Andy Coghlan
Bio
Andy Coghlan was a news reporter at New Scientist for 32 years, retiring in 2018. Across thousands of articles, he reported on all aspects of science, from exclusively revealing the invention of the beer can widget to leading a pioneering collaboration with the Royal Free Hospital investigating the health benefits of giving up alcohol among a sample of 14 New Scientist journalists. The hospital subsequently corroborated the findings in a clinical trial.Â
Over his career, Andy Coghlan garnered many awards and nominations from organisations including the Association of British Science Writers, the American Society for Microbiology, and the UK’s Medical Journalists’ Association for articles on subjects ranging from plant sensesÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýbacterial biofilmsÌý³Ù´ÇÌýcancer treatment breakthroughs and controversy over “shaken baby syndromeâ€�, culminating in receiving  in 2017. His reporting has been  on multiple occasions, he has been interviewed on TV and radio on a range of topical scientific issues, and he even appeared in a documentary about .ÌýÌý