Chair of IPCC facing allegations that claims made in key reports did not have required standard of scientific reviewDamian Carrington Rajendra Pachauri, who has faced criticism as chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change following allegations of inaccurate statements in panel reports, suffered a fresh blow last night when he failed to get the [...]
The Times Online reported that the chairman of the leading climate change watchdog was indeed informed that claims made before the Copenhagen summit about melting Himalayan glaciers were false.
The chairman of the leading climate change watchdog, Pachauri, was informed that claims about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit, The Times has learnt.
Sceptics to swallow whole bottles of pills outside Boots stores to try to show remedies are ineffectiveHundreds of sceptics will stage a “mass overdose” outside Boots stores around Britain tomorrow to protest against the chain’s continuing sale of homeopathic remedies and to argue that such treatments have no scientific basis.The event ‑ called 10:23 ‑ [...]
The Information Commissioner’s Office found that a university unit involved in a controversy over stolen e-mails on climate research breached rules by withholding data, BBC News reported.Messages hacked in November showed that requests under the Freedo…
The university at the centre of the climate change row over stolen emails broke the law by refusing to hand over its raw data for public scrutiny. The University of East Anglia breached the Freedom of Information Act by refusing to comply with reque…
Range may contribute to confusion among pet owners with obese dogs and catsDog and cat owners buying weight-control diets for their overweight pets are faced with a confusing two-fold variation in calorie density, recommended intake, and wide range cos…
Inaccurate claims predicting Himalayan meltdown have handed gainsayers a big victory. But nothing material has changedIt was a strange moment that linked the fates of some of the world’s poorest farmers to the interests of an increasingly powerful set of western lobby groups. Last week, UN climate researchers admitted they had grossly overestimated the chances [...]
Extra-terrestrials likely to possess human foibles such as greed, violence and a tendency to exploit others’ resources, conference to be toldGovernments should prepare for the worst if aliens visit Earth because beings from outer space are likely to be just like humans, a leading scientist is claiming.Extra-terrestrials might not only resemble us but have our [...]
Nature v nurture – what are the latest genetic findings?The nature-nurture debate remains a hardy perennial for parents: why are siblings so different to each other? The latest evidence makes it look increasingly likely that genes play little or no part. Many naturally incline to the cosy answer that “it’s a bit of both” but [...]