Nature was once the world's most prestigious scientific journal. Yet in the last few years, it has become increasingly woke. The latest example is a bizarre article suggesting fat people contribute to "diversity".
South Korea has one of the world's highest vaccination rates. Yet by the end of March, mortality was 67% higher than normal – a greater increase than France saw during the first wave, before anyone was vaccinated.
A lesser known reason for the high price of gasoline is lack of refining capacity. And restoring that takes time. So even if oil production rises, the price at the pump is unlikely to fall dramatically any time soon.
The legal scholar Ilya Shapiro was subjected to a four month investigation for a tweet he sent *before* his appointment began. This marks the second time in one year that Georgetown Law has caved to the mob.
Ukrainian men are banned from leaving the country, and as losses mount, they could be called up to fight. If the West continues arming Ukraine, we should insist that those who wish to leave be allowed to do so.
In 2014, dozens of protestors were killed by snipers on Maidan square, sparking Ukraine's 'Revolution of Dignity'. But eight years later, not a single person has been convicted. Was the massacre a false flag?
Is foreign policy even crazier than public health? A few weeks ago, one "expert" with more than 100K followers said we should "eliminate nuclear Russia", adding "some nukes can explode, but they will explode anyway”.
For the first two years of the pandemic, Iceland and Australia did not see any spike in excess mortality. That has now changed, casting further doubt on claims the vaccines are 90% effective against death.
A recent article in the Times claims that our ministers "did their best" during the pandemic, since we finished in the middle of the Covid death table. But the article ignores Britain's dismal economic performance.
A new freedom of information request has revealed that *another* author of the infamous Lancet letter, which referred to "conspiracy theories" about Covid origins, gave the lab leak credence in a private email.
The UN's food price index is now as high as it was during the 1970s oil crisis, and the World Food Programme has warned that 2022 will be a year of “catastrophic hunger”. Lockdown is one major culprit.
A new pro-lockdown study has been doing the rounds on social media. The author accused one critic of "libel" for saying it was "intellectually dishonest" to draw strong conclusions from dubious methods.
The German magazine Der Spiegel has reported that, earlier this year, the CIA warned Germany about a possible Ukrainian attack on the Nord Stream pipelines. The warning was based on intercepted Russian communications.
Norwegian social scientists were asked to evaluate a piece of research. When the research had a left-wing conclusion, the social scientists rated it as significantly higher quality and more important.
Who sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines? There are four prime suspects: Russia, the U.S., Poland and Ukraine. We consider the evidence for and against each country having done it.
Many studies have shown that ocean acidification alters fish behaviour. But a new meta-analysis finds that effect sizes have declined dramatically over time. And large effects in early studies may be due to fraud.
Liz Truss claims to be a free marketeer. But a new report by the Bruegel thinktank shows that Britain has spent more on the energy bailout than every EU country – both in absolute terms and as a percentage of GDP.
The Bangladesh mask study has been much touted by proponents of mask mandates. But a new critique shows the data are consistent with the intervention having had zero casual impact on the outcome variables.
It's unclear exactly how many casualties Russia has suffered in Ukraine. But a reasonable estimate is about 78,000 (dead plus wounded), which would equate to more than one third of its initial strength.
How much can we trust peer review? A new study finds that only 23% of reviewers say "reject" when a paper has a Nobel Prize winner on it, but 65% say "reject" when the same paper is authored by an unknown researcher.
A new survey reveals that 85% of Canadian academics are left-wing. When asked what they'd do if students made a petition against one of their colleagues, 40% of left-wing academics said they'd support the petition.
A study has found that 90% of Twitter bots posting on the war in Ukraine are pro-Ukrainian. This casts doubt on the commonly heard claim that Twitter is heavily influenced by Russian troll farms.
The new Prime Minister recently announced a price cap on energy that may cost £170 billion. Truss likes to model her outfits on Margaret Thatcher, but she appears to have modelled her energy policy on John McDonnell.
Britain's largest funder of scientific research is wasting money on phoney self-flagellation around racism. For the second time in two years, the Wellcome Trust has designated itself "institutionally racist".
