| 单词 | sceptic |
| 例句 | There are plenty of vaccine sceptics in the US and, as everywhere, parents of autistic children looking for answers. How disgraced anti-vaxxer Andrew Wakefield was embraced by Trump's America 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z No sooner had a genre called verbatim drama been identified than sceptics appeared arguing that it was somehow unacceptable to copy dialogue down, rather than to make it up. Mere fact, mere fiction 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z Yet despite this shrine to Shakespeare's memory, erected by those who knew him, sceptics have continued to doubt his authorship of the plays. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z Many sceptics believed the structure would simply collapse into the East River and float away. Radcliffe to build Brooklyn Bridge 2014-01-22T12:43:35Z Harry Houdini, the arch sceptic and magician's magician, often complained that what seemed wonderful to most people was every day and commonplace to him, describing his professional life as a "constant record of disillusion". Disillusioned with The Magicians 2011-01-17T14:26:03Z "I've said in public that I'm a sceptic about 3D," he recently told me. 3D technology has even sceptical directors embracing another dimension 2011-03-17T10:24:38Z Others are sceptics, or are disturbed by the reaction to Slenderman rather than the character himself. YouTube ‘found footage’ docs: urban legends in their own words 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z While Schiff says that Jolie is perfect for the part, sceptics have already queried her likeness to the hook-nosed profile of the queen that appears on coins. Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011-01-09T00:06:49Z Attenborough insists he was never a sceptic about man-made climate change; just cautious. The real David Attenborough 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Climate change sceptics leapt on the figures – and their supposed news-burial on 24 December – while climate scientists rushed to explain them. Wildfires: an astonishing photograph of survivors in an age of catastrophe 2013-01-09T21:00:03Z Karen Armstrong is a wonderful guide for devout sceptics such as myself, and I try to read one of her books every year. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z At the Venice film festival, sceptics joke that a former leper colony is the perfect home for an industry still finding its range and fighting for mainstream acceptance. Home invasions, melting glaciers and Humpty Dumpty – is VR finally coming into its own? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Defying sceptics who felt the golden run the theatre had enjoyed under Mendes was unlikely to continue under a successor, Grandage presided over a string of acclaimed productions, many of which he directed himself. Donmar theatre's Michael Grandage to step down 2010-09-30T23:38:00Z Savage is a longtime sceptic of monogamous relationships, particularly as a path to long-term sex. Bedroom confidential: what sex therapists hear from the couch 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z “I’m not a sceptic in the sense that I do think it’s changing,” he says. Mads Mikkelsen: ‘One word wrong and you're a dead person’ 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The apparently real, but small, benefits from acupuncture in pain control led to Nice approving acupuncture for headaches and back pain – amid a chorus of grumbles from the sceptics. Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle 2013-07-26T09:31:00Z He was a sceptic in the proper sense of the word, before it was appropriated by xenophobes: sceptical about the lack of democracy that was so evident in the project of European integration. Tony Judt obituary 2010-08-08T17:38:00Z A sceptic might call it art eating itself. The artist who steals for a living 2010-04-14T18:30:00Z Recently, an expert paper was published by the European Atherosclerosis Society summarising all the evidence, to try to silence the sceptics. Butter nonsense: the rise of the cholesterol deniers 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Gross had become an indispensable friend of the publisher George Weidenfeld, who called him "a deeply civilised and compassionate observer of human frailty, a good-humoured sceptic who never forgets but almost always forgives". John Gross obituary 2011-01-11T18:09:15Z Meanwhile sceptics such as me must take solace in dinosaurs and the entertaining thought that, while there's no such thing as ghosts, at least there used to be such a thing as monsters. Why are the English obsessed with ghosts? 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z Jeremy Deller's Sacrilege, first placed in public on Glasgow Green, will be inflated to pop up in the capital as part of what sceptics would call that oxymoron the Cultural Olympiad. Stonehenge enjoys a moment in the sun at summer solstice 2012-06-21T09:04:49Z The studio is, of course, under no obligation to continue bankrolling careers that look to some sceptics like meandering philosophy postdoctorates, with the odd pop-culture-fetish interlude such as Speed Racer thrown in. Cloud Atlas: how Hollywood failed to put it on the map 2013-02-20T17:16:47Z But the cholesterol sceptics and statins critics reject the evidence on the basis that the trial data is from big pharma and that the raw data is not in the public domain. Butter nonsense: the rise of the cholesterol deniers 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Does travel broaden the mind or narrow it, as some sceptics claim? Poem of the week: Descent by Frances Williams 2010-06-14T11:26:00Z This helped to persuade some sceptics that embryo research did, after all, have sound medical motivation. Seven ways IVF changed the world – from Louise Brown to stem-cell research 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z For some sceptics, the answer is obvious: it’s the only history anybody knows. The 1930s were humanity's darkest, bloodiest hour. Are you paying attention? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Amid the galas, the wagers, and the lists both short and long, some sceptics ask if book prizes really matter. Do book prizes matter? One saved Richard Flanagan from the mines 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Hot tip to any fan looking to convert a sceptic: Singin’ In The Rain is obviously a banker, ditto White Christmas. Forget Cats: in a close-run field, Marriage Story was the musical highlight of my holiday 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z On my brief quest for witch house, I'd also found plenty of sceptics. Tom Ewing 2010-08-19T21:29:00Z But, unlike those actors and contrary to the claims of some sceptics, Bee isn't "connected". Olivia Bee: 'People don't take me seriously – until they see me work' 2013-02-24T00:05:39Z British sceptics cannot bring themselves to trust the mystery of aesthetic experience. Are we a nation of abstract art snobs? 2011-07-07T16:37:59Z Officially described as an "exciting online experience" for fans, sceptics have wondered whether the site might be a canny way to promote a line of Potter ebooks that will go on sale in October. Harry Potter and the A-Z of magic 2011-07-09T23:07:10Z Thus the argument between the enthusiast Blair and the sceptic Brown ground on, wasting time and energy on a project which I thought could never fly. Diaries, Volume 3 by Alastair Campbell ? review 2011-07-07T09:55:00Z He went in a sceptic and came out converted. Soderbergh on Hollywood: 'It's not crooked – it's the most transparent industry going' 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The sceptics were out in full: the world felt there was no need for another James Bond. Pierce Brosnan on GoldenEye: crazy stunts and thigh-crushings from Xenia Onatopp 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z And to the fury of the sceptics, that doesn't stop acupuncturists treating those conditions. Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle 2013-07-26T09:31:00Z Dedicated fans adore the impetuous, punkish spontaneity of his work, but for the same reason sceptics find him hard to take seriously. Jesús Franco: creator of erotic horrors who had a unique cinematic vision 2013-04-04T16:20:49Z “It was actually probably an underestimate,” he said, and questioned the benefits of the drug for any patient, citing the cholesterol sceptic Michel de Lorgeril. Butter nonsense: the rise of the cholesterol deniers 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z In an elegant close reading of Darwin's final book on earthworms, alongside family letters, Phillips highlighted what the great evolutionist called his "slow & silent side attacks" on sceptics. Adam Phillips: a life in writing 2012-06-01T21:55:08Z At a "sceptics" conference he questions some self-righteous individuals with a passionate hatred of homoeopathy, only to discover that none of them has read the research that they refer to. The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr – review 2013-02-13T07:00:02Z Modern sceptics have questioned the authenticity of this, suggesting that Mary must have noticed she was six months pregnant by the time the archangel Gabriel told her she was having God's baby. Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives by Pope Benedict XVI – digested read 2012-11-25T19:30:02Z The few sceptics of this theory were, for decades, marginalised. The case for eating steak and cream 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z She was labelled a "heretic" in Scientific American for criticising colleagues over the East Anglian row and trying to find common ground with sceptics. Take climate scientists to task, but avoid formulaic boffin-bashing 2011-02-11T18:19:34Z Even so, this book could be a handy primer if you bump into former chancellor and arch climate sceptic Lord Lawson in the corridors of power. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z A shout out, too, for Joaquin Phoenix, a notorious awards sceptic, who showed up, and even showed the start of a smile. Baftas 2013: 10 key talking points 2013-02-11T00:06:44Z But sceptics called the results bland and shallow. Los Angeles museum parts ways with 'savaged' director Jeffrey Deitch 2013-07-24T19:19:14Z At my last count, the sceptics had the majority. The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society – review 2012-12-19T18:49:35Z One such scientifically minded sceptic is the heroine and narrator of Charles Fernyhough's new novel. A Box of Birds by Charles Fernyhough – review 2013-05-10T14:00:02Z The one reason for not discounting 3D printing is the one most sceptics use at the moment: that the things it produces look naff. Will Defense Distributed's shots be heard 'round the world? 2013-05-11T23:05:29Z There is an inherent problem with ghost stories: they always boil down to a futile argument between sceptic and believer. Guardian book club: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters 2010-08-11T14:06:00Z What better way of throwing sceptics off the scent than disseminating the confessions of an ex-man in black like Richard Doty, in documentaries, and articles in respectable new organisations – like this one. The real Men in Black, Hollywood and the great UFO cover-up 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z I will admit that I was bit of a sceptic when Aardman announced it would move into feature films after it had signed its deal with Dreamworks. Aardman's 20 best films – ranked! 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z “My belief about the cholesterol sceptics is that they are a bit like religious fundamentalists,” said Neely. Butter nonsense: the rise of the cholesterol deniers 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z More interesting are those scientists, who often start out as religious sceptics, but who find that science offers no adequate explanation of phenomena such as beauty, truth and love. Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z All the while, many accusers remained, in the words of one rare sceptic, Thomas Brattle, curiously “hale and hearty, robust and lusty”. Madness in Massachusetts 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z He has described it as "a domestic tragedy with only vaguely supernatural overtones", saying that, "a visceral sceptic such as Kubrick just couldn't grasp the sheer inhuman evil of the Overlook Hotel." Rereading Stephen King: week three – The Shining 2012-06-22T11:32:40Z Pay no attention to sceptics who claim that meetings are nothing more than an irritant. Modern Etiquette: Meetings still matter 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Sky has proved before it can introduce new technology successfully, defying sceptics in the process. Football's new focus: pubs roll out 3D screens 2010-04-02T19:11:00Z Rupert Murray's film introduces leading climate change sceptics, attempting to understand their arguments and motivations – are they misguided, are they opportunists, or do they have a point? Tonight's TV highlights 2011-01-31T07:59:00Z But funnily enough, I think the poetry might well do a better job of persuading those very sceptics he's trying to convert. Michael Sandel: 'We need to reason about how to value our bodies, human dignity, teaching and learning' 2012-05-27T19:01:01Z It's a tsunami of jokes, a meltdown of piety and po-facedness; it has at its centre an unexpected heroine: a concerned scientist who is seen by her fellow academics as a climate-change sceptic. The Children's Hour; Plenty; The Heretic ? review 2011-02-13T00:06:05Z So British sceptics who think abstract art like that of Twombly is just a load of visual guff can claim a tradition on their side. Are we a nation of abstract art snobs? 2011-07-07T16:37:59Z The process by which Mr Gehry works is almost entirely intuitive, which plays into the hands of sceptics, because it subverts the idea of architecture as mainly a practical art. A life in shapes 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z As for Martin Scorsese’s Silence, sure to lose in its lone category, it’ll settle for the impassioned “it wuz robbed” cries of Oscar sceptics for years to come. 'And the Oscar will go to' … who shall win the 2017 Academy Awards, and why 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Herzog is at once a romantic and a sceptic, a fabulist and a harsh observer. Werner Herzog, a movie-making genius of performance art 2010-10-21T14:35:00Z But if he is a sceptic, his ex-wife is not, and Mark becomes haunted by an elusive search for happiness, forgiveness and conviction. You Came Back by Christopher Coake – review 2012-07-21T23:04:04Z Early copies are already circulating, and some sceptics out there are poking fun at what is, possibly, the most laudatory quote ever attached to a book, which comes courtesy of the novelist Nicole Krauss. 