It doesn’t give a damn about whether the facts stack up – as long as it creates a controversy.
Category: science
Smoke Rings
The tobacco industry duped both academic journals and the media.
A Life With No Purpose
Darwin tells us that we are no more than assemblages of complex molecules. We should celebrate this.
Junk Science
Climate change denial, as David Bellamy’s claims show, is based on pure hocus pocus
Seeds of Distraction
The biotech companies want us to consider everything except their motives.
The Sleaze Behind Our Science
The conflicts of interest revealed by the MMR story are everywhere.
Invasion of the Entryists
How a cruel and bizarre cult colonised the interface between science and the media.
The Enemies of Science
Nothing damages science more than forcing researchers to develop GM
Science is Dumbing Down
We Need a Revolution in our Universities
The Architects of Hell
Early specialisation prevents scientists from understanding the consequences of their work
Idiot Savants
Some of Britain’s most eminent scientists are engaged in an economic war against the poor
Skewed Science
Scientists are being forced to work for corporations, and against the rest of us
Science with Scruples
Science with Scruples
We Aren’t Robots
The extraordinary work of the neurobiologist Antonio Damasio shows that wisdom is inextricable from emotion
Blind Faith And Science
Genetic engineering will transfer power from the poor to the rich
The Shrinking of Science
Reductionism is making science ever less relevant to our lives.