As a children’s specialist, I want to caution parents regarding the emerging use of small interfering RNA (siRNA) technology, particularly in therapeutic contexts potentially applicable to infants and young children

Early in Biden’s disaster-laden term, his Environmental Protection Agency proposed economy-crushing liberty-limiting rules that would theoretically eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s electricity sector by 2040

Chris Stark, the outgoing Chief Executive of the U.K. Climate Change Committee (CCC), is demob-happy.

Pope Francis told CBS News this week that climate change deniers are “stupid” to refute compelling evidence of a climate emergency. [emphasis, links added]

The number of pupils suspended from British schools has reached a record high as experts warn that bad behaviour has increased as a result of lockdown school closures

The vegan diet is low in – or, in some cases, entirely devoid of – several important brain nutrients. Could these shortcomings be affecting vegans’ abilities to think?

The “megaraptor” — technically part of the dinosaur taxon Fujianipus yingliangi — lived some 96-million years ago and grew up to five meters in length (that’s about 16 feet for those of you who measure in American), according to New Scientist

New Mexico’s Economic Development Department announced plans this month to spend millions of dollars on “energy transition” projects [to meet climate change metrics and create jobs]. [emphasis, links added]

Almost eight in 10 new electric cars are being sold at a discount as the industry reels from falling consumer demand

Recent research has shed light on benefits of the ketogenic diet, extending beyond epilepsy and mental health to conditions like chronic pain

“Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters broke U.S. record in 2023, NOAA says,” reported PBS earlier this year.

Multiple media outlets, including the BBC and Reuters, claim that a recent West African heatwave would be “impossible” without global warming. This claim is misleading and not supported by real-world data

Up to half the excess deaths in American nursing homes were due to the impact of lockdowns and mitigation measures on frail residents rather than the virus. That’s the conclusion of epidemiologist Professor Eyal Shahar in a new analysis of a study on U.S. nursing home deaths

This is due to the changing solar activity, explains Professor Valentina Zharkova of Northumbria University

I submitted a complaint to the BBC today about Chris Packham’s slanderous allegation about the Daily Sceptic last Sunday

The Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old.