Is JR Killing the Polar Bears?

'Tis the season of resurrections. And right on cue, science PR is working overtime to bring the polar-ice soap opera back from the dead. Following a disappointing summer of 2008, in which the 'worst ever' Arctic ice scenarios prophesied at the start of the year failed...

A Crisis of Faith in Crisis Politics

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 Silly-Season’s Soap-Opera Ice-Storm in a Tea-Pot

Explorer Lewis Pugh, self-proclaimed 'Voice of the Arctic' took a break from cold-water swimming to try to become the first person to kayak to the North Pole to raise awareness of himself the shrinking Arctic ice mass: There is one side of me that really hopes I can...