Outshining fossil fuel: Your guide to the revolution in solar energy
7 August 2019
Solar power is getting so cheap it is overtaking fossil fuels – and that’s without next-generation photovoltaic technology and artificial photosynthesis
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Snake-oil sellers must no longer be able to hide behind charity status
18 December 2018
UK regulators are cracking down on charities that promote bogus treatments. But will it be enough, asks Tom Chivers
Almost everything we know about social media and health could be wrong
30 November 2018
Many studies about social media use and health have a fundamental flaw - they use unreliable self-reports about how much people use technology
Double the risk of death! The problem with headline health statistics
8 November 2018
The way in which a statistic is presented can entirely change how alarming it sounds. And too often, both newspapers and scientific journals choose the most alarming, but least informative, way
There’s no evidence that screen time makes surgeons bad at their job
31 October 2018
A surgeon has claimed that screen time is hampering students’ manual dexterity. But studies suggest that, if anything, technology is good for their training