'The most gifted writer I've ever read': outblurb the Grossman fans 2010-07-06T09:25:00Z I moved from opera sceptic to opera buff. Mark Ravenhill's debut opera goes for the gut 2010-08-04T20:45:00Z Even the biggest Mel Gibson sceptic couldn’t help but be charmed by the selfie some lad took of him up a mountain in Ireland earlier this year. The most exciting biopics of 2017 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The history lesson over, I explain to Parker that he's always the person I take sceptics to see. Evan Parker's musical utopia 2010-04-22T21:35:00Z He cites a cardiologist in the 1980s, Prof Michael Oliver, who was a sceptic of the cholesterol hypothesis that more LDL increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Butter nonsense: the rise of the cholesterol deniers 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z In England, Bux quickly rose to fame with what he called his X-ray vision act, attracting the attention of sceptics who subjected him to "tests" to check the authenticity of his abilities. Kuda Bux: The Indian magician who charmed the West with his 'X-ray eyes' 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z He specifically faulted deniers and sceptics for refusing to acknowledge the speed of the current changes taking place over "one generation - not centuries or millennia". Climate change and its human causes cannot be denied, papal document says 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Some sceptics of the official report have long fixated on the single bullet, finding it difficult to believe that it could have caused as many injuries as it did to two separate men. Ex-Secret Service agent reveals new JFK assassination detail 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Award-winning director Ava DuVernay on Wednesday became the first African American woman to present a movie in competition at the Venice Film Festival, overcoming sceptics who had tried to talk her out of applying. Wild comedy 'Poor Things' wins top prize at Venice Festival 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Many sceptics however point out e-fuels are not a viable alternative in the short time, due to their low availability and high costs. Stellantis sees long road ahead for internal combustion engine cars 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z But China sceptics in Parliament are uncomfortable with senior ministers using the app at all, even if it is not on their work phones. Grant Shapps team say he doesn't have TikTok on his personal phone 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z In their latest initiative, net-zero sceptic Tory MPs have been pressing the prime minister to "rethink" the government's proposed ban on petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030. Net zero sceptics warm to Rishi Sunak's climate shift 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Mr Landis does have very serious sceptics, however, including a colleague who was also a direct participant that day. Ex-Secret Service agent reveals new JFK assassination detail 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z But Riyadh has repeatedly rebuffed U.S. calls and Prince Abdulaziz said on Wednesday that new joint oil output cuts agreed by Russia and Saudi Arabia this week have again proven sceptics wrong. Saudi Arabia says new oil cuts show teamwork with Russia is strong 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z The overall findings show broad support for the monarchy, alongside a sizeable minority of sceptics. Coronation: How popular is the monarchy under King Charles? 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z But for some time now, researchers have suggested that the balance of arguments propagated by climate sceptics or denialists has shifted from denying or undermining climate science to challenging policy solutions designed to reduce emissions. Climate change: Multi-country media analysis shows skepticism of the basic science is dying out 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Unlike similar proposals by the EU's Russia hawks earlier on, the latest plan from Vilnius includes a nuanced approach, an apparent attempt to win over sceptics in Budapest and elsewhere. Lithuania offers carve-outs to EU sceptics over Russia nuclear sanctions 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z NFTs have been touted as the digital answer to collectables, but some sceptics fear they could be a bubble waiting to burst. NFT: Plans for Royal Mint produced token dropped by government 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z A sceptic might suggest that ministers are aware of that, and being seen to make an effort also matters. Kuenssberg: Sunak is now hostage to his promises on childcare and small boats 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z He questions whether the images are strong enough evidence to convince sceptics that Venus is volcanically active. Volcanoes on Venus? ‘Striking’ Finding Hints at Modern-Day Activity 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Both of these things matter: the former in winning round sceptics, potentially over time, that this does amount to an improvement on what went before. Chris Mason: Brexit breakthrough is moment of political jeopardy 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z The ancient Greeks recognized “two kinds of sceptic, the ‘dogmatic’ sceptic, who is sure that nothing can be known, and the ‘reflexive’ sceptic, who is not even sure of that.” Review | Ignorance is not always bliss — and not always bad — a new book argues 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Though investors have embraced the push for artificial intelligence, sceptics have warned rushing out the technology raises risks of errors or otherwise skewed results, as well as issues of plagiarism. Google's AI bot mistake wipes $100bn off shares 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z In the end the sceptics backed the 180-euro cap, which was much lower than a 275-euro limit initially proposed by the European Commission. EU nations agree gas price cap to shield consumers 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Ms Cheng says the firm has time to prove itself and win over sceptics, downplaying the financial significance of the listing as "just one milestone along the road for us to get more exposure". Wolford owner Lanvin says luxury is never out of style 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z A climate sceptic, Mr Bolsanaro accused NGOs of setting the Amazon on fire to embarrass his government, and he allowed illegal mining to expand in the Amazon, including on protected indigenous land. Climate change: Brazil's Lula to return to world stage at COP27 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z That has turned several Balkan nations into EU sceptics. EU revisits Balkans to win friends, seek more influence 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Amyloid is “associated with the problem, but it isn’t ‘the’ problem”, says George Perry, a neurobiologist at the University of Texas at San Antonio and a sceptic of the amyloid hypothesis. Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Mental Decline in Trial—But Is It a Breakthrough? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Qatar's chief organiser Hassan al-Thawadi said on Thursday that the country is no longer listening to "sceptics" as it prepares to host the tournament in November and December. Not a lot more players can do - Southgate 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z There's also suspicion that France, a known sceptic of EU expansion, wants to create a "parking lot" for countries who aspire to join the European Union. UK considers joining new European nations club 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Many of these sceptics or deniers have rejected the idea that funding from the GCC and other industry groups had any impact on their views. The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Suggestions that there is nothing unusual about this heatwave appear to have found a willing audience among climate change sceptics. UK heatwave: How do temperatures compare with 1976? 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z US President Joe Biden cited it at the White House as he slammed abortion restrictions, but sceptics had questioned if it was a hoax. Man charged with raping Ohio girl, 10, who was denied abortion 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z "Qatar has long passed the stage of responding to sceptics of its ability to host the World Cup", organising committee secretary-general Al-Thawadi told the Qatar News Agency. Not a lot more players can do - Southgate 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Yet sceptics argue that Musk's interest in bots is a distraction. Why did Elon Musk get cold feet on Twitter? 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z However, analysts are still sceptic about China's economic growth. Asia FX bears retreat slightly, China concerns persist - Reuters poll 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Horse trading after the Commission put forward its original sanctions document last week has delayed approval and the text has already been revised once to try to win over sceptics. EU considers more funds for eastern states in bid for deal on Russia oil ban 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z “I am not a climate sceptic, but you’re a bit of a climate hypocrite,” Le Pen quipped. Analysis-Macron cements French presidential frontrunner status with combative debate performance 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z He slammed Le Pen as a “climate sceptic”. Eyeing green vote, Macron vows to exit oil, coal and gas 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Prof Bill Robinson, an immunologist at Stanford University in California, was an EBV sceptic until a couple of years ago. Is a virus we all have causing multiple sclerosis? 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The firm says the mine will create 500 jobs, but sceptics think that is exaggerated. Cumbria coal mine: What is the controversy about? 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Researchers created two users - climate sceptic "Jane" and "John" who followed established scientific bodies. Facebook drives sceptics towards climate denial 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z While sceptics have pointed to Germany, whose coalition of Greens, Social Democrats and liberals has moved to scrap a renewables levy, government sources stress they are still committed to the UK's net-zero target. Cost of living: What Tory MPs want from Rishi Sunak 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Labour believes progress has been delayed because the government feels the breath of climate sceptics over its shoulder. Climate change: Can the Russian energy crisis help to curb global heating? 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z The Conservative MP said a "false" narrative that linked the policy with the rising cost of living had gained traction in the media, which had given a "fragmentary group" of net zero sceptics undue prominence. Net zero: Tory faction tests Johnson support for climate target 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z He had in fact proved to be more independent than the sceptics thought, refusing for example to allow the re-privatisation of PrivatBank, which was owned by Kolomoisky before it was nationalised. Zelensky: The comedian president who is rising to the moment 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z But sceptics have accused them of following polling data as frustration grows among a pandemic-weary public and November's mid-term elections loom. White House left behind as states drop Covid rules 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Piers Corbyn is the brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and an outspoken climate sceptic who says the behaviour of the sun, not CO2 concentrations, is the key driver of global temperature. Climate change: The science briefing that convinced Boris Johnson 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z "There may be sceptics who say that the fireflies cannot beat the night... Please tell them... If millions of fireflies get together, they may beat this unending night," she wrote. Franco Mulakkal: Hundreds write to Kerala nun who lost rape case against bishop 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Morrison on Monday defended his handling of the situation, and differentiated Djokovic’s case from vaccine sceptics within his own government. Australia leaves door open for Djokovic to play at next year's Open 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z The big change of tack came with a speech he made to the Munich Security Conference on Saturday 19 February, Klyuchkovska says, converting her too from a sceptic to a fan. Zelensky: The comedian president who is rising to the moment 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Until the drama Down Under began, Djokovic had refused to say if he was vaccinated but it was clear that he was vaccine sceptic. Rising above reality: How Djokovic bends his mind to succeed 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z Sam Hall, director of the environmental CEN, pointed out that his organisation had almost six times more members that the sceptic NZSG. Tories call on Treasury to fund green energy plans 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The 75-year-old insists his abilities are real and that sceptics who questioned them "built my career". The celebrity who owes his success to spoons 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z "I couldn't take being in the limelight, the pressure and the sceptics." Israeli 'psychic' Uri Geller still baffling fans at 75 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Airline president Tim Clark refuses to bow to sceptics who say the days of spacious four-engined jets like the A380 are numbered, as an airline seat becomes a commodity like any other. End of an era: Airbus delivers last A380 superjumbo 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z DuBroff stops short of calling himself an all-out cholesterol sceptic, but he is convinced that placing the blame on bad cholesterol gives, at best, a partial picture. Is There More to a Healthy-Heart Diet Than Cholesterol? 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The subsequent move by climate sceptic Donald Trump to pull the United States out of that accord shattered any vestige of trust between the two. Analysis: Carbon superpowers: U.S.-China deal seen as symbolic but not sufficient 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z That's not to say it won't be intent on reinvigorating the brand - but he may not have won over the sceptics. Boss of insurer LV= defends sale amid backlash 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Many in Bosnia are vaccine sceptics out of general mistrust in the authorities and floating conspiracy theories against vaccination. Bosnian doctors brace for new wave as virus rages in region 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z For many years, groups of so-called climate "sceptics" have cast doubt on the scientific basis of global warming. Climate change: How do we know it is happening and caused by humans? 