Nicola Jones

Fragments of a hominin skull add to the sparse collection from our obscure cousins.  I dug up these unpublished results in a conference abstract, and reported on it for Sapiens. https://www.sapiens.org/biology/denisovan-skull-found/

 Blowing up your lab is usually discouraged, but it’s part of the experience when you’re learning online.  https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06831-1

Programmes from high school through to graduate school are aiming to keep more women and people from underrepresented groups in the physical sciences. Do they work? My feature for Nature. h ttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06834-y

How much energy do data centres use? A lot. Here are some estimates--and some good ideas for how to solve the problem. This is one of my most-read features in Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06610-y

One scholar has found in the humble, rusty beer can a trusty time capsule. I met David Maxwell at his booth at an archaeology conference, and profiled him for Sapiens. https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/beer-can-archaeology/

A small neighborhood in the developing world built fame and fortune through their connection to the internet. Can the lessons it offers help wire the world? My story for Sapiens https://www.sapiens.org/culture/indonesia-cyber-village/  

 A company began diamond mining at an extraordinary site in South Africa with 2.3 million years of human history. Quick action by archaeologists has led to a court decision protecting the site.  https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/canteen-kopje-saved/