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Jacob Aron

News editor

Bio

Jacob Aron leads the news team at New Scientist, overseeing coverage of the latest in science and technology both digitally and in print. He has a BSc in mathematics from the University of Bristol and an MSc in science communication from Imperial College London.

Jacob joined New Scientist in 2011 as a technology reporter and has since held a number of roles, including physics and space reporter, analysis editor and deputy news editor. He also writes a monthly column about video games. His work has appeared in The Guardian and The Observer and on SciDev.Net.

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