Thomas Herndon was happily studying economics at the University of Massachusetts, when one day is punctured by a discovery. It... more

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What is the secret to ageing well? Humankind has been in search of an answer for millions of years. But... more

2008, Hungary: a researcher stands on a factory floor quizzing a bemused employee. The tile manufacturing company is in trouble,... more

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How well do you make decisions? It’s never easy, but today John Carter is faced with an agonising choice and... more

Singapore, 2016. A high-tech driverless train system starts glitching in wild and unpredictable ways. The train company, the government, even... more

It’s a hot summer’s day in 1998. Two couples stand side by side in a small courtyard. Brought together by... more

In 1998, the climate scientist Michael Mann published a simple graph shaped like an ice hockey stick: a long... more

It’s 1973 and the UK is in crisis: runaway inflation, industrial strike action and political turmoil. Unnoticed at the time... more