Could a tax on chocolate make us healthy? Let’s not be too hasty
26 April 2018
Doctors are calling for an expansion of sugar taxes to include sweets and cakes, but we don’t yet know whether higher prices will lead to improved health
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Novichok attack tests the world's chemical weapons treaty
27 March 2018
We have the international tools to resolve uncertainties over the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal – but they will only work if Russia cooperates
Election polling accuracy has not improved since the 1940s
12 March 2018
Failure to predict Brexit and Trump has created a crisis for the polling industry, but actually errors in election polls have stayed the same over the past 75 years
Why the UK's new opt-out organ donation plan probably won't work
26 February 2018
Plans for the whole of the UK to shift to a system where consent for organ donation is assumed may actually do very little to save lives
UK's plastic bag ban is a pitiful attempt at a greener future
11 January 2018
Talk of cutting plastic pollution has grabbed the headlines, but the UK’s long-awaited 25-year plan for the environment consists almost entirely of vague aspirations and vacuous promises
No, the UK didn't vote that animals can't feel pain or emotion
22 November 2017
Campaigners say a recent UK vote will deny sentience to animals, but the reality is rather different. The real issue is what happens to animal welfare post-Brexit
You’re wrong, Amber Rudd – encryption is for ‘real people’
1 August 2017
The UK home secretary has claimed that end-to-end encryption only aids terrorists with something to hide. She’s mistaken – here's how it benefits all of us
Now North Sea cod is sustainable, is it really ok to eat?
20 July 2017
The bounceback of North Sea cod means you can now buy guilt-free, but Brexit and climate change could threaten its fragile recovery
How to combat the dark Facebook ads aiming to swing UK voters
1 June 2017
Targeted advertising is casting a cloud over the UK election, but it wouldn’t be hard to bring this shadowy area into the light, if politicians were willing
