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Thursday 3 May 2012	Science and technology


Rob Lyons There’s no such thing as a natural drought Never mind the lack of rain in recent UK winters - it is our willingness to invest and build big that has really dried up.

Thursday 22 March 2012
Nathalie Rothschild Why clicktivism now makes us switch off President Obama is better than most politicians at exploiting social media, but even he can fall victim to mocking memes.

Wednesday 15 February 2012
Norman Lewis Facebook valuation: $100 billion for what? Yes, if FB were a country it would be the third largest. It would also be the most unproductive country ever.

Tuesday 24 January 2012
Theresa Clifford A mega attack on internet freedom You don’t have to be a fan of the juvenile people behind Megaupload to be worried by the crackdown against it.

Monday 7 November 2011
David Perks There’s more to science than ridiculing fools The science-led campaign against TV psychic Sally Morgan has the whiff of a modern-day witch hunt.

Friday 12 August 2011
Hayley Watson No, it was not the Blackberry wot dunnit The smart-phone riots? Technology is about as capable of causing riots as a car is of driving a man.

Thursday 26 May 2011
Colin McInnes How hyper-mobility can change the world By investing in faster and cheaper transportation, we can truly realise the dream of a global village.

Friday 13 May 2011
Tim Black The tyranny of science More and more scientists fancy themselves as gods, with a duty to enlighten those who are ‘deluded to the point of perversity’.

Wednesday 27 April 2011
Tim Black On the wrong track over iPhone privacy Campaigners should worry less about gadgets recording our locations and more about why society doesn't value privacy.

Wednesday 9 March 2011
Colin McInnes Dimming the light on human ingenuity The candle-lit world of Earth Hour is a decadent celebration of an era that we ought to be glad we’ve left behind.

Monday 21 February 2011
James Woudhuysen Big Pharma, small ambition Pfizer’s decision to close its UK research facility was born of an industry-wide angst about medical discovery.

Monday 18 October 2010
Craig Fairnington There’s more to science than making money Pro-science protesters are playing a dangerous game by arguing against government cuts on economic grounds only.

Wednesday 4 August 2010
Brendan O’Neill We’ll only listen to you if you’ve been peer-reviewed The decree that all future debate about The Spirit Level should take place in peer-reviewed journals highlights a new censorious dynamic.

Wednesday 21 July 2010
Martyn Perks Coercing people into a brave new digital world A government-backed campaign to get the entire UK adult population online threatens to make cyber slaves of us all.

Thursday 1 July 2010
Stuart Derbyshire Abortion is more than a scientific issue A contributor to a major report on ‘fetal pain’ says the facts are important, but a woman’s right to choose should be discussed in moral terms.

Thursday 3 June 2010
Brendan O’Neill Buy an iPad, kill a Chinaman The idea that our lust for Apple products is causing suicides is anti-capitalism of the lowest (and dumbest) variety.

Wednesday 2 June 2010
Robin Walsh A ‘second chamber’ of scientific expertise In the past priests were forever poking their noses into politics to offer ‘moral guidance’. Now scientists do the same.

Monday 17 May 2010
Stephen Bremner Keep quiet... there might be aliens listening Stephen Hawking’s warning to avoid contact with extra-terrestrial life reveals his pessimism towards humanity.

Thursday 22 April 2010
Rob Lyons The Icelandic volcano: let’s have a reckoning It is mad to blame one safety official for the six-day flight ban – it was actually a product of elite risk-aversion.

Thursday 8 April 2010
James Woudhuysen Whatever happened to innovation? ELECTION ESSAY: James Woudhuysen explores the roots of the establishment’s neglect of scientific and technological innovation.
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