
Last year, Matt Spick began to notice oddly similar papers flooding in for peer review at Scientific Reports, where he is an associate editor. He smelled a rat.
Written by Cathleen O’Grady

Last year, Matt Spick began to notice oddly similar papers flooding in for peer review at Scientific Reports, where he is an associate editor. He smelled a rat.
Written by Dr. Matthew Wielicki

As an isotope geochemist, I’ve spent years studying the subtle signatures that reveal Earth’s hidden stories
Written by Jonathan Engler

This article appeared in the Daily Telegraph a week or so ago
Written by Jane Palmer

Half a decade after receiving a psychedelic treatment for depression, two-thirds of patients in a new study remained in remission
Written by John Leake

Apologies for disappearing from Focal Points for the last two weeks. Final fact-checking and proofreading for our new book proved to be more painstaking than I’d anticipated
Written by Mauricio Alencar

Labour ministers are expected to double down on expanding the use of ‘green’ technologies as the Treasury and Department for Business and Trade are set to unveil the UK’s industrial strategy next week
Written by Paul Homewood

Spending on ‘net zero’ is now so endemic in government that it would be impossible to track it all down
Written by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.

The committee will also vote on RSV vaccines for pregnant mothers, babies and young children at its meeting next week
Written by Vijay Jayaraj

A Wood Mackenzie analysis notes that Japanese electricity demand is forecast to be between 1,100 and 1,200 terawatt-hours in 2040, up from less than 1,000 in 2023
Written by Ben Pile

According to various reports of an offshore wind industry conference this week, Ed Miliband has claimed confidence in “winning the fight on Net Zero” against his critics
Written by BBC

The BBC is threatening to take legal action against an artificial intelligence firm whose chatbot the corporation says is reproducing BBC content “verbatim” without its permission
Written by Paul Homewood

What is it about the BBC’s climate reporters? They seem to live in their own little bubble, oblivious to what is going on in the real world!
Written by Paul Homewood

The ‘Greens’ are throwing their toys out of the pram because Texas is planning to build dozens of new gas power stations
Written by Sallust

Matthew Lynn’s latest column in Telegraph has flagged up a WhatCar? survey that reveals EVs are the most likely to leave you stranded by the roadside
Written by Paul Homewood

The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions said the BBC on June 19th
Written by Climate Discussion Nexus

It’s hard to know what to make of MSN’s news aggregator. We long ago conceded that it’s not overseen by the gimlet-eyed editors of yore with porkpie hats, mickeys in desk drawers and brusque contempt for nonsense