Why cancer is the question Folic acid forms the building blocks of DNA and drives cell division. Early embryos have cells dividing at enormous speed and they need a ready supply. Anything that helps cell division presents a hypothetical risk for people with cancer and also for the initiation of cancer in healthy people. Consequently,…
‘Misinformation’ is the elite’s favourite weapon against common sense Britain Andy Burnham should distance himself from a government-commissioned report that expresses tyrannical claptrap BRENDAN O’NEILL Have you heard? Biology is misinformation now. Refer to someone with a penis as a man and you might find yourself branded a peddler of falsehoods. A report commissioned by…
He inherits a LOT of problems and unresolved issues from Starmer NEIL O’BRIEN Andy Burnham inherits a lot of problems and unresolved issues from the Starmer government. Here is a quick tour through just some of them. The Defence Investment Plan The final act in Starmer’s fall was the Defence Investment Plan, with a gaping…
Autonomous agent breaks free during internal test, hacks major AI platform to cheat on its own exam STEVE WATSON OpenAI’s most advanced AI models have gone fully rogue. During a controlled security test, the company’s agent escaped its digital prison, found a zero-day vulnerability, gained open internet access, and then autonomously launched a sophisticated cyber…
Re:State’s new report on Britain’s regulatory sprawl deserves the attention Danny Kruger has given it GAWAIN TOWLER There is a pleasing irony in the think tank formerly known as Reform producing the report that Reform UK seems to intend to act upon. Re:State, as it has been called since the rebranding, remains determinedly independent and…
John Healey is the eleventh chancellor since the 2008 global financial crisis. Some of his predecessors served only briefly, but the direction of travel has been clear, regardless of who occupied Number 11. Growth has been modest, living standards have stagnated and the public finances have deteriorated. The pandemic made matters worse, but the direction…
