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The shameless cover up of the lab leak theory

December 20, 2023

Matt Ridley

The more I think about it the more enraged it makes me. Back in late November,
senior Tory minister Michael Gove was slapped down by the UK Covid inquiry’s
head counsel, Hugo Keith, for raising the issue of where the virus originated.
‘There is a significant body of judgement that believes that the virus itself
was […]

Tagged: 
coronavirus 
spiked 

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Virology poses a far greater threat to the world than AI

November 25, 2023

Matt Ridley

Sam Altman, the recently fired (and rehired) chief executive of Open AI, was
asked earlier this year by his fellow tech billionaire Patrick Collison what he
thought of the risks of synthetic biology. ‘I would like to not have another
synthetic pathogen cause a global pandemic. I think we can all agree that wasn’t
a […]

Tagged: 
biology 
coronavirus 
the spectator 

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The Cenotaph was designed as a symbol of multi-faith (and atheist) unity

November 11, 2023

Matt Ridley

Every year I lay a wreath a week early, because Blyth, my nearest town, was a
submarine port. Submariners were banned from the first Armistice Day parade in
Whitehall by a bossy admiral on the grounds that they were pirates who targeted
civilians. In response they adopted skull-and-crossbones badges and arranged
their own celebrations on […]

Tagged: 
the spectator 

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The official true cost of net zero is the same as spending £1 a SECOND for the
next 31,000 years!

October 18, 2023

Matt Ridley

The truth is out. An official report has admitted for the first time the scale
of the cost of reaching net zero by 2050. A study by the National Infrastructure
Commission, released on Tuesday, concluded that hitting the 2050 target will
roughly double the amount of money we would have spent anyway on infrastructure
over […]

Tagged: 
The Daly Mail 

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Why won’t Greenpeace admit that wind turbines may be killing whales?

September 16, 2023

Matt Ridley

Who cares about whales? Whales might be dying because of sonar surveying, but
Greenpeace simply ignores the science that doesn’t suit it. So far last year, 71
whales have washed up dead on the shores of New England and neighbouring states.
The rate seems to have risen in recent years along with a growth in […]

Tagged: 
climate 
environment 
the spectator 

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Electricity from wind isn’t cheap and it never will be

September 10, 2023

Matt Ridley

Politicians should stop endorsing an energy source that isn’t particularly clean
or secure, and won’t bring down prices. The MPs who have forced Rishi Sunak into
a U-turn on onshore wind power love to repeat the favourite slogan of the wind
industry: “wind is cheap”. “Cheap, clean, secure,” says Sir Alok Sharma.
“Cheap,” cheeps Ed Miliband. […]

Tagged: 
energy 
telegraph 

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The public isn’t being told the full truth about the climate threat

September 8, 2023

Matt Ridley

If I waved a magic wand and gave the world unlimited clean and cheap energy
tomorrow, I expect many climate scientists would be horrified Patrick Brown, the
co-director of climate and energy at the Breakthrough Institute in California,
has blown the whistle on an open secret about climate science: it’s biased in
favour of alarmism. He published […]

Tagged: 
climate 
energy 
telegraph 

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Science fiction: the crisis in research

August 12, 2023

Matt Ridley

The president of Stanford University, the neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne,
has announced his resignation following an investigation into allegations of
fraud and fabrication in three of his lab’s scientific papers, including one
cited as the most important result on Alzheimer’s disease in 20 years. The
report exonerated him of committing the fraud but found he had […]

Tagged: 
science 
the spectator 

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Why I’m sceptical about a superconductor breakthrough

July 26, 2023

Matt Ridley

Ateam of South Korean scientists has pre-printed a paper asserting that they
have achieved superconductivity at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.
The paper has led to widespread speculation that this is the most significant
physics discovery in decades, with huge implications for energy, medical
technology and computing. Even Jordan Peterson is asking if room-temperature
superconductivity […]

Tagged: 
science 
the spectator 

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The BBC has co-opted bad weather to its alarmist climate crusade

July 19, 2023

Matt Ridley

Yes, heatwaves are getting more intense thanks to global warming, but the
alarmism is shameless   On Tuesday this week in Northumberland, the mercury
never even reached 16C. I gather from one or two gentle hints on the BBC –
sorry, apocalyptic rants – that it’s a bit hotter in the Mediterranean. My point
is […]

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climate 
telegraph 

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