Science

Our brand new columnist takes a humorous look at the internet’s past, present and future.

Filed in: Internet

Can fuel crops ever be sustainable? Danny Chivers gives us the lowdown.

Filed in: Agriculture Biotech Power

From wood to algae, biofuels have been around for years. But they’re not necessarily all they’re cracked up to be. Danny Chivers has the low-down.

Filed in: Agriculture Biotech Power Sustainability

A case study for our World Development text book

Filed in: Egypt Technology Tunisia

Jaideep Hardikar travels to the bottom of the social scale, and the women of rural south India, to discover where knowledge and wisdom about seeds are still to be found.

Filed in: Agriculture Biotech India

The world’s seed markets are being gobbled up by ‘life-science’ corporations – but peasant farmers still feed the world. David Ransom reports.

Filed in: Agriculture Biotech

A huge new scientific experiment plans to go looking for tiny particles in the middle of India’s oldest Biosphere Reserve, moving mountains of rock and earth as it goes. Tarsh Thekaekara has his doubts about what is being done in the name of pure science.

Filed in: Conservation India Science

Forest and climate change campaigner Jutta Kill explains why planting trees is no substitute for reducing pollution.

Filed in: Climate Change Forests Science

The carbon offset industry can’t see the wood for the trees, argues Adam Ma’anit.

Filed in: Climate Change Energy Forests Pollution Science

Technology used to help in the campaign against child jockeys

Filed in: Children Middle East Sport Technology

Science is often heavily biased towards nuclear technology. Alice Cutler speaks to Dr Ian Fairlie about the impacts of government and industry influence.

Filed in: Energy Nuclear Power Science