
Peter Dockrill
Peter Dockrill is the Deputy Editor of ScienceAlert. With a background in law and technology journalism, Peter's work has appeared in APC, TechLife, PC User, Money, The Laws of Australia, and The Newcastle Law Review. Peter's science reporting was featured in "The Best Australian Science Writing 2018" anthology. He won most entertaining writer at the Consensus IT Writers Awards, and he was a finalist at the Australian IT Journo Awards. When not working, Peter likes spending time with friends, cooking, and making music. He lives in Newcastle, Australia with his wife, their two lovely daughters and a dog called Belle.
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Burnt 'Great Pyramid' notes reveal Isaac Newton's research into the apocalypseBy Peter Dockrill Published
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Scientists discover exotic new mineral forged in the furnace of a Russian volcanoVolcanoes rank among the most destructive and awe-inspiring phenomena on the planet. But these fiery fissures do much more than just destroy.
By Peter Dockrill Published
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Ancient fragment of the Pacific Ocean found buried 400 miles below ChinaBy Peter Dockrill Published
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Mysterious 'dark river' may flow hundreds of miles beneath GreenlandA giant underground river fed by melting ice could be running in a state of perpetual darkness far below the surface of Greenland.
By Peter Dockrill Published
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Mysterious 'gene within a gene' found in the coronavirusResearchers have uncovered a mysterious gene in the genetic code of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 – a segment virtually hidden from view in the virus's genome, and largely overlooked until now.
By Peter Dockrill Published
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An asteroid trailing after Mars could actually be the stolen twin of our moonA distant asteroid trailing in the gravitational wake of Mars our moon's long-lost twin.
By Peter Dockrill Published
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NASA finally makes contact with Voyager 2 after longest radio silence in 30 yearsAfter long months with no way of making contact with Voyager 2, NASA has finally reestablished communications with the record-setting interstellar spacecraft.
By Peter Dockrill Published
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The ozone hole over Antarctica has grown much deeper and wider in 2020The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has expanded to one of its greatest recorded sizes in recent years.
By Peter Dockrill Published
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Ice melt in Alaska threatens to unleash unprecedented 'mega-tsunami,' scientists warnBy Peter Dockrill Published
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800 years ago, Old Faithful went quiet. Soon, it might happen again.Old Faithful, the famed geyser in Yellowstone National Park that erupts with captivating regularity, could soon go quiet.
By Peter Dockrill Published
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Eerily well-preserved 17th-century ship found in the dark waters of the Baltic SeaDivers from Finland have made an unexpected discovery while exploring the depths of the Baltic Sea, finding an incredibly well-preserved shipwreck dating back almost 400 years.
By Peter Dockrill Published
