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Bio

Richard Fisher is a senior journalist at the BBC, the author of a non-fiction book called The Long View, and a lecturer in science communication at University College London. He is also a speaker, consultant and freelance writer (New York Times, The Observer, Vox, New Scientist.) Previously, he was a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT in the US, a managing editor at the BBC, and a features and news editor at New Scientist.

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