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z But in her office in the city, a vaccine sceptic called Elena described why she was wary of the vaccine. Russia's Covid nightmare driven by vaccine rejection 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z It meant Nuno needed a fast, impressive start to win over the many sceptics who saw him as an appointment of convenience and gain credibility, irrespective of his fine work at Wolverhampton Wanderers. 'Embarrassing, shambolic & shameful - big questions for Tottenham, Nuno and Harry Kane' 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Cardinal Raymond Burke, a conservative and a vaccine sceptic, was hospitalised in the United States last month after contracting the virus. Pope urges COVID inoculations, says vaccines are humanity's friends 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z And there have been sceptics about the very existence of Havana syndrome. ‘Havana syndrome ’ and the mystery of the microwaves 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z A Covid sceptic who was hospitalised with the virus and went on to urge other people to get vaccinated has died. Staffordshire Covid sceptic Marcus Birks dies in hospital 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z The piece - updated after a report said there was no proven link to the vaccine - was popular with vaccine sceptics. Covid: Most popular Facebook link in US spread vaccine doubt 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z A prominent sceptic of Covid vaccines, Ms Wonner faced a potential legal inquiry and was forced to quit her opposition group in parliament on Sunday. Covid: Vaccination centres targeted by vandals in France 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z But Thatcher's views were challenged by climate "sceptics" - some of them funded by a decades-long campaign of disinformation from fossil fuel firms. Why North America's killer heat scares me 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z "The most intricate of those typically prove popular with government sceptics from across the political spectrum," she says. What is the Great Reset - and how did it get hijacked by conspiracy theories? 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z But President Bolsonaro, a climate change sceptic who is supported by powerful agribusiness leaders, considers them too big for the number of people who live there and an obstacle to development. Gold rush fuels armed violence in Brazilian Amazon 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z “This is going to set the research community back 10–20 years,” says George Perry, a neurobiologist at the University of Texas at San Antonio and a sceptic of the amyloid hypothesis. Landmark Alzheimer's Drug Approval Confounds Research Community 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z The time taken to get a WTO agreement and to build expanded vaccine-making capacity would mean that such a waiver would not provide a quick fix, sceptics say. EU sceptical on vaccine waiver, but ready to discuss proposal 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z As it now faces a third wave of infections, sceptics say discussions about restarting free travel are premature given low vaccination levels. EU official warns of risks of disjointed COVID vaccine records 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Great Reset sceptics repackage those ideas, folding in new baseless Covid-era claims - for instance about how vaccines "contain microchips" and "enslave" people. What is the Great Reset - and how did it get hijacked by conspiracy theories? 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z That in turn it was hoped, might also encourage vaccine sceptics to be inoculated. Coronavirus live news: more countries tighten travel restrictions for arrivals from India 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z “But the sceptics are going to want a deeper investigation than the Chinese government allowed,” he says. WHO Report into COVID Pandemic Origins Zeroes in on Animal Markets, Not Labs 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Conservatives in the Church, many aligned with conservative political forces, are climate change sceptics and contest the majority scientific opinion that global warming is mostly caused by people. Pope, using Shakespeare, makes climate change appeal 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z To sceptics of cameras in courts, this tagline strikes a familiar tone. Derek Chauvin trial: Why role of TV cameras could come into focus 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr Khan, who will again be standing for Labour on 6 May, described his opponent as a "lockdown sceptic" for publicly calling for London to remain open ahead of the second period of national restrictions. London mayoral race 2021: Five things learned from Khan v Bailey 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z A group of lockdown sceptics is calling for a suspension of the rules. MPs to vote on extending emergency Covid powers to autumn 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z He was a Covid sceptic who at times denied the virus affected Tanzania. Mourners line Tanzania streets at ex-President Magufuli funeral 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z The challenge now is changing the minds of sceptics who are not. Nevada smart city: A millionaire’s plan to create a local government 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z But there are plenty of sceptics who think it is all a bubble that is going to burst. What are NFTs and why are they worth millions? 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z However, sceptics say traditional supermarket groups in Britain struggle to match online profits with those generated by in-store shopping. As online grocery booms in Britain, will new habits die hard? 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z The deputy chairman of the Covid Recovery Group of lockdown sceptics, Steve Baker, said the vote was a "rare opportunity" for MPs to "say no to a new way of life in a checkpoint society". MPs to vote on extending emergency Covid powers to autumn 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The firm says the mine will create 500 jobs, but sceptics think that's exaggerated. Cumbria coal mine: What is the controversy about? 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z "Right from the beginning Margaret was a sceptic about having this major campaign… on the dangers of contracting HIV and how you could avoid it," Lord Fowler said. Aids campaign: Thatcher 'fought against risky sex warnings' 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Covid sceptics saw the move to declassify the virus as evidence that the pandemic was not a serious threat after all. Covid PPE: How healthcare workers came to feel 'expendable' 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z With claims of massive failings in the scientific consensus looking increasingly outlandish in the face of a grimly rising death count, there are signs that the sceptics are recalculating. The information warriors fighting 'robot zombie army' of coronavirus sceptics 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z President Bolsonaro continues to present himself as a vaccine sceptic and he was notably absent as the vaccines were approved. Covid: Brazil approves and rolls out AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z "Many people who believe in conspiracy theories see themselves as healthy sceptics and self-taught researchers into complex issues," he says. How should you talk to friends and relatives who believe conspiracy theories? 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z To that end, he's agreed to publish the social, economic and health impact assessment of the measures, and is urging sceptics to show "unity and resolve". Covid-19: Lockdown impact, tiers rebellion and student testing 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z And Mr Johnson's efforts to win over his sceptics seem to be making some headway. Covid: PM agrees to publish data behind England's new tier system 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Pitched as a source of reliable information, the site is devoted to demolishing the claims of the sceptics and, when they pivot to new predictions, holding them to account. The information warriors fighting 'robot zombie army' of coronavirus sceptics 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Lockdown sceptics pointed to these studies as evidence that more of the population was protected against Covid-19 than was thought, but some immunologists say they did so prematurely. Why the race to find Covid-19 vaccines is far from over 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z Murray’s mother and former British Fed Cup captain, Judy, is among the sceptics. What will British tennis have when Andy Murray hangs up his racket? | Kevin Mitchell 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z Nadal is often described as an indoor hard courts sceptic, but his inability to remain healthy at the end of the year has also contributed to his performances in this stretch. Rafael Nadal shakes off rust to beat López and join ATP's 1,000 club 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z On climate change, Mr Trump, being a sceptic, wants to expand non-renewable energy, and he has committed to withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord. US Election 2020: Biden and Trump make final pitches to voters 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z A summary of rebuttals offered by the Anti-Virus website to selected claims made by sceptics – detailed in full on the site. The information warriors fighting 'robot zombie army' of coronavirus sceptics 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z "The origin of the constitution, and the origin of today's Chile is clearly illegitimate," says Patricio Navia, professor of liberal studies at New York University and a sceptic about Sunday's vote. Chile's choice: Out with the old, in with the new? 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z And in a nod to UN sceptics, the committee said pointedly "the need for international solidarity and multilateral co-operation is more conspicuous than ever". United Nations at 75 plagued by new crises and cash crunch 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z With neither Geller nor his team able to access the props in advance, the magician failed to carry out any tricks - although the attention from Randi and other sceptics did nothing to harm his career. James Randi: Magician and sceptic dies aged 92 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z The second group are the lockdown sceptics – found in a higher volume in the Tory party than the wider population. The virtual Tory conference was a gift to Johnson – he managed to avoid his party | Katy Balls 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Some, to borrow the phrase used by one sceptic, are, for now, keeping their hands by their sides. Climate of suspicion returns to Tour de France to dampen celebrations 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z President Trump, a climate sceptic, has stressed poor fire-control measures as the main cause of the latest blazes. Dozens missing in Oregon amid West Coast wildfires 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z He dismissed climate change as "faddish", but said he is not a climate sceptic. Who is Tony Abbott? 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Known by just his surname, Canadian-born Randi earned a reputation as one of the world's foremost sceptics of matters from ghosts to UFOs. James Randi: Magician and sceptic dies aged 92 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z France is particularly fertile ground for Amazon sceptics. Anti-Amazon campaigners in France team up to say 'non' to firm’s expansion 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z McKenna, a gold sceptic no more, is a community relations manager for the mining company Dalradian Gold, and instead of leprechauns he envisages licences, drilling and jobs. 'How much is a life worth?': Northern Irish community split over gold-mining plans 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z For instance, some of the stone artefacts are so simple that sceptics say they were probably produced by natural geological processes rather than by people. Controversial cave discoveries suggest humans reached Americas much earlier than thought 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z The most informative replication will occur when proponents and sceptics each endorse the research design but predict different results. The best time to argue about what a replication means? Before you do it 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Some of the Conways’ inner circle have assured sceptics that it is absolutely not the latter. Kellyanne Conway and her anti-Trump daughter may be the future of reality TV | Arwa Mahdawi 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z To sceptics, this represents the sentiment of out-of-touch multi-millionaires who care little for real struggles as they race to meet sponsors’ commitments. PGA Tour happy playing a high-risk game to reboot sport in the US | Ewan Murray 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z None of their eight previous meetings, three of them won by Serena, had convinced sceptics that the American siblings did not view their matches as glorified practice sessions. The greatest: Serena Williams broke through barriers and shattered records | Andy Bull 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The signatories to the open letter, directed to the Lancet and the study authors, include prominent sceptics of the value of using hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19. Covid-19 study on hydroxychloroquine use questioned by 120 researchers and medical professionals 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z The other papers better illustrate the desired outcome: proponents and sceptics observed the findings, debated their meaning and offered alternative explanations. The best time to argue about what a replication means? Before you do it 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Many sceptics regard Trump’s action as politically motivated ahead of the November election. Trump signs executive order to narrow protections for social media platforms 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Some sceptics raised eyebrows when the EFL chairman, Rick Parry, made his forthright arguments that football’s finances need a reset and described Premier League parachute payments as an “evil that must be eradicated”. The Premier League must finally share wealth to save English football | David Conn 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z The only group I left alone were the small, but nonetheless influential, number of known “climate sceptic” MPs, who publicly state that they do not accept the scientific consensus on climate change. 