Ainslie Johnstone
@AinslieJstone
Data journalist 📈 and science correspondent 🧪 at @theEconomist Former neuroscientist 🧠 at @UCLIoN and @OxfordWIN
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“Americans are falling out of love with their allies.” Even Democrats look less favourably on former friends since Donald Trump took office, @AinslieJstone tells “The Intelligence” econ.st/3G1jTV4
What does Elon Musk's online activity reveal about him? Going through nearly 40,000 posts over the past decade, and the policies implied or suggested in them, @AinslieJstone and I found a changed man
NEWS: today The Economist announces that Espresso, its short-form, daily news app, will be available to over 400m students worldwide at no cost. Read the full release: economistgroup.com/press-centre/t…
Much enjoyed reporting this week's cover story, with help from Gabriel Crossley in Beijing and @AinslieJstone .
America is sabotaging itself in the battle for mobile talent. Other countries have smarter ways of attracting highly skilled foreigners econ.st/3YGBby8
1 in 4 people spent a full 10 minutes looking at a painting when we asked them to. Nuts! (Go for the chart, stay for the reader comments on what that felt like) nytimes.com/2024/08/01/ups…
Great chart from @AinslieJstone and @LloydPa77648353 packed with insights: • Before Biden, every Democrat was below trend when taking office • Nixon/Ford and Clinton/Bush are the same ages • Biggest age increase was Obama to Trump • Biden is old economist.com/briefing/2024/…
Labour must form Britain’s next government—and not just because the Tories need a long lie-down econ.st/45PpS8s
🦕 Here is our @TheEconomist/@wethinkpolling MRP! And @JamesFransham has updated our Britain prediction model methodology. This is how we're thinking about the election (with maps + charts!) 🧵
I was on Science In Action on the BBC World Service last night, talking about China's science. You can listen back to it here bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
It’s the northern hemisphere solstice today. So I wrote an essay about solar power, and how it’s is going to change everything
China as scientific superpower. Great to talk to The Economist's science editor @AinslieJstone about the changing centre of gravity in research. BBC Science in Action soon bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…
From plant biology to superconductor physics, China has emerged as a major scientific force. On some measures it has even eclipsed America econ.st/3z4grFW 👇
Last year a lie that Ukraine’s first lady spent $1.1m on Cartier jewellery in New York reached millions of people. How did this happen? To find out @AinslieJstone and I untangled a disinformation campaign in an interactive article for @TheEconomist 👇 economist.com/disinformation
Why is Narendra Modi so popular? An interactive deep dive into Mann Ki Baat provides some answers. An interactive piece in collaboration with @AinslieJstone @Filippoteoldi economist.com/interactive/as…
Today on “The Intelligence”, @AinslieJstone dives into a new scientific study which could help explain why some dogs are more prone to obesity than others econ.st/3TR1Q8z
I’ll be editing the Science and Technology section @TheEconomist on and off over the next few months, so very keen to receive pitches from freelancers who get our style. Feel free to pass on.
What makes humans intelligent? @AinslieJstone visits the @uk_biobank centre for part one of our “Babbage” podcast series on the science that built the AI revolution econ.st/3ItCtDc 🎧
Could a vaccine finally end multiple sclerosis? Our “Babbage” podcast explores the link between MS and a common virus, with @alokjha and @AinslieJstone econ.st/430DV9J 👇
We're also looking for a tech-focused science correspondent to join the team @TheEconomist. Do share! economist.com/science-and-te…
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