In the ceasefire, sorry "pause", some Palestinians were finally able to return to Al Shifa Hospital. In one room they found five premature babies, who had been on life support, dead, their bodies decomposing and crawling with maggots. Many of the premature babies at the hospital, around 30 infants, were evacuated to Egypt, presumably by the Palestinian medical team before Israel took control of the Hospital [Reuters]. However this new footage, which has blurred out the bodies

It is hard to believe in the 21st century with the interconnections of people around the world, and the widespread prevalence of democracy, that we are still allowing our leaders to take us blindly into wars that nobody wants. Whilst we have something resembling democracy for domestic policy, foreign policy is the same old Game of Thrones, governed by executive powers and old world Military alliances that bypass any democratic decision to go to War. NATO is such an alliance,

A pandemic has been looming for decades and we failed to prepare for it. I remember several years ago, after a long trip, remarking that I heard the same cough at airports across the world. We are so connected now it was inevitable that at some point, something nasty would go global. Hollywood has made dozens of films about it (Vulture). You may remember Outbreak (Trailer 1995) when Morgan Freeman and others saved us all from an infected monkey with flower petals. Or more rec

It is not an exaggeration to say that today, the 1st of January 2021, is the beginning of a new chapter in our nation's history. The Brexit Wars, as Nigel Farage calls them, are finally over. Some might argue that certainty of that outcome is the best thing about leaving with a deal. The threat of any serious campaign to rejoin the European Union has been neutralised. We can finally move on, stop talking arguing about the pros and cons of Brexit, and get on with rediscovering

Ice cores have proven to be an invaluable resource of information about past climate, showing cyclical ice ages, natural disasters and countless examples of abrupt climate change as far back as 800 thousand years ago. You can watch a short video about Ice core research on the US National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility website. Source: Image by Michael Sigl, Frozen in time article, Royal Society of Chemistry. Ice cores are frequently discussed in conversations and articl