‘Soon the world will be unrecognisable’: is it still possible to prevent total climate meltdown?
Bill McGuire is emeritus professor of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London and was also an adviser to the UK government.In this respect, the volcanologist, who was also a member of the UK government’s Natural Hazard Working Group, takes an extreme position. Most other climate experts still maintain we have time left, although not very much, to bring about meaningful reducti
Flappy Bird is not the new Angry Birds – it's pure rage
In a single week, it has become the No 1 free app on Google Play's app store. But this game with a pudgy green bird isn't fun to play – it just sends you into a fury Great! I must be the only person in history to delete Candy Crush from my phone Look around. See anyone using a smartphone? Is their face contorted into an ugly mask of fury? Have their teeth been ground down so violently you can see
Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?
Ai Aoyama is a sex and relationship counsellor who works out of her narrow three-storey home on a Tokyo back street. Her first name means "love" in Japanese, and is a keepsake from her earlier days as a professional dominatrix. Back then, about 15 years ago, she was Queen Ai, or Queen Love, and she did "all the usual things" like tying people up and dripping hot wax on their nipples. Her work toda
NSA surveillance: how to stay secure | Bruce Schneier
Now that we have enough details about how the NSA eavesdrops on the internet, including today's disclosures of the NSA's deliberate weakening of cryptographic systems, we can finally start to figure out how to protect ourselves. For the past two weeks, I have been working with the Guardian on NSA stories, and have read hundreds of top-secret NSA documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
England riots: suspects mapped and poverty mapped
What part did poverty play in the riots that spread across England? We have mapped suspects' addresses with poverty indicators. See what it shows by moving and zooming around the map - which loads centred on Manchester but covers the whole of England Mapped using Google Fusion tables • England riots: was poverty a factor? • The map is coloured by the Indices of Multiple Deprivation, from blue (ric
Revealed: how police lost control of summer riots in first crucial 48 hours
Frontline police had to use their own mobile phones during the August riots after they experienced "significant difficulties" with their communication equipment and some forces lost control of the situation to the extent that they had no idea how many officers were on duty, according to a withering internal appraisal of the response to the disorder. The Police Federation review, which has been lea
Gaddafi killer faces prosecution, says Libyan interim government
Libya's interim government says it will prosecute anyone found responsible for the death of Muammar Gaddafi after his capture, in a retreat from its earlier insistence that the dictator had been killed by crossfire. The change in position comes after a week of sustained criticism of the Libyan leader's captors, who used their camera phones to chronicle his death. The footage, including images of a
Independent record labels fear ruinous stock loss in London riots fire
Numerous independent record labels fear they have lost a catastrophic amount of stock in a fire at a distribution warehouse in north London during the riots in the capital on Monday night. A three-storey, 20,000 square-metre building in Enfield, owned by Sony DADC and holding stock to be distributed by the Pias Group, was burned to the ground. The fire will potentially impact labels such as Domino
Egypt: Desert storm | Editorial
All now rests on the determination of the people of Egypt. And they have, surely, come too far to retreat Hosni Mubarak has run out of road. This is obvious to all: to the police who have fled the streets, to senior members resigning from the ruling party, and to the millions of Egyptians who have taken over its cities. But not to the president himself. On Saturday he appointed a successor – as if
Liberal multiculturalism masks an old barbarism with a human face | Slavoj Zizek
Across Europe, the politics of the far right is infecting us all with the need for a 'reasonable' anti-immigration policy The recent expulsion of Roma, or Gypsies, from France drew protests from all around Europe – from the liberal media but also from top politicians, and not only from those on the left. But the expulsions went ahead, and they are just the tip of a much larger iceberg of European
Singapore arrests British author of death penalty book
Alan Shadrake held for alleged criminal defamation and other offences after visiting Singapore for book launch A veteran British journalist and author promoting his book on the death penalty in Singapore was arrested in the country today for alleged criminal defamation and other offences. Alan Shadrake's arrest came two days after Singapore's Media Development Authority lodged a police report. The
Japanese cinemas drop dolphin slaughter film
Cinemas in Japan have cancelled plans to show an Oscar-winning film about the country's annual slaughter of thousands of dolphins after far-right campaigners threatened to disrupt the screenings. Unplugged, the Japanese distributor of The Cove, said three cinemas had cancelled screenings amid fears they would be disrupted by ultra-nationalists, who have denounced the film as "anti-Japanese". Named
Israel attacks Gaza flotilla - live coverage
Protesters in Istanbul march over Israel's storming of Turkish boats bound for Gaza, with at least 10 activists killed. Photograph: Ibrahim Usta/AP Protesters in Istanbul march over Israel's storming of Turkish boats bound for Gaza, with at least 10 activists killed. Photograph: Ibrahim Usta/AP 9.10am: More than 10 people have been killed after Israeli naval commandos boarded six aid ships in a co
Language barrier and a president determined to land – theories swirl over Polish air disaster
Language barrier and a president determined to land – theories swirl over Polish air disaster Language problems between Russian air traffic controllers and Polish pilots, and pressure from high-ranking plane passengers, may have contributed to the crash on Saturday in which 96 people – including the Polish president – were killed, it was revealed today. The Russian air traffic controller Pavel Plu
Clinton: tough on Israel, with time on her side | Ewen MacAskill
Hillary Clinton has the potential to go one better than her husband. The former president left it late, much too late, to try to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the dying days of his presidency in 2000-2001, he led negotiations between the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the then Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, aimed at securing the elusive Middle East peace deal. While
Israel drops leaflets over Gaza warning of 'escalation' in violence
The leaflet said Israel was about to begin a "new phase in the war on terror". It said Israel will "escalate" an operation that already has killed more than 800 Palestinians. Israel launched the offensive two weeks ago to halt years of Palestinian rocket attacks. The army says the operation is directed only at the ruling Hamas militant group but Palestinian officials claim roughly half of the casu
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