Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. That truism, now known as the 'Sagan standard' after science communicator Carl Sagan, has been around in some form since David Hume first published...
05.12.2025 Phys.orgScotland’s universities face an unprecedented cash crisis but their pampered principles appear unable to climb down from their ivory towers. For years the sector has been cashing in on an internationa...
05.11.2025 Dailyrecord.co.ukThe use and taxation of housing wealth across Scotland will need to be reassessed to “rebalance” the nation’s housing system and economy, according to a new report that calls for a major “disruption” ...
05.12.2025 Scotsman.comMy new report, Prosperity Begins at Home, commissioned by the David Hume Institute, exposes the economic cost of this outdated thinking and calls for bold, disruptive reform to build a fairer, more pr...
05.12.2025 Scotsman.comThe first report in a new research series, ‘ Prosperity begins at home: Scottish housing policies for faster, fairer economic growth ‘ argues that Scotland’s housing system is underperforming and undermining the country’s economic potential. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of how Scotland’s housing policies must adapt to meet 21st-century challenges. It also presents evidence that inadequate housing supply, poor affordability and weak spatial planning are holding back productivity, ...
05.12.2025 Scottishconstructionnow.comNutella Guru If you’re like us and we know we are, you’re very fussy about breakfast. In this vein, Boing Boing asks, “How many times have you tried to spread something on a slice of toast, only to en...
05.09.2025 Whattheythink.comRFK Jr. ’s kids are finally happy with one of his decisions. During a Monday morning press conference to discuss President Donald Trump’s recent executive order aiming to slash prescription drug price...
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