David Robson is an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour. He previously worked as a features editor at New Scientist for five years, before moving to BBC Future, where he was a senior journalist for five years.
His writing has also appeared in The Guardian, The Atlantic, Aeon and Men’s Health. In 2021, David received awards from the Association of British Science Writers and the UK Medical Journalists’ Association for his writing on misinformation and risk communication during the COVID pandemic, and in 2022, he was a finalist for the Best British Science Journalist of the Year Award.
