David Whitehouse
Dr David Whitehouse is an author and broadcaster. He has a Ph.D in astrophysics from Jodrell Bank and is a former science editor for BBC News. Follow him at @drdwhitehouse
Under the microscope
What is the value of research if the results are so fragile?
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
Israel’s forever war
Netanyahu risks dragging his country and his allies into an open-ended regional conflict
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Keeping your head may just save your soul
Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age
The UK’s war on free speech
Street violence is being met with restrictions on online speech by a Labour government desperate to clamp down on opinion
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong