Wuhan wager: the $400 ‘bio bet’ that predicted the pandemic
At the end of this month, one of the world’s most renowned scientists will send $400 to a charity to…
How ‘experts’ led to the rise of RFK Jr.
The nomination of husky-voiced, musclebound Robert F. Kennedy Jr — who once dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park…
The ‘experts’ who enabled RFK Jr’s rise
The nomination of husky-voiced, musclebound Robert F. Kennedy Jr – who once dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park…
Dam shame: what really caused Valencia’s floods?
Who is to blame for the devastating floods that hit Valencia on 29 October? The mob that surrounded King Felipe…
How Ed Miliband plans to conjure electricity out of nothing
Electricity is magical stuff. From a couple of tiny holes in a wall comes an apparently endless supply of invisible,…
Is another pandemic really inevitable?
Future pandemics as bad as Covid are ‘a certainty’, says Sir Chris Whitty. He is right in one sense. So…
Whoever you vote for, the Blob wins
At the age of 66 I feel like a first-time voter. As a member of the House of Lords, I…
Any protest which threatens the Cenotaph is a travesty
Every year I lay a wreath a week early, because Blyth, my nearest town, was a submarine port. Submariners were…
The new age of gullibility
The new age of gullibility
Why won’t Greenpeace admit that wind turbines may be killing whales?
Greenpeace’s strange silence about new dangers to whales
Science fiction: the crisis in research
The crisis in research
Why I’m sceptical about a superconductor breakthrough
A team of South Korean scientists has pre-printed a paper asserting that they have achieved superconductivity at room temperature and…
Wuhan clan: we finally know the identity of the scientists in the lab linked to Covid
We finally know the identity of the scientists in the lab linked to Covid
My unexpected lunch with Nigel Lawson
When I joined the House of Lords in 2013 I soon realised that, despite its poor reputation, the place contained…
Did Covid really originate in Wuhan’s seafood market?
There is new evidence pointing to the origin of Covid being in the seafood market in Wuhan. That, at least,…
Who really discovered DNA’s structure?
The tangled tale of the discovery of DNA’s structure
The Tories’ wind power delusion
The Tories’ wind power delusion
What’s killing our birds?
No bird species is immune from the latest virus
How to be PM: ten rules for the next Tory leader to live by
Ten rules for the next Tory leader to live by
