A new survey has found that younger academics are less likely to agree that it's never acceptable to deplatform a speaker using violence. This suggests the academy is becoming less supportive of free speech over time.
The Casey Review concludes there is “institutional racism” in the Met. Yet according to news reports from the last few years, almost every major British institution is "institutionally racist", as well as the UK itself.
We know scientific journals have been engaging in woke activism. A new study finds that the journal Nature's endorsement of Joe Biden made ordinary Americans see the editors as more biased and less knowledgable.
Many studies have documented ‘learning loss’ under lockdown. But what about intelligence itself – did that decline too? Yes, a new study finds that German children's intelligence test scores fell considerably.
OpenAI's new chatbot "GPT-4" appears to be politically neutral. Yet when you dig below the surface, you find it's as or more biased than its predecessor. What's more, it lied to a human to complete a task it was given.
A heavily-criticised study that concluded lockdown saved 3 million lives in Europe has been cited 2,779 times. More-rigorous studies concluding lockdown had little impact have garnered far fewer citations.
Yesterday evening, news that “pro-Ukraine saboteurs” may have been responsible for the Nord Stream sabotage was simultaneously reported by at least four Western newspapers. But should we believe it?
Europe has made it through the winter largely without incident. But we didn’t avoid blackouts thanks to our leaders' wise and far-sighted choices. We basically got lucky, with one of the warmest winters on record.
While Seymour Hersh's account of the Nord Stream sabotage should be taken seriously, the Ukrainians are the most likely culprits. According to analyst Fiona Hill, "Ukraine could have found a way of doing this".
Do you have the sense that everything is getting gloomier? Two recent studies have found that both news headlines and song lyrics are becoming more negative. Though it's not exactly clear why.
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