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What we're doing Right
Better living through green chemistry
10th December 2009
Chemists are coming up with safer ways to manufacture modern comforts, from plastics to pesticides – and it can be much, much cheaper in the long run
What we're doing Wrong
Death by a thousand cuts
8th December 2009
The tar sands make billions in profits, but little trickles down to monitor the water it affects
What we're doing Wrong
Science skeptics
4th November 2009
‘Part of the problem is that we’ve wasted 20 years: when we should have been tackling the problem we wasted our time debating with deniers – now the only debate (…)
Why it matters
Editorial: Toxic planet
1st October 2009
Melting ice-caps and rising sea-levels tell us the writing is on the wall. But the poisons in our bodies tell us that it is also written in our blood. The air, water, land – and consequently our bodies – are suffused with deadly chemicals. The solution to toxic pollution, like climate change, is not technology but sustainability.
What we're doing Wrong
Enough to make your eyes water
20th May 2009
There is no scientific evidence to support the idea that we need to drink eight glasses of water a day – despite advertising campaigns, and the bottled water companies that fund them
What we're doing Right
Colourful bacteria put the spotlight on pollution
20th September 2008
Bacteria engineered to change colour in response to specific chemical pollutants would be much cheaper, easier, cleaner and safer than chemical detectors
What we're doing Wrong
“Scientific whaling”
6th September 2008
Japan’s “scientific whaling” program amounts to the “prostitution of science – using science as an excuse to kill whales.”
What we're doing Right
Fuel for the hydrogen economy
26th August 2008
Cheaper and more effective hydrogen fuel cells made without platinum
Why it matters
An amphibious assault
14th June 2008
Around the world, frogs and toads are falling victim to a loss of habitat, pesticides, pollution and an insidious, quick-acting fungus. And now they are going extinct faster than any other animals since the dinosaurs
What we're doing Right
The tree solution
24th May 2008
Planting trees would counteract global warming – but only if we plant the equivalent to all the trees cut down in the past century