Hannah Osborne

Science Editor

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Hannah Osborne is the science editor at the International Business Times UK.

Hannah manages the Science and Health desk and is responsible for reporting on all the innovations and advances in both fields. She attained her Bachelor's Degree from Kings College London in 2007 and went on to receive an MA in Journalism from Goldsmiths in 2012.

Hannah Osborne

fred phelps

Fred Phelps: Excommunicated Gay Hate Pastor Dead at 84

Fred Phelps Sr dies in Kansas hospice after being excommunicated from Westboro Baptist Church.

Sophie Jones

Sophie Jones Did Not Need a Smear Test: Myths About Cervical Screening

Sophie's Choice petition to lower cervical screening age will do more harm than good.

chernobyl

Chernobyl Disaster: 28 Years On Radiological Damage Still Poses 'Catastrophic' Threat to Ukraine

Study shows decomposition of leaves and plant matter has slowed following Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

egyptian soldier letter

Egyptian Soldier Aurelius Polion's 1,800-Year-Old Letter Home Has Poignant Modernity

Ancient letter from an Egyptian soldier to his brother translated over 100 years after discovery.

andes

Geological Cycles: How Earth Keeps its 'Goldilocks' Habitability

Scientists put forward new theory as to why Earth doesn't get too cold like Mars or Venus

Regulus

Asteroid Occultation 2014: Everything You Need to Know About 163 Erigone Eclipse of Regulus

Rare cosmic event tonight will see asteroid eclipse bright star over New York.

fred phelps

Fred Phelps Deathbed: Satanic Leader Lucien Greaves 'to Turn Westboro Pastor Gay' Once Dead

Satanic Temple leader Greaves plans to convert gay hate pastor to homosexuality in afterlife.

x class

Earth Narrowly Missed Catastrophic 'Solar Superstorm' Equal to a Billion Hydrogen Bombs

Earth dodged 'huge magnetic bullet' by just nine days following coronal mass ejections.

Polynesian chicken

Why Did the Polynesian Chicken Cross the Pacific? Not to Visit Colombia, Scientists Say

History of migration of Polynesian chickens uncovered through ancient bones.

British physicist Stephen Hawking

Cosmic Inflation Inflates Hawking's Ego in 'Bragging Rights' Bet

British physicist wins bet with Prof Neil Turok over discovery of gravitational waves

animal testing

Chemosynthetic Livers: an End to Animal Testing in Pharmaceutical Industry?

Scientists develop way to test drugs without using animals.

Titan

First Ocean Waves Spotted on Alien World of Titan

Nasa scientists believed to have recorded waves rippling on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

sudan skeleton

Sudan Skeleton From 1200BC is Oldest Example of Human with Metastatic Cancer

Archaeologists discover oldest ever complete example of human with cancer in ancient tomb.

Starvation

Violent Conflict, Mass Displacement and Starvation: Dire Climate Change Impacts Expected By 2100

Forthcoming UN report warns of extreme reality facing mankind due to climate change.

President Bill Clinton (D-Ark.)

Bill Clinton Launches $1m 'Nobel Prize' for Teachers

Former president Clinton launches first Varkey GEMS Foundation Global Teacher Prize.

Horsehead Nebula

Bicep2: What are Primordial Gravitational Waves That Followed Big Bang?

Scientists explain cosmic inflation discovery made by Harvard Smithsonian astrophysicists.

ancient moss

Ancient Antarctic Moss 'Rises from the Dead' After 1,500 Years Frozen in Ice

British Antarctic Survey scientists discover moss frozen in time for 'longer than anything' reported before.

early galaxies

Harvard Smithsonian Makes 'Nobel-Worthy' Discovery: Cosmic Inflation Following Big Bang

Scientists provide evidence supporting Big Bang Theory of an ever-expanding universe.

Galaxy

Primordial Gravitational Waves: Have Harvard Smithsonian Scientists Recorded Echoes of Big Bang?

Harvard Smithsonian researchers announce space-time ripples from beginning of universe.

Regulus

Rare Asteroid Occultation: Watch 163 Erigone Block Out Bright Star Regulus Live Online

Extremely rare space event 'asteroid occultation' to take place above New York.

fred phelps

Fred Phelps Deathbed: Gay Hate Pastor 'Stopped Eating and Drinking After Excommunication'

Atheist Nathan Phelps says the founder of Westboro Baptist Church is dying in a hospice.

tropical glacier in Papua New Guinea

'Sleeping Dragon' of Climate Change Underestimated by Scientists

Scientists examine 1,000 year climate history of western tropical Pacific Ocean.

climate change

Two-Thirds of Americans Do Not View Climate Change as 'Serious Threat'

Just one in three Americans believe global warming will pose serious threat in their lifetimes.

Albert Einstein

Happy Birthday Albert Einstein: 20 Best Quotes from Father of Modern Physics

Top 20 quotes from Albert Einstein on what would have been physicist's 135th birthday.

HIV

CDC Reports Rare Case of Lesbian HIV Transmission Through 'Rough Sex'

HIV transmitted through sexual contact between two women in Houston.

python

Australia: Python Gets Stuck after Eating Pet Dog Chained to Kennel

Python bit off more than it could chew after swallowing Chihuahua-Maltese Cross in New South Wales.

Semirostrum ceruttii

Extinct Big-Jawed Porpoise Fossil Discovered off California Coast

Long lost species of porpoise had distinctive underbite it used to feel for prey.

Europa

Seti Astronomer: We Will Receive Radio Contact from Aliens Within 20 Years

Astronomer Seth Shostak says advances in computer technology will shorten search for extraterrestrial life.

Bizzare animal friendships

Cats and Dogs Plastic Surgery Banned in Rio de Janeiro

Lawmaker Graca Pereira gets cosmetic surgery on pets banned in Rio.

missing dinosaur footprint

Utah Man Jared F Ehlers Facing 20 Years Jail for Dinosaur Footprint Theft

Jared Ehlers indicted for stealing three-toed pre-historic footprint from Moab, Utah.