'I don't want to be seen as a zealot': what MPs really think about the climate crisis 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z But as her international acclaim increased, the voices of domestic sceptics grew louder. Jacinda Ardern's global renown is great, but she must do more for women | Jennifer Curtin 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Precommitment offers an opportunity for everyone, proponent or sceptic, to shift away from that unproductive framework and pursue a shared goal of getting it right. The best time to argue about what a replication means? Before you do it 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Credible sceptics were downplayed, ignored or attacked as unpatriotic “appeasers”. The Murdoch media’s China coronavirus conspiracy has one aim: get Trump re-elected | Kevin Rudd 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Conspiracists will argue that, like scientists, they too are sceptics who question everything and value the importance of evidence. Doubt is essential for science – but for politicians, it's a sign of weakness | Jim Al-Khalili 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Instead, she added, the academy focused its energies on the 80% of residents who supported the venture and who would, in time, persuade sceptics to follow suit. ‘No-waste’ Japanese village is a peek into carbon-neutral future 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference gathering near Washington, the climate change denial group the Heartland Institute presented a German teen activist who calls herself a “climate sceptic” as a foil to Greta Thunberg. 'Greenwashing': are Republicans sincere about climate legislation? 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z On that occasion, Mr Johnson didn’t discuss policy, according to the source, but simply said he used to be a sceptic but isn't one anymore. Sacked climate chief 'may sue government' 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z But the Danish referendum rejecting the treaty caused a pause on ratification in the Commons and an opportunity for the sceptics to mobilise. 'The irony is we got things right by 2015': UK's Brussels envoys on Brexit 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z He and other sceptics about Labour’s shift towards a referendum always felt it was fruitless to try to skirt the issue. 'Crushed by Brexit': how Labour lost the election 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, speaking on told the BBC's Political Thinking with Nick Robinson podcast, Ms Nandy said she was a "sceptic" about the monarchy. Long-Bailey and Thornberry launch leader campaigns 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z There are plenty of sceptics about "woke capitalism" today. How the sewing machine accidentally liberated women 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z In 2015, he used his Twitter account to describe himself as a “climate change sceptic not a denier”. James Murdoch criticises father's news outlets for climate crisis denial 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Major’s defeat in 1997 was also a defeat for the sceptics. 'The irony is we got things right by 2015': UK's Brussels envoys on Brexit 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “Even on the day when you win the Nobel prize,” she said in a 2017 graduation speech at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York, “sceptics may question whether you really know what you’re doing.” Secrets to writing a winning grant 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z “I’ve gone from full believer to full sceptic,” adds Michael Inzlicht, a psychologist at the University of Toronto, Canada, and an associate editor at the journal Psychological Science. What’s next for psychology’s embattled field of social priming 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Trump has arrived in London with other Nato leaders for a summit to mark the 70th anniversary of the transatlantic military alliance, of which he remains a noted sceptic. US briefing: Nato summit, Prince Andrew and Republicans defend Trump 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z “This confirms these studies were done carefully and that potential biases identified by climate-change sceptics did not seriously affect their conclusions.” Climategate 10 years on: what lessons have we learned? 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z The first GPS satellite launched in 1978 - but it wasn't until the first Gulf War, in 1990, that the sceptics came around. Could the world cope if GPS stopped working? 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Instead it described itself as “sceptics of climate catastrophism and costly policies that will drive energy prices higher”. How vested interests tried to turn the world against climate science 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Some sceptics see the donations as an attempt to salvage the family’s reputation. Top universities in US and UK took millions from Sackler family 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z A survey several years later showed improved satisfaction; even initial sceptics were persuaded of the benefits. We are all complicit in harassment and abuse 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z State TV showed him driving a car, firing guns and doing push-ups - but sceptics were critical. Russia and robots: Steel junk or a brave new world? 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z In the Commons, several other no-deal sceptic Tories said they still wanted to give Johnson time to get a deal before they were prepared to vote against him. Senior Tory rebels ready to back move against no-deal Brexit 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z It's fair to say Mr Bolsonaro, a far-right climate change sceptic, is feeling the heat. In a hurry? Here's your five-minute news briefing 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Now the UK's Information Commissioner's Office has joined the chorus of sceptics. Could Facebook’s new currency be stopped in its tracks? 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Though there were many sceptics, most in Zimbabwe hoped that the transition would lead to a change in fortunes for the former British colony, battered by decades of misrule. ‘Hungry kids collapse as looters take millions’: life in today’s Zimbabwe 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The scientists say it shows many of the arguments used by climate sceptics are no longer valid. Global warming 'unparalleled' in 2,000 years 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Some sceptics online have dismissed the video as a stunt, believing that no amateur teenager fan could have performed so precisely. Alex Mann: the teenage rap fan who lit up Glastonbury 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Other terms that have been updated, including the use of 'wildlife' rather than 'biodiversity', 'fish populations' instead of 'fish stocks' and 'climate science denier' rather than 'climate sceptic'. Democratic candidates fail to challenge opponents or convey scope of climate crisis in debate 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Mr Trudeau on Tuesday was on the defensive, working to convince sceptics this was not an "either/or decision". Canada approves $5.5bn oil pipeline project 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Use climate science denier or climate denier instead of climate sceptic Very few experts are, in good faith, truly sceptical of climate science, or of the necessity for strong climate action. The urgency of climate crisis needed robust new language to describe it | Paul Chadwick 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Many experts say that this new work debunks many of the claims made by climate sceptics in recent decades. Global warming 'unparalleled' in 2,000 years 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z He will not be drawn on his views on the road, but is thought to be a sceptic. Is there One Direction for £1.4bn road? 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z For sceptics like me, it was those pictures that were the real giveaway. Life on Mars? Sorry Brian Cox, that’s still science fiction | Philip Ball 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z If Theresa May's speech yesterday sought to attract switchers - and turn sceptics into endorsers - it failed. PM under fire over new Brexit plan 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Speakers showered her with praise but sceptics question how the campaign measures up to those of past first ladies – and whether it is doomed to be overshadowed by her incorrigible husband. Is Melania Trump's Be Best campaign doomed by her husband’s presidency? 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Going back further, fans highlight Jackson's acquittal on child abuse charges in 2005; and direct sceptics to unsealed FBI reports on the star, dating from 1993-4 and 2004-5, which found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing. The fans sticking up for Michael Jackson 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z “Now it’s accepted as obvious,” Voeltz says — and she credits videos of those contacts with helping to win over sceptics. How secret conversations inside cells are transforming biology 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z But the more conciliatory noises that were heard from hardline Tory sceptics 10 days ago have, as the days have passed, been replaced by eerie silence. Bluster, rhetoric – but no results: last desperate chance to save the deal 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Andy Palmer said the company will prove the sceptics wrong, as he stressed the luxury carmaker's long-term plans and importance to UK manufacturing. Aston Martin boss hits back at the doubters 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z The Guardian’s own style guide takes a different view: “The OED defines a sceptic as ‘a seeker of the truth; an inquirer who has not yet arrived at definite conclusions’. Could 'climate delayer' become the political epithet of our times? 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The Trump administration plans to gather an ad hoc group of climate sceptics to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change, reports The Washington Post. Daily briefing: From safety goggles to stab vests, the dangers for women of a world built on male data 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z But there are still sceptics on the Korean peninsula and in the US. US envoy reveals N Korea nuclear pledge 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Many countries, the US and Brazil, for example, are led by climate change sceptics. Davos 2019: the yawning gap between rhetoric and reality | Larry Elliott 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z In the end, Huawei is unlikely to find much to convince sceptics on the issue of its independence. Huawei confident in uncomfortable times 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Most so-called ‘climate change sceptics’, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, deny that climate change is happening, or is caused by human activity, so denier is a more accurate term.” Could 'climate delayer' become the political epithet of our times? 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The government announced details of new concessions on the Brexit deal on Wednesday, in a bid to win over sceptics. Theresa May loses grip on Brexit deal after fresh Commons humiliation 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z But he isn't a complete sceptic, and told the paper that Napoleon's treasure might well exist. Russia searches for Napoleon's gold 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Then casually spread the word to those you’ll be spending time with, starting with obvious sympathizers and then moving out to the sceptics. What you'll discover when you unplug over Christmas | David Sax 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Most of the most prominent May sceptics were wary of making any predictions, bruised by the last time that the letters failed to materialise. EU and UK step up plans for no-deal Brexit as Merkel rebuffs May 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Haley was also an outspoken UN sceptic, but developed a working relationship with the secretary general, António Guterres, which helped protect US funding from hawkish demands for deep cuts from Washington. Who is Heather Nauert? The new UN ambassador with little experience 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Instead, representatives at the two-week-long meeting agreed on changes that were vague enough for both proponents and sceptics of gene-drive technology to claim victory. Black-hole bounty, Ebola emergency and UK science minister resigns 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Instead, representatives at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting agreed to changes to the treaty that were vague enough that both proponents and sceptics of the technology are touting victory. Daily briefing: 6 things we want to know following CRISPR baby claims 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Instead, representatives at the two-week-long meeting agreed to changes to the treaty that were vague enough that both proponents and sceptics of gene-drive technology are touting victory. UN treaty agrees to limit gene drives but rejects a moratorium 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Hardened sceptics include Iain Duncan Smith, Owen Paterson and Bernard Jenkin, whom the prime minister had hoped to coax over to her side by promising to pursue technological solutions to the Irish border. Theresa May prepares to face biggest threat to date: the Tory party 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Lord Turner admitted that having the climate change sceptic Donald Trump as US President was unhelpful. Why industry can combat climate change 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Still, there is one benefit that even the sceptics can’t quibble about. How to avoid losing your memory in the digital age 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z In that context, the sceptics regard this latest initiative as an attempt by the Northern Ireland Office to maintain the current state of administrative limbo without taking any decisive action. Bill gives civil servants more flexibility 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z I spent a year working for a genomics start-up, and I am, despite the sceptics, now enrolled in a PhD programme in soil microbial ecology. The value of a PhD gap year 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z She also defended opponents of foreign aid, saying Brexiteers and aid sceptics were "not selfish, uncaring little Englanders" but often the most charitable. Taxpayers' foreign aid bill 'could be cut' 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z But there were some sceptics on the ground who thought it may have been a little more planned... Why was May dancing? And did it work? