On the indiscriminate adoption of AI
A (possibly controversial) opinion piece I wrote is published today on Nature Astronomy: “The indiscriminate adoption of AI threatens the foundations of academia” I argue that artificial intelligence...
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The Unwetlands
“The Unwetlands”: Thrilled to have been awarded a grant by the Journalism Science Alliance to work with the amazing Elisabetta Tola and her team of investigative journalists. Together with the...
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Cresciuti dalle Stelle
Felice ed emozionato di presentare il mio libro, “Il Cielo Stellato Sopra di Noi” a Locarno, mia città natale, il prossimo 27 novembre! Una serata speciale, non solo per me: tutte le donazioni saranno...
View ArticleUmani ed Algoritmi
In occasione della giornata mondiale dell’ascolto, il 23 ottobre 2025 ho avuto il piacere di intervenire ad un evento gratuito “Umani ed Algoritmi”: come l’intelligenza artificiale sta cambiando le...
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Il Cielo Stellato Sopra di Noi
I’m excited to share the titillating cover of the Italian translation of my book, STARBORN, which will be published by il Saggiatore S.r.l on March 14th with the inspired title “The Starry Sky Above...
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Looking back, looking forward
Yesterday’s group Xmas party (a bit early in the season, granted, as some of the team are off today to visit CCA at the Flatiron Institute) was the opportunity to thank everyone in the group for a...
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Inside the Infinite Monkey Cage
A few weeks ago, I had the rare pleasure of recording an episode of one of my favourite shows/podcasts – The Infinite Monkey Cage, hosted by Brian Cox and Robin Ince, with comedian John Bishop and...
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Da Isaac a Elon: il nostro futuro è fra le stelle?
Un intervento a Mondofuturo 2024, serie di eventi che accompagnano il Trieste Science + Fiction Festival. Una versione della mia presentazione è stata pubblicata da TuttoScienze del 30 ottobre 2024 su...
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Machine learning pipeline for direct detection experiments
After painstakingly thorough work, I am pleased to see our new paper, led by Andre Scaffidi, out today as part of the DARWIN direct dark matter detection collaboration! We use a semi-supervised anomaly...
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Living on Earth: we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the stars
I’ve had the pleasure to return as a guest to Living on Earth, Public Radio’s Environmental News Magazine, to discuss how the stars have shaped who we are, and how they are likely to show us the way...
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A beautiful Summer festival of ideas
This July, I had the great pleasure to present my book at ALSO24, one of the most stimulating and beautiful Summer festivals in England. Set on a natural estate with its own lake and forests, the...
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Solstice at the Standing Stones of Callanish
I had the privilege to travel to the Outer Hebrides around solstice, to speak about my book, STARBORN, and to visit several primary schools on the Isle of Lewis, on the invitation of the Callanish...
View ArticleWhat We Lose When We Can’t Stargaze
In my first op-ed for TIME, I argue that losing our connection with the night sky means becoming cut off from our ancestors’ view of the universe. We are missing out on the opportunities of being...
View ArticleSTARBORN at Ratio Forum
It was such a delight to present the topics of my book at RATIO, one of the largest science-themed events in Bulgaria in Nov 2023. The public were fantastic, the organizers incredibly warm and...
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STARBORN named “Book of the Week”
I’m delighted and honoured that STARBORN has been selected as a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week – with the amazing voice acting of Khalid Abdalla lending emotion and intensity to the text, in the...
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✨ STARBORN launch events in November! ✨
I am thrilled to announce the first launch events for my new book, STARBORN – How the Stars Made Us (and Who We Would Be Without Them). It’s a mix of talks and conversations with amazing scholars,...
View ArticleFrom the Big Bang to AI
I’m delighted to have been invited to talk about AI in cosmology by the prestigious Accademia dei XL, an Italian learnt society. The talk (in Italian) has been delivered online – spanning some of the...
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An Impossible Dialogue
I am delighted to be involved as scientific consultant in a new play by and with actress and author Diana Höbel. Diana approached me with the idea of creating an “impossible dialogue” between Alma...
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From Big Bang to ChatGPT: Astronomy, Data and Society
It was very special to return to Oxford after so long: meeting so many fascinating academics, students and alumni working in many different fields and walks of life reminded me of how incredibly...
View ArticleIn conversation with Melanie Mitchell
As part of the activities of the Premio Cosmos 2023, for which I am a member of the jury, I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing computer scientist, Santa Fe Institute professor and author Melanie...
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