Two Popes, two statements, two apparent U-turns: 1. The Vatican declares that evolution by natural selection is not incompatible with its teachings and that Intelligent Design is a 'cultural phenomenon' rather than a scientific or theological one. 2. Dr Vicky Pope,...
The Completely Cuckoo Climate Change Cyberspace Conspiracy Conspiracy
How long has it been since we last mentioned George Monbiot? The truth is that we simply got bored of his predictable column in the Guardian. Furthermore, we aren’t convinced that anyone actually takes him at all seriously, apart from the people who book him for media...
Cold is the new warm
When is a short term trend not a short term trend? When it's an upward anomaly. James Randerson in the Guardian tells us that, This year is set to be the coolest since 2000, according to a preliminary estimate of global average temperature that is due to be released...
Oh, to be in England…
...now that April's there. And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England - now! - Robert Browning Oh, to be...