Alice Bell
New Humanist
United Kingdom
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Past articles by alice:
Dystopia by degrees
Calling out "bad"climate action can be tricky, but we have to accept that not all green strategies lead to a better, fairer world. → Read More
Rishi Sunak’s spring statement 2022 – the panel verdict
How well has the chancellor responded to the cost-of-living crisis? Our panellists give their view → Read More
The IPCC climate report is grim – but there is still room for hope
There is only a small window in which to mitigate the worst effects, says Alice Bell of the climate change charity Possible → Read More
Blood carbon
Climate change is a result not only of industrial advances. Genocide and colonialism have also changed the earth's temperature. → Read More
The definite particle
How did carbon dioxide go from a 19th-century health fad to planet-destroying pariah? → Read More
Beware oil execs in environmentalists’ clothing – BP could derail real change
If the company wants us to believe it can be part of the solution, it needs to stop drilling, says campaigner Alice Bell → Read More
Can laboratories curb their addiction to plastic?
Research scientists have largely gone unnoticed as major users of unrecyclable material. Now some universities are helping them kick the habit → Read More
Mind your language—communicating the climate problem
Language isn't everything but finding the right vocabulary is important → Read More
Is UK science and innovation up for the climate challenge?
Alice Bell: The government has shaken up the UK research system. But fossil fuels, not low-carbon technologies, still seem to be in the driving seat. → Read More
In 10 years time trains could be solar powered
A technique has been devised that allows electricity to flow directly from solar panels to electrified train tracks to the trains themselves making solar powered trains more feasible than ever before → Read More
Don’t blame green targets for Grenfell – insulation saves lives
Rightwing papers have implicated energy-efficiency measures in the tragedy. But cold homes are dangerous and disproportionately affect poorer people’s health → Read More
Science’s embarrassing fossil fuel problem
Alice Bell: Willie Soon has been criticised for taking money from the energy industry, but he’s more normal than much of science would like to admit. → Read More
Why women in science are annoyed at Rosetta mission scientist's clothing
Alice Bell: ESA can land their robot on a comet. But they still can’t see misogyny under their noses. → Read More
Why women in science are annoyed at Rosetta mission scientist's clothing
Alice Bell: ESA can land their robot on a comet. But they still can’t see misogyny under their noses. → Read More
The city and the sublime
Today, are we more awestruck by our own scientific and technological achievements than by the glory of nature? → Read More
Why are the media so obsessed with female scientists' appearance?
Alice Bell: Yet enough profile of Susan Greenfield feels the need to dwell on her ‘long, youthfully blond hair’. Why are the media so rubbish at covering women in science? → Read More
Science communication needs infrastructure, not more professors
Alice Bell: The Royal Society has advertised for a professorship in public engagement with science. This makes a mockery of both science and science communication expertise → Read More
No one mention the war? Medics and the peace movement
From 1951 onwards, groups of UK medics were active in the anti-nuclear movement. As we look back on their history - alongside that of the Radical Statistics movement and more - could we imagine such vibrant professions-based activism today? → Read More
No one mention the war? Medics and the peace movement
From 1951 onwards, groups of UK medics were active in the anti-nuclear movement. As we look back on their history - alongside that of the Radical Statistics movement and more - could we imagine such vibrant professions-based activism today? → Read More
Beds Not Bombs: The history of anti-nuclear medical campaigning and protest.
The Medact archive - just catalogued by the Wellcome Library - tells the story of a group of doctors, nurses and other specialist medical practitioners, who joined together to protest against nuclear weapons. → Read More