The Royal Society has issued a new report supporting GMOs. But does the Roy Soc really understand the issues?

Colin Tudge asks whether science has become a dishonourable profession

Britain’s Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs now tells us that those who oppose Syngenta’s Golden Rice are “wicked”. But what are the real reasons behind his zeal for high-tech?

Can we – should we? — rely on science and economics to tell us what is worth doing and what is not?