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Death of big physics

Jonathan Leake — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Gemini is just the latest in a series of devastating cuts imposed on British science by the Science and Technology Funding Council

The road fix

Jonathan Leake — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Why do we keep building more roads? Because when it comes to planning, the deck is cynically stacked in favour of the road builders - and against the environment.

A wild goose chase

Jonathan Leake — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on bird flu

Exposed: Britain's dirty secret

Jonathan Leake — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT

The government has been disguising the quantity of greenhouse gases that we create with our flights to and from the UK.

The nuclear wisdom of young Blair

Jonathan Leake — Mon, 29 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on energy

Interview - Malcolm Wicks

Jonathan Leake — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:00:00 GMT

The energy minister fears we are in for a hard few winters - but he'd rather not press the nuclear button just yet. Malcolm Wicks interviewed

Digital TV = Atomised Family?

Jonathan Leake — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:00:00 GMT

A brave new world is nearly upon us: time to throw out the telly and embrace the all-in-one "hub machine" that will become the heart of the 21st-century home. But at what price, and at what cost to family life? Jonathan Leake reports

The nuclear charm offensive

Jonathan Leake — Mon, 23 May 2005 12:00:00 GMT

We are all being taken in by a carefully planned public relations strategy. Its mission: to push nuclear power back on the political agenda, rebranded as the new "green" alternative

How the greens were choked to death

Jonathan Leake — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Eight years ago their ideas dominated the political agenda, but today Britain's environmental groups - and their policies - are on the sidelines, neutralised by a lack of vision, poor leadership and a naive trust in new Labour. Jonathan Leake reports