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The inside story of the CIA v Russia
What history tells us about the CIA's influence today
The 12 best ways to get cars out of cities
How to reduce car use in cities according to research.
How the future of shopping was shaped by its past
How the pandemic changed the way we shop with many new initiatives actually reinventing old ways of doing things.
The discovery of insulin: a story of monstrous egos and toxic rivalries
Meet the feuding scientists who battled for credit over the discovery of insulin.
Climate crisis: how science fiction can inspire humanity’s response
We urgently need more of this imaginative impulse.
Wireheading: the AI version of drug addiction, and why experts are worried about it
The audio version of an in-depth article on why experts are worried about AIs becoming addicts.
Why there aren’t enough trees to offset society’s carbon emissions – and there never will be
Trees can't save us from climate change but society will always depend on forests
How a Soviet miner from the 1930s helped create today’s intense corporate workplace culture
Alexei Stakhanov embodied a system of values that is central to contemporary work cultures today.
Why the concept of net zero is a dangerous trap
The idea of net zero has licensed a recklessly cavalier burn now, pay later approach.
Durex condoms: how their teenage immigrant inventor was forgotten by history
The story of Lucian Landau