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Publications

Wired (UK)

Media

The Dodgy, Vulnerable Fame of YouTube's Child ASMR Stars

Children film themselves chewing, whispering and tapping to give their adult audience an ASMR buzz. But at what cost?

Amelia Tait Wired (UK) Feb 2019 25min Permalink

Science

Searching for Nothing

What if everything we know about dark matter is totally wrong?

Katia Moskvitch Wired (UK) Sep 2018 20min Permalink

Travel

The Story of Symphony of the Seas, the Largest and Most Ambitious Cruise Ship Ever Built

How to create a floating city.

Oliver Franklin-Wallis Wired (UK) Apr 2018 15min Permalink

Science

In the Future, Your Body Won’t Be Buried... You’ll Dissolve

The next big thing in the death business.

Hayley Campbell Wired (UK) Aug 2017 20min Permalink

Crime

The Inside Story of the Largest Drug Bust in UK history

It started with a vague tip-off: a tug boat approaching the UK could be transporting cocaine. What followed was a race against the clock to find £500m in narcotics

Greg Williams Wired (UK) Dec 2016 25min Permalink

Business Tech

An Italian Rapper, a ‘Hangman’s Noose’ and a $250m Lawsuit:

Inside the chaotic race to build Elon Musk’s hyperloop.

Oliver Franklin-Wallis Wired (UK) Sep 2016 25min Permalink

Crime Science World

Anthrax has hit Glasgow: the story of a desperate hunt for its source

Police and scientists investigate an outbreak.

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Wired (UK) Aug 2012 15min Permalink

Business Sex Tech

How Badoo Built a Billion-Pound Social Network...on Sex

On the “world’s largest social network that you probably haven’t yet heard of” and its enigmatic founder.

David Rowan Wired (UK) Apr 2011 15min Permalink

Tech

How Rovio made Angry Birds a Winner

Inside the most ubiquitous distraction of its era.

Tom Cheshire Wired (UK) Apr 2011 20min Permalink

Best Article Crime

The Inkjet Counterfeiter

Albert Talton started with some recycled newsprint and a cheap printer from Staples. By the end, he’d put more than $7 million into circulation.

Adam Higginbotham Wired (UK) Oct 2009 10min Permalink

Business Tech

The Great Check-In Battle

Foursquare and Gowalla are in a VC-funded race to become the dominant location-based social network. But their founders say both companies have a larger purpose.

Neal Pollack Wired (UK) Jun 2010 Permalink