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z But the risk for Russia is that the interview raises more questions than it answers and offers more details for sceptics to unpick and challenge. Skripal suspects tourist claims 'offensive' 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z And the reckless stance of US President Donald Trump continues to erode climate regulations and embolden climate sceptics. Global warming tops the agenda as climate brings down a third Australian prime minister 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z “The victory of Thomas will not reconcile the Sky sceptics, any more than asking Donald Trump to get on board with theories of climate change,” it warned. Geraint Thomas seals maiden Tour de France title with Paris procession 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Santer says that one impetus for the analysis was to counter arguments from climate sceptics. Humans are altering seasonal climate cycles worldwide 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Although some sceptics write off feng shui as pure superstition, there’s no disputing that it runs through the architectural veins of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: the city still shaped by feng shui 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z He later served as a top aide on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee under Oklahoma Republican James Inhofe, a leading climate sceptic in Congress. With Pruitt gone, Trump and his allies continue to threaten the EPA 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Many assumed the EPA was looking for sceptics to participate in a proposed debate about the validity of climate science or, potentially, for appointments to science-advisory positions. Science under siege: behind the scenes at Trump’s troubled environment agency 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z A former coal lobbyist, Mr Wheeler is also a climate change sceptic and considered an effective bureaucratic operator. Scott Pruitt’s grubby tenure at the EPA is over 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z But sceptics will have noticed the use of the present tense in that sentence. Putin will run rings round Trump in Helsinki. Bad news for the rest of us | Natalie Nougayrède 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z For the leader who once said she did not do "gesture politics", she might find herself having to do much more and turn it into action, in order to win over her sceptics. More than words or gesture politics? 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z He campaigned as a sceptic of the peace agreement with the FARC, a guerrilla group that ended its 52-year war against the state in 2016. Colombia’s new president is burdened with political baggage 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The rift between the scientists and EPA leadership was fully exposed in late July 2017, when news broke that Pruitt’s team was circulating a list of names of climate sceptics. Science under siege: behind the scenes at Trump’s troubled environment agency 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z There are some sceptics calling for the players to perform better rather than relying on online campaigns. Why Russians are donning moustaches 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z But Bast contended in an email sent to EPA staffers and others that the official called off the hearing after learning that climate change “sceptics planned to attend”. Senior EPA officials collaborated with climate change denial group, emails show 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Former sceptic Ms Yeates admits she was eventually coaxed in by its fantastical charms after watching Critical Role - an online programme following voice actors as they play Dungeons & Dragons. 'It might be perceived as weird, but I don't care' 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Observers are divided over the significance of the North’s vow to decommission the site, with sceptics calling it an empty concession. North Korea presses on with nuclear site closure despite summit doubts 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z The development will hand sceptics more ammunition to say that this time is not different, as so many had hoped. How rival agendas threaten Trump's summit with Kim 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z "This film makes zero concession for newcomers or sceptics, and those of a genteel disposition should avoid it like the plague." Deadpool 2: What the critics thought 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z But the sceptics’ main misgivings – that natural wines were hugely inconsistent, difficult to define and failed to line up with traditional styles – remained. Has wine gone bad? 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z To sceptics, he was a naïf about to be devoured by a devious and corrupt establishment. Indonesia’s president is neither a grubby politician nor a diehard reformer 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z If they choose not to rerun the vote, the voices of the sceptics will likely never be silenced. Across the world, democracy is in crisis. Here’s my plan to save it | Dambisa Moyo 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z “To the leaders, sceptics and cynics who told us to sit down, stay silent and wait your turn: Welcome to the revolution” he said. Students lead a vast protest against gun violence 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z Plenty of sceptics will fail to be convinced by this reasoning. Wall Street looks overvalued 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Within weeks of taking office, he excited even sceptics. Tanzania’s rogue president 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Both are sceptics of negotiations with the ELN. The contenders to succeed Colombia’s peacemaking president 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Apparently there’s plenty of proof, but sceptics aren’t willing to “extensively engage with astrology to see how it might relate to your life”. Why astrology is turning to millennials 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z To Trump’s sceptics, it is as obvious that such an unprecedented summit would be a terrifying gamble. The pros and cons of a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Still, even the many sceptics say Mr Trump should accept the North’s offer. North Korea says it is ready to talk to America 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The scale of foreign investment in South Australia’s projects also seems to defy sceptics. A state election stirs a row about renewable energy in Australia 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z In a speech, Mr Hammond will set out his argument against "sceptics", saying it is possible to reach a deal. Trade deal 'must include financial services' 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Most are bonuses that amount to a small part of the total gains, leading sceptics to attribute the announcements to clever public relations. The spoils from American corporate tax reform are unevenly spread 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Donald Trump appears to have abandoned plans to investigate the spurious link between childhood immunisations and autism, a move welcomed by experts but condemned by Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic. Trump appears to abandon vaccine sceptic group denounced by scientists 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Scientists are also human, and these sceptic reactions reinforced a natural initial inclination among other researchers to defend their previous numbers. Climate Researchers' Work Is Turned into Fake News 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z “We bring in sceptics while exploring the history and the culture around this whole phenomenon.” 'Art can be for everyone': behind the scenes at the Museum of Selfies 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z As my colleague pointed out this week, immigration sceptics used to be found in both parties; they are now almost entirely found in one, which makes striking a deal much harder. America’s federal government shuts down 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Alas, the industry generated far too few sceptics and far too many corporate cheerleaders. Investment banks’ cull of company analysts brings dangers 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z She is also under pressure to preserve the balance between Brexit sceptics and enthusiasts, while showing the government has a purpose beyond leaving the EU, which critics say is monopolising ministers' time. Theresa May set to reshuffle cabinet team 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z But sceptics on social media questioning the shape and location of the eggs soon forced a clarification from the volunteer wildlife rescue group. Dozens of snake eggs found in Australian school sandpit 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Such volatility shows why sceptics argue that bitcoin is hardly a reliable store of value, mind you. UBS warns of bitcoin bubble as futures trading begins on CME – business live 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z But sceptics say it is almost impossible to conduct completely rigorous double-blinded trials of acupuncture. Acupuncture in cancer study reignites debate about controversial technique But if they win today, even the biggest sceptics might think they’ve turned a corner. West Ham United v Chelsea: Premier League – live! 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Gove adds that any EU sceptic would be happy with the deal the prime minister has agreed, had they been presented with it two years ago. Brexit deal: everyone born in N Ireland will retain EU citizenship after May agrees no hard border – live 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z In October, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, gave a speech at a climate sceptic think tank, entitled "Daring to Doubt". New Zealand's female PM takes on the men of Apec 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Xi and Trump unveiled more than $250bn in economic deals, a move one Chinese official hailed as “truly a miracle”, but sceptics believe were likely to have materialised even without the US president’s visit. Donald Trump calls on China to 'act faster' over North Korea threat 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z That horrifies sceptics such as Steven Novella, a neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine and founder of the blog Science-Based Medicine. Acupuncture in cancer study reignites debate about controversial technique A sceptic might describe it as a fantasy. Coders of the world, unite: can Silicon Valley workers curb the power of Big Tech? 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z As issue campaigns gain support from current party leaders and improbable primary challengers become party leaders, party sceptics become more loyal, while party loyalists start showing loyalty to leaders and issues formerly seen as heretical. The liberal-left divide reshaping American politics 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z But sceptics say she is running for the Senate to get immunity from prosecution for the next six years. High turnout in Argentina election 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z On October 17th, however, IBM’s quarterly results suggested that sceptics might just be wrong. IBM lags in cloud computing and AI. Can tech’s great survivor recover? 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Both sceptics and fanciful futurists will find something to agree and disagree with in the articles that follow. Science must examine the future of work 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The sceptics, including biologist Paul Ehrlich, add balance to Wray's tour of this hellishly complex, decidedly nascent field. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z In contrast, to win statewide races many Republican senators need both Trump loyalists and some Trump sceptics. What Republican senators really think of the president 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z They should realise that executives like to build empires, and to be seen to be “doing something”; they should be the resident sceptics. Mergers and acquisitions often disappoint 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z In 1876, Lister demonstrated his technique at the International Medical Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convincing many US sceptics. Health: The war on germs : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Yet he could capture convinced sceptics with his talk. ‘Dazzling and worrying’: my memories of Bruce Chatwin and In Patagonia 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z But they won, too – against the sceptics inside their own party; against the nip-and-tuck political compromises they felt had marred the last Labour government and the party’s manifestos in 2010 and 2015; against the odds. The inside story of Labour’s election shock 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z To sceptics and critics, there is a hole at the heart of the plan: any evidence that the state would do a better job than private companies. How could Labour's plans for greater public ownership work? 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Certainly, Holmes is the greatest of healthy sceptics. Fiction: The science in Sherlock Holmes : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Slowing growth, wobbling currencies and rising inflation upset the status quo and bolstered sceptics of Keynesian ideas, like Robert Lucas. Stanley Fischer and the twilight of technocracy 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Mr Kello lambasts such sceptics on both practical and theoretical grounds. The politics of cyberspace 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Labour didn’t win that night, of course, and sceptics were quick to claim that Corbyn had done poorly with the party’s traditional working-class base, particularly in the north. The inside story of Labour’s election shock 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z "Even the sceptics are saying, 'I hope it works.'" Can this US city go 72 hours without a murder? - BBC News 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The article accuses Senator Lindsay Graham – a Raise sceptic – of not knowing what he’s talking about. Slashing immigration: the one thing uniting most US conservatives 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z It’s not a method that fully satisfies a sceptic. How economics became a religion | John Rapley 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Many climate sceptics argue that they are the ones on the side of science, because the currency of science is doubt. How climate scepticism turned into something more dangerous 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z It is a tidy solution, though sceptics argue that it would allow governments to avoid passing budgets and thus duck hard choices. State governments are shutting down more frequently 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Proposed safeguards, such as stricter disclosure rules, do not convince sceptics. Hong Kong’s stock exchange proposes a controversial reform 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Expect him to convert a few sceptics when he closes the festival on Sunday night. 