Superlatives have been flying about the current El Niño climate pattern, which is already the strongest on record months before it is expected to peak – and unusually, they are coming from scientists, rather than the media. So, what has made this such an exceptional event? This will no doubt be the subject of many studies to come, but the broad picture is clear. Two main factors have driven the formation of this record-sm
Anthropic’s discovery will, at best, be just another gene-editing tool | New Scientist (opens the original)
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The pioneers of the CRISPR gene-editing tool won a Nobel prize in 2020, and for good reason. The breakthrough has revolutionised biology, and is also transforming medicine and farming. Now, AI company Anthropic has announced that it has discovered an enzyme system with properties “reminiscent of CRISPR”. In fact, though, the two discoveries aren’t remotely comparable. On 23 September, Anthropic said it has turned its attention to biology and that its large language model, called Claude, has disc
El Niño heat could kill half a million people by February | New Scientist (opens the original)
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Around 450,000 people worldwide could die by February as a result of hotter weather caused by the record-breaking El Niño, climate scientists are warning. The estimate is based on how many deaths have resulted from past temperature extremes around the world. “We’re hoping this information is actionable, that decisions can be made to move resources ahead of time,” says Emily Grover-Kopec at the Rhodium Group. This could include assigning health workers to check on the most vulnerable, ensuring pe
How turning electricity directly into food could help save the planet | New Scientist (opens the original)
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What breakthroughs are you most looking forward to in the next 70 years? That’s the question we’ve been asking here at New Scientist as our 70th anniversary nears. For me, there’s one clear answer: solar foods, made by turning renewable electricity directly into food. This is already being done on a small scale. The big challenges are to make it efficient enough to compete with conventional foods on price, and delicious enough that people choose to buy it. When it comes to taste, perhaps the mos
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