Alex Wilkins

Alex Wilkins is a news reporter with a strong background in physics and digital journalism. He currently works at New Scientist, focusing on space, physics, and breakthroughs in biology and robotics. His education includes a BSc in physics from King's College London and an MSc in digital journalism from Goldsmiths, University of London. Prior to his current role, he worked at Metro Online covering science and technology. Wilkins' work can be found on New Scientist's website, where he can be contacted at Alex.Wilkins@newscientist.com.

Biography:  https://www.newscientist.com/author/alex-wilkins/

79%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

92%

Examples:

  • The author has a background in physics and digital journalism, which may lead to a tendency to favor scientific explanations and findings.

Conflicts of Interest

75%

Examples:

  • The author's past work at Metro Online could potentially lead to a conflict of interest when reporting on science and technology topics, but no specific conflicts were identified in the provided articles.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

  • No unique contradictions were found in the articles.

Deceptions

67%

Examples:

  • The article 'Monster black hole powers the brightest known object in the universe' contains exaggerated statements about the black hole's mass consumption rate and uniqueness, as well as an unsupported claim about the widest accretion disc.
  • These deceptions may be driven by a desire for sensationalism, but they do not significantly undermine the overall credibility of the article.

Recent Articles

Harvard and Chinese Universities Make Strides Towards Building a Quantum Internet with Successful Entanglement of Atomic Ensemble Memories through Telecom Fiber Networks

Harvard and Chinese Universities Make Strides Towards Building a Quantum Internet with Successful Entanglement of Atomic Ensemble Memories through Telecom Fiber Networks

Broke On: Thursday, 16 May 2024 Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Science and Technology of China have made significant strides towards building a secure quantum internet, with successful entanglement of two atomic ensemble memories through telecom fiber networks. These breakthroughs bring us closer to realizing a global quantum internet, which could have major implications for secure communication and distributed computing. Harvard University and AWS Center for Quantum Networking (AWS CQN) have also made progress in this area by creating a multi-node quantum network using diamond-based quantum memories.
The Brightest Known Object in the Universe: J0529-4351, a Quasar Powered by a Supermassive Black Hole

The Brightest Known Object in the Universe: J0529-4351, a Quasar Powered by a Supermassive Black Hole

Broke On: Monday, 19 February 2024 A new study has discovered the brightest known object in the universe, a quasar powered by a supermassive black hole. J0529-4351 gobbles up 413 solar masses of matter every day and its accretion disk is seven light years across.