12 things that will definitely happen at Glastonbury - BBC News 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z In Zambia some sceptics are being won over: Alexander Chikwanda, the finance minister until last September, comments that fund staff are “not as theological” as before. The IMF is back in Africa 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z A sceptic questions the evidence for a given claim and asks whether it is believable. How climate scepticism turned into something more dangerous 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Boreing, a film producer who inherited the reins from Sinise, was a self-proclaimed sceptic while most members eventually supported the future president. Club for Hollywood Republicans locked in dispute – caused in part by Trump 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The mine is projected to hire between 70 to 150 workers - sceptics say that's just a drop in the bucket when you consider the hundreds of lay-offs which took place over the last several years. Acosta mine: Are coal jobs returning to the US? - BBC News 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z While there are other such sceptics, Mr Reid continues to run charisma classes for a host of businesses including accountancy group Ernst & Young, and IT firms Sophos and Cap Gemini. Can you be taught to be more charismatic? - BBC News 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Sceptic/Denier The sceptic questions the evidence; the denier flatly rejects it. The 35 words you’re (probably) getting wrong 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Whether you're a tree-hugger, a climate change sceptic or somewhere in between, there is hard and soft data to underscore the financial toll environmental change takes on business and society. Paris climate deal: World's biggest firms take on Trump - BBC News 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Which may lead a sceptic to conclude that political strategists are being inspired by dubious popular science to abandon any pretence at rational argument at all, and thus permanently lobotomise electoral democracy itself. 'Strong and stable leadership!' Could Theresa May's rhetorical carpet-bombing backfire? 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z I am sure that Sapolsky will encounter plenty of sceptics, but being a naysayer is always easier than offering a way forward. Human behaviour: Guns and roses : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Understandably, given the time it has taken to get this far, there will be sceptics who will not believe the stadium will happen until it is actually built. Stadium for Cornwall: The new ground to transform sport in the county? 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Up to this point Trump had been a longstanding sceptic of US military action. ‘It had a big impact on me’ – story behind Trump’s whirlwind missile response 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z What if debunking climate sceptics allows minor battles to be won, but risks losing the bigger fight for public opinion by stepping over invisible but powerful social lines? Is it socially acceptable to challenge climate denial? | Adam Corner 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z All the protection for our beaches, air quality and energy efficiency would be at the caprice of a Conservative government that includes climate sceptics. Leavers, beware: Theresa May is offering the exact opposite of what you voted for | Tim Farron 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z "Human-driven climate change is now an empirically verifiable fact, combining year-to-year variability with the consequences of our release of extra greenhouse gases. Those who dispute that link are not sceptics, but anti-science deniers." 'Extreme and unusual' climate trends continue after record 2016 - BBC News 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Still, an assortment of lawmakers, landowners and sceptics are trying to knock Texas Central’s plan off the rails before a piece of track is laid. Texas company hopes Dallas-to-Houston train line is bound for glory 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z At first, the reformers wanted the new course to include a large science component – something Dominic Cummings and other current PPE sceptics think the degree gravely lacks – but that proposal proved one innovation too many. PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z But sceptics, heathens and Stephen Hawking are not in charge of America. Heaven has 'extreme vetting'? When Republicans legislate from the Bible | Arwa Mahdawi 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z There were sceptics in the crowd, however, and they groaned in the 48th minute when Kane spurned a shooting chance and lost possession. Tottenham’s Harry Kane scores penalty to break Middlesbrough resistance 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z It has kept its technological cards close to its chest—to the point where some sceptics think that its technology has been oversold. The promise of augmented reality 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z A peer-reviewed version of the report was published on 26 January in Science2, but sceptics say that it includes little new information. Physicists doubt bold report of metallic hydrogen 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Fans claim that this ‘microdosing’ boosts creativity and concentration, but sceptics doubt that ingesting or inhaling one-tenth of the normal dose could have an effect. First look at LSD in action reveals acid-trip biochemistry 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z "My guess is the web pages will be taken down, but the links and information will be available," the prominent climate sceptic and adviser to the Trump transition team, Myron Ebell, told Reuters. Trump's 'control-alt-delete' on climate change policy - BBC News 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Now the onus will be on sceptics to try to find a faster classical algorithm. D-Wave upgrade: How scientists are using the world’s most controversial quantum computer 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Lopez recognises that sceptics can be a problem for campaigners but cautions against expending energy on fighting trolls who, she says, are an “absolute minority”. So you want to be a climate campaigner? Here's how 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z I wasn’t the only sceptic: famously, the 1990s saw a dip in the popularity of feminism. Madam president: are female leaders better for women? 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z However, Trump’s shock election – and the presence of so many climate sceptics in his administration – has thrown the US’ commitment to such goals into doubt. China's Xi Jinping says Paris climate deal must not be allowed to fail 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Sixteen years after an English court discredited his work and the judge called him “antisemitic and racist”, the historian David Irving claims he is inspiring a new generation of “Holocaust sceptics”. Antisemite, Holocaust denier … yet David Irving claims fresh support 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z An issue many sceptics highlighted at the time, there are also concerns about the general viability of a team in Miami. A decade on, did David Beckham's move to MLS make a difference? 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Faraday Future is also back for a second year to convince sceptics that it can launch an electric car before its funds dry up. CES 2017: Tech preview of Las Vegas's biggest launches - BBC News 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Phillips left soon after that, and became a leading climate sceptic. Teargas, trees and oil: my life in the greatest job on earth | John Vidal 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z It also may be that in such a politicised case, whatever they produce, the sceptics will not be convinced. Can US election hack be traced to Russia? - BBC News 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z And Perry is not the only climate sceptic poised to join Trump’s inner circle. US Earth scientists plan for uncertain future under Trump 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Accidents will happen, and they underline the understandable worries of driverless-technology sceptics. With Trump and Uber, the driverless future could turn into a nightmare | John Harris 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z The new energy secretary, Rick Perry, is an oilman and a climate change sceptic. The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s team: not the new normal | Editorial 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z The study panel included climate sceptics, but the report was unanimous and unequivocal that greenhouse gases were building up in the atmosphere because of human activities and causing temperatures to rise. Ralph J. Cicerone (1943-2016) : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z But the right information will allow optimists and pessimists, sceptics and evangelists, to back their convictions with their capital. Michael Bloomberg and Mark Carney: How to make a profit from defeating climate change 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z But there are sceptics who see this as another wave of technology over-promising. Could robots be marking your homework? - BBC News 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Debate continues over Trump’s cabinet picks, including climate sceptics for the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency. Trump accuses CNN of 'fake news' over reported Celebrity Apprentice plans 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z It’s not for nothing that a group of Australian sceptics style themselves on Galileo. Why we’re all everyday climate change deniers | Alice Bell 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z With the death of Fidel Castro, one bitter sceptic of the US-Cuban thaw has left the scene just as another, Donald Trump, is about to take office. Trump unlikely to reinstate embargo after death of Fidel Castro, analysts say 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z He is a sceptic of the H1-B visa scheme that helps companies recruit skilled foreigners, such as scientists or engineers. The next attorney-general opposes immigration and has defended torture 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Mr Uribe and other sceptics continued to claim the changes made were cosmetic. Colombian government and Farc to sign new peace deal - BBC News 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The trouble is that after the projections were calculated, Donald Trump, who is both a climate sceptic and a fossil-fuel fan, was elected as America’s next president. Polluting the outlook 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z And Myron Ebell, a prominent climate sceptic who directs energy and global warming policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, is leading Trump’s transition team for the EPA. The ultimate experiment: How Trump will handle science 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Whether you’re an enthusiast, a sceptic, or somewhere in the middle, 2017 is going to be a big year in figuring out the real potential for this technology. The complete guide to virtual reality – everything you need to get started 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Some sceptics point to the teething problems of existing brain initiatives as evidence that neuroscience lacks well-defined objectives1, 2, 4, unlike high-energy physics, mathematics, astronomy or genetics. A better way to crack the brain 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Washington sceptics may dismiss Ms Harris as a typical Californian progressive. Meet Kamala Harris 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z A sceptic might argue that society cannot understand something it does not know about. Eye in the sky: billionaires' surveillance project raises privacy fears in Baltimore 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Excerpts were published by climate sceptics to smear scientists and cloud public and political judgement. Climate science: Denialism deciphered : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z A sceptic might react to this irksome scientism by objecting that, unlike in Plato's image, the vistas seen through the window keep changing. Theoretical physics: Windows on the weird : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z I'm a real sceptic, so for me to say there's a 50% chance that it's interesting is a pretty strong endorsement from me! Q&A: Brian Schmidt : Nature : Nature Research 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Even sceptics clever enough to spot what is going on will keep quiet. The emperor’s new paunch 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Your next point is slightly separate, although it is often used by fashion sceptics as an excuse for their loudly voiced dislike of the industry. What’s the point of London fashion week? