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.
It's been discovered that the Met Office global surface temperature record from 1975 was boosted over 14% at the end of 2020. At the same time, the period between 1880-1975 was cooled, increasing the apparent warming.
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.
A new book comprehensively examines the scientific evidence on face masks for COVID-19 and finds even the most positive studies only found an effect of 15%, and the properly designed studies found much less than that.
The latest IPCC climate report continues its extreme alarmism, claiming lifestyles and diets must change urgently to avert catastrophe. But actual scientists among the authors are thin on the ground.
There is no evidence adding fluoride to water helps teeth and plenty of evidence it is harmful – but all of this is suppressed by a medical establishment in up to its neck defending claims that don't withstand scrutiny.
Like the predictions of the progress of Covid, we need to ask what the limitations are to climate modelling. Too easily the model output is given the status of truth, and quickly becomes unchallengeable.
To ensure policy failure on such a scale never happens again, those of us who oppose them need concrete proposals that could be implemented by a parliament and which address the root causes of the failed policies.
The BBC’s long-serving Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin is due to retire in June. What must his thoughts be as he contemplates the possible destruction of his cherished Net Zero fantasy?
Under post-normal criteria, science comes to the aid of hypotheses rooted in value judgements. During the last two years, post-normal scientists helped governments enforce rigid lockdowns by wildly overstating the risks.
