Rowan Hooper

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1,494 appearances 19 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2d ago

Rowan Hooper’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The World, the Universe and Us · Climate 2026: Record Heat, Tens of Thousands Dead, Mass Evacuations · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

Or you'd think so, right?

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Bye for now.

The World, the Universe and Us · Scientists Pioneer Surgical Methods for Human Head and Eye Transplants · 27 Jul 2026 podcast

They should.

Now, we have a rule, as you know, in New Scientist, you're not allowed to say this is like something out of science fiction.

I have to say it on this occasion.

Rules are there to be broken.

Eye transplants and body or head transplant, that is very science fiction-y.

We're not reporting that yet, but we're reporting significant steps towards those kinds of surgeries.

So that is definitely reminiscent of science fiction.

And I'm Dr Rowan Hooper.

And we're joined by Biomed editor Alexandra Thompson.

Alex, let's start with a retina transplant story.

Retinas are famously wired backwards, as you know.

Backwards, I'll say.

Remind me.

So the blood vessels go in on top of the light-sensing cells.

Oh, yes.

So it's an argument against intelligent design because if you had designed it, you'd have the light-sensitive cells first and then the blood vessels connecting behind it and not blocking the light.

Yeah, the octopus got it right.

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