Over 600 cubes of Nazi uranium made their way to the US after the war. 2 scientists are trying to figure out where they are now.
Long-form reporting on the search for Nazi uranium cubes and the history around them
Marianne Guenot is a science journalist and editor covering health, medicine, science policy, and technology.
She has more than 700 bylines in major outlets including Business Insider, The Lancet, Nature Medicine, BBC Science Focus, and Live Science. Her work turns complex science into clear, accurate reporting for broad audiences.
What I cover
Health and medicine.
Science policy and research funding.
Technology and AI.
Space and nuclear science.
Investigations, explainers, and opinion.
Selected deep dives
A Harvard professor is risking his reputation to search for aliens. Tech tycoons are bankrolling his quest.
Enterprise feature Avi Loeb’s work and the funding backing his search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The story delves into reputation risk, and the role of wealthy backers in science
The moon is open for business, and entrepreneurs are racing to make billions
Market-focused deep dive on commercial space and policy, focussing on the challenges to build a precarious lunar economy and the companies involved.
What's for breakfast in 2050?
Narrative feature linking food science, systems, and consumer trends, by combining cross-disciplinary reporting and storytelling.
Selected news features
The damage done - Nature Medicine
Reported feature on the impact of US funding cuts on international clinical trials and the teams and patients affected.
“It's not about us anymore”: after the Le Scouarnec case
Investigative feature on institutional failure and patient harm, reporting on institutional oversight, patient harm, and calls for reform following the Le Scouarnec case.
European Union, 2019
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New EU Health Commissioner appointed amid controversy
Political-health reporting that explains complex EU policy shifts and their public-health implications centered around Olivér Várhelyi’s confirmation and the changes to his public-health portfolio
Long COVID patients: We feel gaslit by doctors that still don't believe us
Human-centred health feature on patients’ experiences of disbelief and the wider issue of medical gaslighting.
Selected science explainers
How to break the yo-yo diet cycle
Service feature that synthesises research and expert interviews on the research behind weight regain and why diets can be hard to sustain, while offering practical, scientifically nuanced, and actionable advice.
How do GLP-1 drugs work for weight loss . . . and everything else?
Evidence-led explainer on how GLP-1 drugs work and why their uses are expanding beyond weight loss, explaining complex drug biology and clinical implications for clinician and public audiences.
Can quantum computing crack the biggest challenges in health?
Accessible explainer of advanced tech implications for health research, translating emerging tech for medical audiences.
There's no GPS on the moon. NASA and ESA have to fix that before humans return.
Short explainer on the technical challenges of lunar navigation and the systems being developed to address them, combining technical detail and narrative clarity.
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