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Published in: HomeJoin the debate around genome editing
A new tool for genome editing offers genetic engineering on an unprecedented scale. It has triggered a major...
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Published in: digitaLiberties'Are you a traitor?' The BBC Panorama interview with Edward Snowden
'The question is, if I was a traitor, who did I betray?' This is the exclusive full transcript of the interview with...
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Published in: HomeDigital capitalism: stagnation and contention?
Capitalist development has undergone – and inflicted – violent historical dislocations in the past. So it is with...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Time for nuclear sharing to end
You have to keep threatening to use nuclear weapons to make nuclear deterrence work. A view from Germany on the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Time to move beyond nuclear tribalism
"Question: Is nuclear power good or bad? Answer: No. Some nuclear is good, some is bad. For example, the Govt....
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Published in: HomeThe dangers of magical thinking: an interview with Eric Oliver
Given the overwhelming scientific evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of vaccines, why is there such...
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Published in: 50.50Energy democracy: building a solar dream in a tar sands nightmare
Refusing to be victims in this game of fossil fuel roulette, communities like Little Buffalo in Alberta are leading...
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Published in: HomeIt’s the failure to admit failure that fuels conspiracy theories
Why do some still harbour the same concerns about medical interventions as expressed in 1950s America? And if...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Weaning Norway off the oil
An alliance between unions, environmental organisations, religious institutions and researchers is a strange mix....
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Published in: digitaLibertiesFacebook’s dominance deepens
Two recent Facebook initiatives, “Instant Articles” and “internet.org” are set to entrench the firm’s dominance. Is...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesWhy 'backdoor' systems always fail
As the head of MI5 launches a push for unparalleled powers, will he answer challenging questions on why banning...
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Published in: HomePolio wars: conspiracy and democracy in Pakistan
What better evidence that the country is a nest of terrorists than the murder of medics trying to wipe out a deadly...
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Published in: HomeIatrophobia explained
Iatrophobia: an abnormal or irrational fear of doctors or going to the doctor.
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Published in: HomeCold war conspiracies and suspect polio prevention
Many American scientists distrusted the Russian field trials. Russian colleagues responded with a sentiment similar...
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Published in: HomeBacteriology as conspiracy
The case of Dr. Kinyoun and the 1900 Plague in San Francisco, in which he became a threatening foreign regime - a...
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Published in: HomeWhy do people reject climate change?
US Democrats did not come to support climate change because they sat down and confronted the evidence, read the...
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Published in: HomeClimate change versus conspiracy theory in India
A key aspect of the counter-narratives to the climate change explanations for man-eaters has underlined and...
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Published in: HomeA climate of conspiracy
What the Tea Party and Occupy movements have in common is that they don’t accept the official version of events any more.
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Published in: HomeTen years on: Katrina, militarisation and climate change
A security-led approach to climate change and complex emergencies not only fails to address the fundamental causes...
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Published in: TransformationStaying human in a time of climate change
Knowing about climate science isn’t enough. We need to get our hearts involved too.
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job