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Publications

Guardian

History Politics Science

Unfreezing the Ice Age: The Truth About Humanity’s Deep Past

Archaeological discoveries are shattering scholars’ long-held beliefs about how the earliest humans organized their societies—and hint at possibilities for our own,

David Graeber, David Wengrow Guardian Oct 2021 25min Permalink

Sex Science

The Great Sperm Heist: ‘They Were Playing with People’s Lives’

Paul was in his 80s when someone called to say she was his daughter, conceived in a fertility clinic with his sperm. The only problem? He’d never donated any.

Jenny Kleeman Guardian Sep 2021 25min Permalink

Science Tech Religion

A Dog’s Inner Life: What a Robot Pet Taught Me About Consciousness

Today, artificial intelligence and information technologies have absorbed many of the questions that were once taken up by theologians and philosophers: the mind’s relationship to the body, the question of free will, the possibility of immortality.

Meghan O’Gieblyn Guardian Aug 2021 20min Permalink

History Politics

The Last Humanist: How Paul Gilroy Became the Most Vital Guide to Our Age of Crisis

A profile of England’s pre-eminent scholar of race, culture, and nationalism.

Yohann Koshy Guardian Aug 2021 30min Permalink

World

The Toppling of Saddam’s Statue: How the US Military Made a Myth

In 2003, the destruction of one particular statue in Baghdad made worldwide headlines and came to be a symbol of western victory in Iraq. But there was so much more to it—or rather, so much less.

Alex von Tunzelmann Guardian Jul 2021 20min Permalink

Health

The Invisible Addiction: Is It Time to Give Up Caffeine?

Caffeine makes us more energetic, efficient and faster. But we have become so dependent that we need it just to get to our baseline.

Michael Pollan Guardian Jul 2021 15min Permalink

World Health

"We Are Witnessing a Crime Against Humanity"

On India’s Covid catastrophe.

Arundhati Roy Guardian Apr 2021 20min Permalink

Best Article World

Out of Thin Air: The Mystery of the Man Who Fell From the Sky

In 2019, the body of a man fell from a passenger plane into a garden in south London. Who was he?

Sirin Kale Guardian Apr 2021 25min Permalink

World

The Death Truck: How a Solution to Mexico's Morgue Crisis Created a New Horror

How did a lorry carrying 273 dead bodies end up stranded on the outskirts of Guadalajara?

Matthew Bremner Guardian Apr 2021 20min Permalink

Business

The Rich Vs the Very, Very Rich: The Wentworth Golf Club Rebellion

When a Chinese billionaire bought one of Britain’s most prestigious golf clubs in 2015, dentists and estate agents were confronted with the unsentimental force of globalized capital.

Samanth Subramanian Guardian Mar 2021 Permalink

Crime World

Hunting the Men Who Kill Women: Mexico’s Femicide Detective

Although femicide is a recognised crime in Mexico, when a woman disappears, the authorities are notoriously slow to act. But there is someone who will take on their case.

Meaghan Beatley Guardian Feb 2021 Permalink

Health

Brazilian Butt Lift: Behind the World's Most Dangerous Cosmetic Surgery

The BBL is the fastest growing cosmetic surgery in the world, despite the mounting number of deaths resulting from the procedure. What is driving its astonishing rise?

Sophie Elmhirst Guardian Feb 2021 25min Permalink

Politics

Trump's Useful Thugs

How the Republican party offered a home to the Proud Boys.

Brendan O'Connor Guardian Jan 2021 20min Permalink

The Joys of Being an Absolute Beginner—For Life

The phrase ‘adult beginner’ can sound patronising. It implies you are learning something you should have mastered as a child. But learning is not just for the young.

Tom Vanderbilt Guardian Jan 2021 15min Permalink

World

How Syria's disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets

In November 2019, James Le Mesurier, the British co-founder of the Syrian rescue group, fell to his death in Istanbul. What led an internationally celebrated humanitarian to take his own life?

Martin Chulov Guardian Oct 2020 25min Permalink

Health

The Battle Over Dyslexia

It was once a widely accepted way of explaining why some children struggled to read and write. But in recent years, some experts have begun to question the existence of dyslexia itself.

Sirin Kale Guardian Sep 2020 25min Permalink

Health

'You have to take action': one hospital cleaner’s journey through the pandemic

After years of outsourcing, many essential staff work for the NHS without receiving its benefits. In one London hospital, the fight is on for a better deal.

Sophie Elmhirst Guardian Jun 2020 25min Permalink

Business

How the Face Mask Became the World's Most Coveted Commodity

The global scramble for this vital item has exposed the harsh realities of international politics and the limits of the free market.

Samanth Subramanian Guardian Apr 2020 25min Permalink

The Invisible City: How a Homeless Man Built a Life Underground

After decades among the hidden homeless, Dominic Van Allen dug himself a bunker beneath a public park. But his life would get even more precarious.

Tom Lamont Guardian Mar 2020 30min Permalink

Splendid Isolation: How I Stopped Time by Sitting in a Forest for 24 Hours

After sitting alone in a forest and not moving for 24 hours, the author reflects on time, mortality, and turning 40.

Mark O'Connell Guardian Jan 2020 25min Permalink

Food

So Long, Salt and Vinegar

What’s behind the explosion of British potato chip flavors?

Amelia Tait Guardian Jan 2020 10min Permalink

Science

The Air Conditioning Trap: How Cold Air Is Heating the World

The warmer it gets, the more we use air conditioning. The more we use air conditioning, the warmer it gets. Is there any way out of this trap?

Stephen Buranyi Guardian Aug 2019 20min Permalink

Business

Hand Dryers v. Paper Towels: The Surprisingly Dirty Fight for the Right to Dry Your Hands

For a century, the humble paper towel has dominated public toilets. But a new generation of hand dryers has sparked a war for loo supremacy.

Samanth Subramanian Guardian Apr 2019 30min Permalink

Business World

The Aldi Effect: How One Discount Supermarket Transformed the Way Britain Shops

When Aldi arrived in Britain, Tesco and Sainsbury’s were sure they had nothing to worry about. Three decades later, they know better.

Xan Rice Guardian Mar 2019 30min Permalink

Arts

Typecast as a Terrorist

“As my acting career developed, I was no longer cast as a radical Muslim – except at the airport.”

Riz Ahmed Guardian Sep 2016 15min Permalink

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