Matt Ridley

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People who prefer to solve problems by themselves are more likely to invent things. Photograph: iStock
Fostering inventiveness is critical for society

Innovation is clearly of critical importance for progress. It depends on invention, which in turn depends on ideas. Only a tiny minority of people pro(...)

Melting glaciers are a clear sign of climat change and global warming
The three kinds of climate denier

The view that “global warming is all bullshit, it’s got to stop . . . and the world is freezing” is no longer the dominant form of climate change deni(...)

A whaling station on South Georgia. The island has been declared rat-free after centuries of rodent devastation. Photograph: Andrew Orr/ Barcroft Images/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
Rats to the naysayers who say things can’t be done

Rats, those hairy rodents, purveyors of the plague and general ne’er-do-wells. For the few occupants of the little island of South Georgia in the sout(...)