Alok Jha

Profile

Alok Jha is a science correspondent at the Guardian. In addition to writing news and comment, he presents the Science Weekly podcast and looks after the Guardian's science website. A physics graduate from Imperial College London, he has been at the Guardian since the launch of the science supplement, Life, in 2003. He is also the author of The Doomsday Handbook: 50 Ways to the End of the World and How To Live Forever And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses for Science, both published by Quercus. You can find him on Twitter at @alokjha

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Nicotine replacement has no long-term benefit when quitting smoking

9 Jan 2012: Study suggests people who use nicotine gum or patches to quit smoking are just as likely to have relapsed a few years later
Stephen Hawking marks 70th birthday with speech to leading cosmologists

8 Jan 2012:
'Look up at the stars and not down at your feet,' says scientist, unable to attend symposium in person due to ill health
Stephen Hawking turns 70

8 Jan 2012: Scientist who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at 21 to deliver rare public lecture in Cambridge
Stephen Hawking to give 70th birthday lecture 'A brief history of mine'

6 Jan 2012:
Hawking's rare public lecture on Sunday will be the star turn of a symposium in Cambridge celebrating his work
Stephen Hawking at 70: Fellow scientists pay tribute

6 Jan 2012:
As cosmologists gather in Cambridge to honour Stephen Hawking on his 70th birthday, they share their recollections of meeting and working with him
World's brainiest physicists raise a toast to Stephen Hawking

6 Jan 2012:
Leading scientists gather at Cambridge University to pay tribute to Hawking and take stock of our understanding of the universe
New breed of university will make UK 'best place in world to do science'

4 Jan 2012:
Science minister David Willetts describes plans to attract international investment in scientific research to Britain
Pale octopus, hairy-chested yeti crab and other new species found

4 Jan 2012: Scientists exploring underwater vents near Antarctica find a world of creatures thriving in temperatures of 400C
Science Weekly podcast: Triumph and tragedy of Scott's Last Expedition

Audio (29min 50sec), 2 Jan 2012:
Historian Edward J. Larson discusses the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition and we get a sneak preview of the forthcoming Scott exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London
2011: the year in review

30 Dec 2011:
Police stood by as Britain rioted, popular protests changed the face of the Middle East, European governments fell apart – and so did Fleet Street's reputation. 2011 has been an extraordinary year, writes Decca Aitkenhead
Exotic creatures discovered living at deep-sea vent in Indian Ocean

28 Dec 2011:
Yeti crabs, sea cucumbers and snails at Dragon Vent may be new species, but time is running out before mining starts
Scientists buzz Simon Cowell for promoting pseudoscience

28 Dec 2011:
Sense About Science publishes its annual review of celebrities' misleading claims, including Cowell's intravenous vitamins
Scott's Last Expedition marks centenary of explorer reaching pole

28 Dec 2011:
Exhibition at the Natural History Museum will highlight the untold stories of the expedition, including its scientific mission
Science Weekly podcast: Bruce Hood has Christmas lectures on the brain

Audio (29min 50sec), 26 Dec 2011:
Professor of psychology Bruce Hood introduces his Royal Institution Christmas lecture series 'Meet the Brain'
Royal Institution Christmas lectures will unwrap the human brain

25 Dec 2011:
In this year's Christmas lectures on BBC Four, Professor Bruce Hood aims to reveal the brain in all its mystery and complexity