Written by Adam Maguire on October 30th, 2006
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The publication of the Stern Report in the UK today has pushed the environment to centre-stage yet again, however it’s fair to say that the topic had been at the top of the agenda before this event anyway. In Britain, the green-shift in Tory focus under David Cameron has been the greatest evidence of this, [...]
Written by Simon on October 30th, 2006
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Science is fact, isn’t it? Pure fact, no ego, nothing but truth. It would be great if that was true and, indeed, science is that, but the people who come up with the science are as human as anyone. In 1801, Thomas Young proved that Newton’s corpuscular theory of light was wrong. In the famous [...]