Archive for 'Guardian'
The hockey stick graph remains an illusion | Andrew Montford
Posted on 10. Sep, 2010 by Science news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk.
Bob Ward failed in his attempt to prove the arguments in my book wrong• Bob Ward: Did sceptics mislead the public over significance of hacked emails?Two weeks ago, Bob Ward, the communications director of the Grantham Research Institute at the London...
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James Watson: ‘cancer research is over regulated’
Posted on 10. Sep, 2010 by Science news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk.
DNA pioneer says red tape hinders drug trials and a cure could be found within five or ten years if more risks were takenAt 82, you might imagine James Watson would be taking life easy. After a spectacular scientific career, during which he was part of...
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Cyrus cylinder, world’s oldest human rights charter, returns to Iran on loan
Posted on 10. Sep, 2010 by Science news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk.
Deal agreed after Tehran threatens to cut cultural ties with British MuseumA Babylonian artefact sometimes described as the world's first human rights charter is to go on display in Iran after Tehran threatened to cut ties with the British Museum if it...
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Guardian Books Podcast: Booker shortlist, Seamus Heaney and Stephen Hawking
Posted on 10. Sep, 2010 by Claire Armitstead, Sarah Crown, Andrew Brown, Tim Maby.
This week's unveiling of the Booker shortlist unleashed a host of questions about the nature of literary fiction – centred in particular on two of the shortlisted books. So we asked both writers to explain themselves. Tom McCarthy gives us a taster o...
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Spending review: Is poor advice betraying UK science and engineering?
Posted on 10. Sep, 2010 by Jon Butterworth.
The UK is reputedly poor at capitalising on its scientific excellence. Is this due to a lack of vision in the advice given to politicians?Crises provide opportunities, as every good manager knows.From my point of view as a particle physicist there is a...

















