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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | What happened to global warming?
"This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998.
But it is true. For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures.
And our climate models did not forecast it, even though man-made carbon dioxide, the gas thought to be responsible for warming our planet, has continued to rise.
So what on Earth is going on? "
Council may impose 18 certificate for films that show smoking | Mail Online
Children under 18 will be banned from watching films that depict characters smoking under plans being considered by council 'thought police'.
An 18 certificate - usually reserved for movies with violent and sexual content - will be slapped on any film featuring smokers that fails to explain cigarettes are bad for you.
Asking for it – Bad Science
Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 4 July 2009
There’s nothing like science for giving that objective, white-coat flavoured legitimacy to your prejudices, so it must have been a great day for Telegraph readers when they came across the headline “Women who dress provocatively more likely to be raped, claim scientists”. Ah, scientists. “Women who drink alcohol, wear short skirts and are outgoing are more likely to be raped, claim scientists at the University of Leicester.” Well there you go. Oddly, though, the title of the press release for the same research was “Promiscuous men more likely to rape”.
Normally we berate journalists for rewriting press releases. Had the Telegraph found some news?
Blogs won't beat us: News chief
NEWS LIMITED'S chief executive, John Hartigan, has launched a broadside on bloggers and other online amateurs, arguing they are no substitute for professional journalists.
His attack came as he gave an update on his company's plan to generate revenue on the internet through charging for content rather than attracting advertising, and hinted at plans to stymie news aggregator sites such as Google's and Yahoo's.
Minister praises 'high standard' of science journalism - Press Gazette
The minister for science and innovation, Lord Drayson, has praised the high standard of science journalism at an industry conference.
Speaking at the World Conference of Science Journalists in London yesterday, Drayson defended the work of science and health correspondents in their coverage of issues such as swine flu.
He dismissed claims that science reporting only results in sensationalist and misleading headlines, and said journalists provided an important bridge between scientists and the public and helped people make informed choices about their lives.
Scared silly over climate change | Björn Lomborg | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
We are frightening children with exaggerations – they believe they don't have a future and that the world is going to end
I am sick of my country and this hysteria over MPs | Joan Smith | Comment is free | The Guardian
I am sick of my country and this hysteria over MPs
People have been led to believe that we are governed by a corrupt political class. This is sanctimonious nonsense
Julie Bindel talks to fellow feminist Julie Burchill about marriage, militancy and men's lib | Life and style | The Guardian
They're two of Britain's most outspoken feminists, so what happened when Julie Bindel asked Julie Burchill about marriage, militancy and men's lib?
Swine flu could infect 'one-third of world population' - Scotsman.com
SWINE flu is likely to spread around the world in the next few months and infect one-third of the global population, according to the first detailed analysis of the spread of the virus published by British scientists today.
The 'Global Warming Three' are on thin ice - Telegraph
A London employment tribunal has ruled that Tim Nicholson, right, was wrongly dismissed as a property firm’s “head of sustainability” because of his fervent commitment to “climate change”. Mr Nicholson had fallen out with his colleagues over his attempts to reduce the company’s “carbon footprint”. The tribunal chairman David Neath found the company guilty of discriminating against Mr Nicholson under the 2006 Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations, because his faith in global warming was a “philosophical belief”. Recalling how “eco-psychologists’’ at the University of the West of England are pressing for “climate denial” to be classified as a form of “mental disorder”, one doubts whether the same legal protection would be given to those who fail to share Mr Nicholson’s “philosophical belief”.
'Oldest English words' identified
When we speak to each other we're playing this massive game of Chinese whispers
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