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Sterling was the £49m purchase from Liverpool whom sceptics believed was overpriced and not good enough for City and England. Raheem Sterling answering his critics under influence of Pep Guardiola 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z If it leads to political posturing and duplication then the sceptics may be right - and the only person who may be happy is Russian President Vladimir Putin, watching it all from the Kremlin. Brexit vote revives dream of EU army - BBC News 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z This bothers sceptics such as Norbert Schmacke, a professor of medicine and the author of a book explaining why homeopathy is nonsense. Not a molecule of sense 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z On One Fine Day, meanwhile, Sting addresses global warming sceptics. Sting's new album tackles the deaths of Prince and Bowie 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Even sceptics of flossing say cleaning between your teeth is good for you. Should you floss or not? Study says benefits unproven - BBC News 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z It already has the world’s largest teahouse, mainly Chinese-financed and mostly empty; and an immense national library—sadly devoid of books, according to whispering sceptics. Stans undelivered 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Labour’s former climate change secretary Ed Miliband said "climate sceptics" might try to derail the deal if they gained positions of power following the EU referendum. Cameron urged to ratify climate deal before quitting as PM - BBC News 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z It happens to be the case that many prominent climate sceptics have been secretly funded by oil companies. Why bad ideas refuse to die | Steven Poole 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z He has defied sceptics and overcome setbacks over the years, all the while pushing on with innovations of improbable ambition. Clouds appear 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Mr Burnham told me there is still time to win over the sceptics but his view isn't shared by all senior Labour politicians. Labour's Tom Watson: EU free movement rules must change - BBC News 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Dean Falk, an evolutionary anthropologist at Florida State University, said the new fossils will help to convince all but the most diehard sceptics that Homo floresiensis is a legitimate species. Fossil discovery on Flores provides clues to 'hobbit' ancestors 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Lord Lawson, who founded the climate sceptic pressure group Global Warming Policy Forum, was involved in the Leave campaign. Cameron urged to ratify climate deal before quitting as PM - BBC News 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z It is always possible for a sceptic to downplay a phenomenon by saying, but wait, that exists elsewhere too. China’s memory manipulators | Ian Johnson 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Following Randol’s recommendations, a number of climate sceptics were appointed to the administration, including Harlan Watson, a then Republican congressional staffer, who went on to lead the US climate negotiating team. ExxonMobil tried to censor climate scientists to Congress during Bush era 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z When D-Wave passed a different test, developed by an independent scientist, sceptics argued that while entanglement might be happening, the only real test was performance. Has the age of quantum computing arrived? 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z He added that sceptics should take a hard look at geneticists who claim to have found a “gay gene” or an “ intelligence gene” or any other simplistic explanation for a complex trait. Scientific sceptics hit back after rebuke 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z There are still some sceptics about the Florida dates. Underwater archaeologists unearth ancient butchering site 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z “There are sceptics as to whether this is a passing fancy … or whether this is a beginning, a serious commitment. I hope and I believe that something different is happening.” Tax transparency efforts will fail if US states excluded, summit told 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Every time Sanders surprises the sceptics by winning another state he ensures his more progressive messages remain in the media spotlight. Sanders' endgame: keep the message alive even as nomination slips away 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Conservative sceptics argue the plans will not work in rural areas. Doubts cast over rural England elected mayor plans - BBC News 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The community of science-minded sceptics is organized through various societies such as the Skeptics Society and uses magazines, newsletters, regular meetings and lectures to discuss a range of issues. Scientific sceptics hit back after rebuke 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Climate sceptics argue the findings show that the extra CO2 is actually benefiting the planet. Rise in CO2 has 'greened Planet Earth' - BBC News 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Antitrust sceptics see the Android case as yet more proof that such legal action is just not worth it in the fast-moving tech world. Android attack 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z A conservative Liberal Party backbencher, Dr Jensen is an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage and a climate change sceptic. Blouse-ripping sex scene brings down Australian MP - BBC News 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Trade sceptics sometimes seem to suggest that workers were better-off before the 1980s, because protectionism was rife but growth stayed high. Trade, at what price? 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Horgan wrote that for sceptics to really have an impact, they need to tackle the “dubious and even harmful claims promoted by major scientists and institutions”. Scientific sceptics hit back after rebuke 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The sceptics worry that they might one day find themselves working under tight biosecurity regulations to handle proteins that they view as relatively innocuous. The red-hot debate about transmissible Alzheimer's 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z But sceptics in the leading hospitals argue that the funding increase for the 2016/17 financial year is enough simply to keep the show on the road. Mind the NHS financial 'black hole' - BBC News 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The sceptics’ reaction to new technology seems equally deep-rooted. The medium is the messengers 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z But some sceptics say that what really sets the 42-year-old apart from others is style rather than ideology. Meet Saudi Arabia's stars of social media - BBC News 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Speaking to Nature, Horgan says that he had an “impressionistic view” of the topics that were important to sceptics but that he hadn’t taken a full survey. Scientific sceptics hit back after rebuke 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z But sceptics have questioned the first work, recording telescope observations within days of the announcement that cast doubt on the finding2. Fresh confusion over origins of enigmatic radio-wave blasts 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z But the claim that mere hours spent playing a memory game can increase intelligence is an extraordinary one, and sceptics soon started voicing objections. Brain training: Memory games : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z To convince sceptics, the scheme needs to provide a successful example of how it will work in practice. Future present 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Climate-change sceptics have used this as evidence that global warming has stopped. Global warming ‘hiatus’ debate flares up again 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z If impressive detection data can be gathered from a third centre, this may help to convince remaining sceptics about the usefulness of the rats. The rats who sniff out tuberculosis 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The Freedom 251 was unveiled a day ahead of the launch and is being sold for 251 rupees - a price that sceptics said was far lower than what its components would cost. Ringing Bells briefly sells 251-rupee smartphone before website crashes 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z A link made the rounds on Facebook, and within hours a group of like-minded sceptics began gravitating to the blog, posting their own findings in the comments section. Cancer cons, phoney accidents and fake deaths: meet the internet hoax buster | Rachel Monroe 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The science is not yet there to back up many of the claims made about floating, and sceptics suggest that any perceived benefits may just be from basic relaxation. Why do people use flotation tanks? - BBC News 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z In practice sceptics wonder whether trucking goods over one of the world’s highest mountain ranges will ever be cheaper than existing sea routes. A new Shenzhen? Poor Pakistan fishing town's horror at Chinese plans 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z But sceptics could do well to read a paper by Robert Mabro, founder of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies who helped to broker the 1998 deal. A new global oil deal could draw lessons from 1998 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z So long as it stays fresh in the eyes of consumers, Apple will be able to prove the sceptics wrong—again. iPhone, therefore I am 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Firtash denies he was pushing Russian interests in Ukraine, but in an interview with the Guardian, he says he was a longtime sceptic of a free-trade agreement with the EU. Caught between Russia and the US? The curious case of Ukraine's Dmytro Firtash 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z The sceptics are not only on the populist right. Cologne’s aftershocks 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Climate sceptics had made much of the fact that the increase in global temperatures seemed to stall around 1998. Climate change: 2015 'shattered' global temperature record by wide margin - BBC News 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z There were many sceptics who said Iran would never deliver on its side of the bargain, but the independent International Atomic Energy Agency has said they have. Sanctions against Iran lifted after compliance with nuclear deal 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z He has called himself a "climate change sceptic" but not a denier - but also criticised "alarmist nonsense" on the subject. Rupert Murdoch, Jerry Hall and other power couples - BBC News 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z The team don't have to look far for a sceptic. ASMR: What's going on inside my brain? - BBC News 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z An undercover sting by Greenpeace has revealed that two prominent climate sceptics were available for hire by the hour to write reports casting doubt on the dangers posed by global warming. Greenpeace exposes sceptics hired to cast doubt on climate science 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z There are still some sceptics within the scientific community who question the true nature of these geological features - and show some reluctance to classify the lobes as distinct phenomena. Warming speeds 'world's slowest moving landslides' - BBC News 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z There were some early sceptics, those quick to impute a selfish motive. Love from mom and dad … but who gains from Mark Zuckerberg’s $45bn gift? 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z She said Mr Cameron had made progress in convincing sceptics but the SNP remained concerned about the lack of reliable ground troops and the need for post-conflict reconstruction in Syria. Scottish MPs to take part in Syria air strikes debate - BBC News 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Jarraud rejected climate sceptics' arguments that the science underlying predictions of man-made climate change was flawed. 2015 Will Be Hottest Year on Record--Until Next Year 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z This is her third year using all of the equipment, and any sceptics long ago disappeared. The schools where they never say ‘sit still’ 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Prof Tol is regarded by many campaigners as a climate "sceptic". Society 'to be hit by climate change' - BBC News 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Part of the answer may be a pattern that has emerged from some former donors who turned into sceptics - when they turned up on the right day, they saw happy, jostling centres. The fall of Kids Company - BBC News 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Donors include known climate sceptics from around the world. Indiegogo criticised for helping climate deniers crowdfund money 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Constant recalls gave lithium batteries a bad name, and sceptics assumed that they would never be safe enough for the mass market. Lithium batteries: To the limits of lithium : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z As a source of carbon, sceptics argued, the gas was far more difficult and expensive to obtain than the petroleum, coal and natural gas that now provide the raw material for most chemical manufacturing. How to make the most of carbon dioxide 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Even if alternative therapies induce a biological response, sceptics argue, patients are still better off receiving trial-proven conventional treatments, because then they benefit from both a placebo effect and the active effect of the drug. Consider all the evidence on alternative therapies 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Many sceptics in Washington believe the combination of opposition from the left and right together with the politics of an election year could make it an uphill struggle for the administration. Obama faces TPP deal balancing act as Congress considers approval 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z He is one of the sceptics about China's data, so his view is that the Chinese economy is already closer to that than the official figures suggest. China's economy is stumbling, but by how much? - BBC News 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z One organiser, Aaron Mills, sounds like vaccine sceptics in Europe. Thundering herd 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Yet here, too, the sceptics are on to something. Point taken, Mr Orban 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z “I don’t think Senator Rubio is a sceptic on climate change,” he said. 