- Name
Steve Connor
- Bio
- Steve Connor is the Science Editor of The Independent and i. He has won many awards for his journalism, including five-times winner of the prestigious British science writers’ award; the David Perlman Award of the American Geophysical Union; four times highly commended as specialist journalist of the year in the UK Press Awards; UK health journalist of the year and a special merit award of the European School of Oncology for his investigations into the tobacco industry. He has a degree in zoology from the University of Oxford and has a special interest in genetics and medical science, human evolution and origins, climate change and the environment.
Scientists find 'switch' in the brain that helps control appetite
Appetite switch controlled by amount of glucose sugar circulating in the bloodstream, which naturally rises after a meal
Scientists solve the mystery of the ‘Tully Monster’ fossil
'Some people thought it might be this bizarre, swimming mollusc. We decided to throw every possible analytical technique at it'
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Aboriginal Australians 'genetically isolated for 50,000 years'
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Low doses of chemotherapy 'may control cancer more effectively'
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Scientists develop faster way of pulling water vapour out of the air
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‘Vaginal seeding’ puts health of newborn babies at risk, doctors warn
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Glyptodonts were related to present-day armadillos, scientists say
