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Michael Brooks is a New Scientist physics consultant. He holds a PhD in quantum physics, and works as an author, journalist and broadcaster. He is a host of the Eureka! podcast an ...

James Wong is a botanist and science writer, with a particular interest in food crops, conservation and the environment. Trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, he shares his tiny London flat with ...

David Adam is an author and journalist who covers science, technology and medicine and the impact they have on society. He lives in Hertford, near London.