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Many environmentalists criticise geoengineering for suggesting a simple techno-fix for global warming. But it may have a more sinister side.
Despite efforts to ban the burgeoning business, canned lion hunting is bringing in big money from trophy – and bone – hunters.
American doctors say evidence suggests that circumcision is the kindest cut. But why then is it causing controversy around the world?
Sport has helped many people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to focus and build their self-esteem, writes Patrick Barkham.
Kinesio Tex has the makings of a fad, but some sportsmen and women swear by it. Patrick Barkham reports
Common symbols can have a multiplicity of meanings from the mundane to the bizarre, writes Patrick Barkham.
Albie Sachs was nearly killed in 1988. He survived, and saw apartheid end, but how much should he tell his young son?
The tiny town of Grantham bore the full force of the Queensland floods last month, with homes swept away and children torn from their parents’ arms.
With the aid of a toy microscope, Professor Ian Shanks came up with an idea that has improved the lives of millions of people.
Once the economic darling of Europe, Ireland’s fortunes have dipped — and its people are paying dearly for others’ greed.
If YouTube has sprung from nowhere in five years, will it be in the internet graveyard alongside Friends Reunited in five years’ time?
It’s time to tackle homophobia on the terraces and in the dressing room, say many people in football. Patrick Barkham reports.
Patrick Barkham explains why international TV phenomenon <em>Top Gear</em> is more than just a television show.
Patrick Barkham thought he was a good driver until a green driving test showed he wasn’t.
Linking the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden is one of the world’s most important trading routes. It is also the most feared.
After discussing famine in Africa, the peckish politicians and five spouses took on four bite-size amuse-bouches to tickle their palates.
Bringing an all-women group of Guinean soldiers to Trafalgar Square for an Africa Day festival. Having a mug of tea with firefighters from Dagenham. Calling your transport…
The accountancy firm that looks after children’s entertainers the Wiggles is not an obvious place to search for the Holy Grail, but that’s where the trail led on Tuesday night.…
Peter Singer helped to create the animal rights movement and now he wants to change the way we eat. He tells Patrick Barkham why McDonald’s, GM crops and food miles are not all…
It was billed as the day they would bring the eight most powerful nations to their knees by sitting in the road, but by 9am the idealists, anticapitalists and anarchists had…