'America is not a planet': Republicans resist climate change action at debate 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z "We are delighted that the Borders Railway is already proving sceptics wrong, and that is to be celebrated," a spokesman said. Borders Railway: Extra carriage bid to tackle overcrowding - BBC News 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The spectacle of the furious US political battle has also helped convince some sceptics in the Iranian leadership over the Obama administration’s determination to honour its side of the deal. Obama secures Iran victory as 34th senator endorses nuclear deal 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z As well as a long-term fall in the levels of deference, sceptics point to spin doctors, focus groups, heavily managed public appearances and mainstream politicians' use of vacuous, scripted language. Can authentic politicians deliver when it matters most? - BBC News 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Some sceptics say there is no evidence that the train ever existed. Pole and German claim to have found missing Nazi loot train 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z The sceptics are not just bankers, and not just opponents of regulation. The Tarullo show 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The culmination of his long-fought battle against coal industry lobbyists and climate change sceptics in Congress was greeted with jubilation by many environmentalists who described the tougher-than-expected regulations as a “game-changer”. Obama unveils sweeping cuts to power plant emissions: 'We have to get going' 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z The Greens have been sceptics from the start. How the New Routemaster came full circle: back to a regular old London bus 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Zarif said the campaign “will probably run into many hurdles raised by the sceptics of peace and diplomacy. But we must endeavour to convince and persist, as we did in Vienna”. Iran's foreign minister calls for world's nuclear weapons states to disarm 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Despite the fears of many sceptics—including this newspaper—the transport system did not collapse under the influx of spectators. Going for bronze 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Ignore the climate sceptics who set up a straw man of the need for ‘settled science’ and then burn it to the ground. Prepare farms for the future 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Froome is unsure whether the release of the data will convince sceptics, but welcomes the team's desire for transparency. Team Sky release Froome's Tour data 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z One of the panel, Jack Straw, is a noted sceptic who has already proposed restrictions to it. Is this the end for the Freedom of Information Act? - BBC News 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Anyone who is still a sceptic about the overwhelming evidence of long-term damage to our climate is ignoring the facts and spurning reason. Can New York's Climate Museum save the planet? 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z In a bid to persuade sceptics of the deal, EU foreign ministers emphasised that there was no better alternative following a unanimous vote by the UN security council that endorsed the nuclear accord. Why Republican promises to scrap Iran nuclear deal may not be met 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z "Follow the trend until you find yourself in a coffin," thundered one market sceptic. Panic, invincibility and blame in China's stock market - BBC News 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z If that date isn't kept, the mandatory review could stretch to 60 days and provide a bigger window for sceptics in Congress, and in other countries, to find fault in the fine print. Can powers meet the 'real' deadline on Iran's nuclear programme? - BBC News 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z But it has become clear since then that there are differences of interpretation of the Lausanne ‘parameters’ and a crescendo of opposition to concessions from sceptics in Washington and Tehran. Iran nuclear talks likely to miss Tuesday deadline 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z EMU sceptic that I am, I can’t help wondering if the Presidents’ ideas will also merely complicate further an already over-complex and dysfunctional structure. How Many Presidents Does It Take To "Complete" The European Monetary Union? 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Different sceptics held different views - but all are versions of the theme of taking nothing on trust, and that is what the word has come to mean. The Vocabularist: The roots of the word 'eurosceptic' - BBC News 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z And as our US environment correspondent Suzanne Goldenberg found out last week at a gathering of US climate sceptics, the Pope’s encyclical is at the top of their list of concerns. The Pope's encyclical on climate change – live reaction and analysis 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “I think sceptics have their work cut out for them to overpower the pope’s influence,” said Marc Morano, a climate change denier notorious for a blog that attacks scientists. Angry US Republicans tell Pope Francis to ‘stick with his job and we’ll stick with ours’ 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Then Mr Cameron caved in to the sceptics, as he invariably does. Swimming the Channel 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The comments, published on the Weather Channel on Wednesday, echoed president Barack Obama, who recently lambasted climate sceptic politicians for jeopardising global and national security. Climate change has left US exposed in Arctic, say military experts 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Still, the sceptics might have had something to say about the suggestion. The Vocabularist: The roots of the word 'eurosceptic' - BBC News 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z And as our US environment correspondent Suzanne Goldenberg found out last week at a gathering of US climate sceptics, the Pope’s encyclical is at the top of their list of concerns. The Pope's encyclical on climate change – live reaction and analysis 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Gatlin, 33, has faced a barrage of criticism since clocking a lifetime best of 9.74 seconds at the opening Diamond League event in Doha from sceptics who point out he has served two doping bans. Gatlin wins third successive Rome Golden Gala 100m 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Global warming has not undergone a ‘pause’ or ‘hiatus’, according to US government research that undermines one of the key arguments used by sceptics to question climate science. Global warming hasn't paused, study finds 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The research programme is likely to be supported by many mainstream thinkers and climate "sceptics" alike. 'Moon shot' call on clean energy - BBC News 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Like most scientists I consult, Grindrod is a Mars One sceptic. Can Mars One colonise the red planet? 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z I’m afraid I was in the sceptics’ corner, then, too. Why do we want this to be Shakespeare’s ‘true portrait’ so much? | Charlotte Higgins 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z “I want people to hate me,” the controversial climate sceptic Marc Morano tells the Guardian in this week’s episode of “the biggest story in the world”. Washington University to divest from coal companies 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The adjustments to the data were slight, but removed a flattening of the graph this century that has lead climate sceptics to claim the rise in global temperatures had stopped. Global warming hasn't paused, study finds 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Some simple, even lax, rules on currency manipulation would appease many of the sceptics, though such manipulation is fiendishly hard to define. Fighting the secret plot to make the world richer 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z You don't have to work to be a sceptic. A Point of View: Art v politics 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Brazil proved the sceptics wrong, and in doing so it changed the global conversation on forests, food and rural development. Tree cheers 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Beyond this rarefied world, sceptics wait in many capitals, ready to react if, in their view, a bad deal emerges. Iran nuclear talks: World powers to meet foreign minister 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z “The myth of the global warming pause has been heavily promoted by climate change sceptics seeking to undermine the case for strong and urgent cuts in greenhouse gas emissions,” said Ward. Global warming hasn't paused, study finds 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Coleman has, however, won over some of the sceptics in subsequent matches, most notably the goalless draw in Belgium in November. Bale-inspired Wales look the real deal 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Still, Mr Cameron is the sceptics’ best hope of getting the referendum they dream of, so they are keeping quiet for now. They haven’t gone away 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Although some people are sceptics and argue that it is the same wine only in a classier bottle. The World's Most Expensive Rosé Wine 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z And on the canal project, he told me he didn't pay much attention to sceptics who questioned his five-year timetable "while sitting indoors looking at a map". Wang Jing: The man behind the Nicaragua canal project 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Since scientists began to report a slower than expected rate of warming during the last decade, climate sceptics have latched on to the apparent dip in order to question the validity of climate models. Global warming hasn't paused, study finds 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z On March 3rd, this year’s statewide Town Meeting Day, sceptics noted that just 11% of registered voters attend the average town meeting in Vermont, and that the number is falling. Of dogs and democracy 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The sceptics point to the 2010 World Cup promises which did not filter down to the common man in the street. Durban eyes Olympic prize after Commonwealth 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Anne-Marie Slaughter, formerly with the Obama State Department, authored a celebratory Financial Times article entitled “Why Libya sceptics were proved badly wrong.” Libya: Hold Policymakers Accountable For Another Washington War Gone Bad 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z He faces a host of opponents and sceptics ranging from local residents to engineers and environmentalists concerned about the impact on Central America's largest lake. Wang Jing: The man behind the Nicaragua canal project 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Success would vindicate those who died on the Maidan, and surprise sceptics in Brussels. Soaring hopes, dark fears 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Tau deposits are found in the brains of elderly people and in those with Alzheimer’s disease — leading some sceptics to question whether CTE is a distinct disorder. Researchers seek definition of head-trauma disorder 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z She had authored a celebratory Financial Times article entitled “Why Libya sceptics were proved badly wrong.” Washington's Foolish Foreign Policy: American People Must Say No To More Wars 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z Though sceptics may exaggerate Dalian Wanda’s dependence on links to officialdom, the firm’s recent move into cultural industries has clearly been made with government support. It’s a Wanda-ful life 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Now, similar doubts preceded the launch of Apple's iPad - sceptics said there just wasn't room for that kind of device in the market. Who wants a smartwatch? 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z They don't admit it is part of a core-vote strategy - preaching to the choir as some sceptics put it - but to many it looks that way. Analysis: A fight Labour can win? 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Even so, a recent study found that sceptics tend to cluster in certain parts of the state where vaccination is far from the norm. Of vaccines and vacuous starlets 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Feedback from those customers will help determine whether the sceptics were wrong, or whether HealBe's claims are just too good to be true. Calorie-counting wristband tested 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The challenge is to demonstrate to sceptics that there is a benefit to society as a whole from the policy. Free school meals for young pupils 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z And the authorities' decision to hold the main groundbreaking ceremony in Managua, some 120km away from where the waterway is to built, won't help convince the many sceptics who still doubt the project's viability. Nicaragua breaks ground on canal 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded and led the party until 2011, was a climate change sceptic and once compared environmentalists to communists. France's Front National Launch 'Patriotic' Environmental Movement This, he says, contrasts with the general mood in the academic community, which is “very REF sceptic”. UK releases world's largest university assessment 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Even when sceptics doubted that cancer immunotherapy would work, and early clinical trials looked disappointing, Topalian was undeterred. 365 days: Nature's 10 “This is a real signal,” says Chris McKay, a longtime sceptic of the plume hypothesis who is nevertheless one of the authors of the paper in Science. Curiouser and curiouser 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z But a year-and-a-half later, he returned to the lab from a stint in Silicon Valley to find that many of those earlier sceptics were now using his system. The automated lab 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z But the hardest part could be selling it to sceptics - especially in Tehran and Washington DC. What next for Iran nuclear talks? 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Demand-side sceptics respond that “Keynesianism is not the answer” when what is most urgently needed is structural reform in crisis-hit countries. The sputtering engine 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z We don't know enough about the body's processes, these sceptics say, to be sure that the liquid really does contain everything we need. Are we really interested in saving time? 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z A string of conservative government ministers have been outspoken climate change sceptics, too. G20 summit: Can they ignore climate change? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The weekend event features talks and workshops on ghosts, UFOs and aliens, with academics, enthusiasts and declared sceptics taking part. Scottish Paranormal Festival begins 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z As I explain to psychic sceptic Professor Robert Wiseman, I had approached Morgan as a sworn unbeliever. Talking to the Dead: The Science of Necromancy Gardner was a noted sceptic who nevertheless believed in a personal God and the value of prayer, and some months before his death he had received a brief surprise visit from Richard Dawkins. Weekendish: The best of the week's reads 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z But afterwards they hope there will be an end to the appeasing of the sceptics. What about the pro-European Conservatives? 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z A sceptic of the use of "virtual avatars" for speech content, he thinks "adoption into Second Life may be more appropriate". Will we podcast in virtual reality? 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z |
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