Freelance science writer & communicator, occasional comedian & opportunistic wildlife photographer. Co-author of Brave Green World, Author of Marvolution. Host of the Robot Talk Podcast (@robottalkpod.bsky.social). She / her. http://claireasher.co.uk/https://bsky.app/profile/claireasher.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/claireasher.bsky.social/post/3mttzlvl2dk25What happens to our used clothes after we donate them to charity? Every year, over 90 million tonnes of textiles waste is produced globally, but less than one per cent of that is recycled or reused. My latest for @sciencefocus.bsky.social: https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/clothes-donation-recycling-waste-pollution-landfill 🧪24 Aug 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:4ak2xuwx2cg4zisnd4moilly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttzlvl2dk25https://bsky.app/profile/claireasher.bsky.social/post/3mtci5yqiqc2qThis was a fun one to write for @sciencefocus.bsky.social! From space harpoons to robotic tentacles, here are 5 weird and wonderful methods proposed to clean-up space junk: https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/space-junk-clean-up-methods 🧪17 Aug 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:4ak2xuwx2cg4zisnd4moilly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtci5yqiqc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/claireasher.bsky.social/post/3mqs2s7pmpk2mIn the first second after the Big Bang, a scorching hot sea of light and particles filled the Universe. Over the last two decades, scientists have managed to recreate this liquid light and study its properties. 🧪 My latest for @sciencefocus.bsky.social: https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/recreated-universe-first-liquid16 Jul 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:4ak2xuwx2cg4zisnd4moilly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqs2s7pmpk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/claireasher.bsky.social/post/3mq7dmrtmh22qPlastic pollution and drug-resistant infections are two of the biggest crises facing humanity. New research is finding deeply concerning links between them. My latest article for @mongabay.com explores how plastic pollution is enhancing antimicrobial resistance. 🧪 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/microplastic-pollution-can-fuel-rise-in-antibiotic-resistance-studies-find/09 Jul 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:4ak2xuwx2cg4zisnd4moilly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7dmrtmh22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/claireasher.bsky.social/post/3mnhmfc3ud22f🌟 It's publication day! 🌟 I'm absolutely thrilled that my children's book, Marvolution, was published today by Bloomsbury. Marvolution is a fantastical encyclopaedia of future animals, based on real evolutionary science (and a bit of imagination!). https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marvolution-9781526671264/04 Jun 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:4ak2xuwx2cg4zisnd4moilly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhmfc3ud22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/claireasher.bsky.social/post/3mkrzofoxxk2lThis week's episode of Robot Talk covers a topic particularly close to my heart - visual navigation in ants and bees. 🧪 Andy's research is fascinating and it was lovely to hear him talk with such enthusiasm about social insects and what roboticists can learn from them. Definitely worth a listen! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:4ak2xuwx2cg4zisnd4moilly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrzofoxxk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/claireasher.bsky.social/post/3mgpv46tjg22qPlastic pollution is a global environmental crisis, but what if we could design plastics that automatically break down after use? 🧪 My latest article for @mongabay.com looks at a recent study that used clever chemistry to do just that. https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/promising-breakthrough-creates-plastics-that-self-deconstruct-on-cue-study/ #CircularEconomy #Plastics10 Mar 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:4ak2xuwx2cg4zisnd4moilly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpv46tjg22q