Research must transcend ‘dystopian mindset’ of the past half-century
Ahead of his Vincent Briscoe Lecture, Bill Durodié calls on researchers to engage with issues of great social and technological ambition
Ahead of his Vincent Briscoe Lecture, Bill Durodié calls on researchers to engage with issues of great social and technological ambition
Andy Alaszewski is wrong to suggest that the connection between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism is one of "a low probability with a high consequence" ("When fear becomes another...
Andy Alaszewski is wrong to suggest that the connection between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism is one of "a low probability with a high consequence" ("When fear becomes another...
Roland Jackson, chief executive of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, suggests that "the public's views are based on a deeper set of values" ("Research: society has right to say...
It is an amusing coincidence that the articles by Bill Durodie and Jonathan Rutherford should be printed back to back (Features, September 22). Durodié speaks of nihilism and self-loathing, but the...
Bill Durodié is right to say there is little scientific evidence to indicate that the MMR vaccine causes autism (Letters, THES , January 2). But most parents are not scientists with specialist...
Bill Durodié is right to say there is little scientific evidence to indicate that the MMR vaccine causes autism (Letters, THES , January 2). But most parents are not scientists with specialist...
We cannot hope to combat terrorism without understanding its underlying nature, and Bill Durodie ("Terror in the first person", Review, August 5) is quite wrong to claim that we have now entered an...
Bill Durodié unwittingly illustrates one of the sources of the anti-American feeling that he hopes to understand ("The fear and self-loathing in Las Vegas", THES, October 24). When he claims that "...
Bill Durodié unwittingly illustrates one of the sources of the anti-American feeling that he hopes to understand ("The fear and self-loathing in Las Vegas", THES, October 24). When he claims that "...
Terrorism v Democracy
Using the Army to deter animal activists will not win over public opinion, says Bill Durodié. The Prime Minister has sanctioned deployment of the Army to protect the Pounds 18 million biomedical...
Academics are warned about burying their heads in the sand, report Anna Fazackerley and Jessica Shepherd. Universities have been warned this week that Islamist extremists are likely to target...
"Not one inch should we give to these people." The words of the Prime Minister at his monthly press conference rang through my mind as I set off to Chelsea to watch Robin Soans's production Talking...
Why are some British academics so eager to deny the organised Islamist threat to the security of Britain, asks Anthony Glees On August 5, 2005, after the 7/7 and 21/7 bombings, Tony Blair announced...