A technological revolution is underway as the current version of the internet known as Web 2.0, based on centralised control by large technology companies, gives way for Web 3.0.

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked one of the most polarizing debates in public health: Do masks work? While some hailed them as a lifesaving tool, others dismissed them as ineffective or even harmful.

If you’re not familiar with 

, you need to be. He’s one of the premier researchers and observers in what I can most vaguely call ‘anomalous microscopy.’ We’re talking weird structures that resemble miniature iPhones or something…

A dramatic incident unfolded in the Pacific Ocean late Monday when the Morning Midas, a car carrier transporting electric vehicles (EVs), sank after a fire raged on its deck for weeks.

Are you concerned about pollution and toxic waste? This is certainly an issue in Making America Healthy Again.

Within the Western tradition, most people would likely agree that challenges such as those posed by man-made climate change are best addressed with pure reason. [emphasis, links added]

After enjoying many decades of high public support, higher education in the U.S. is in serious decline.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech where contradictory or opposite words are combined to create a striking or thought-provoking effect. Examples include ‘deafening silence,’ ‘organized chaos,’ ‘perpetual motion machines,’ and today’s favorite among zero-emissions policymakers, ‘RENEWABLE ENERGY!’

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.

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

This article appeared in the Daily Telegraph a week or so ago

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

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

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

Spending on ‘net zero’ is now so endemic in government that it would be impossible to track it all down