BY ROGER WATSON It is hard to believe that James D. Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning co-discoverer of DNA’s structure, has died at 97 years old. Yet, it is equally astonishing that he was still with us for so long, given that the double-helical structure of DNA was established in 1953—two years before I was born. I am 70 years old this month. My first degree, from … Continue reading James D. Watson: Double Helix and Double Standards
BY ROGER WATSON Nonsense has a new name, and it is ‘terrain theory’. Never heard of it? Read on and you will not be able to say that again. Terrain theory is aptly described by Wikipedia as an ‘obsolete variation’ of ‘germ theory denialism’. Obsolete it may be, but it has not expired. To understand what germ theory denialism is, you need to understand what … Continue reading Terrain Theory ‘Terrorists’
BY ALEXIA JAMES Fighting Global Warming tends to be government policy in most nations these days. We are told to recycle as much as we possibly can and save energy to limit our carbon emissions which are fatally destroying the ozone layer and the future of the planet. Billions are spent globally fighting climate change. There are numerous think tanks, scientific research centres and whole … Continue reading “Ice Age” is Here
