Did you solve it? The forgotten Dutch invention that created the modern world

Did you solve it? The forgotten Dutch invention that created the modern world

The answer to today’s engineering challengeEarlier today I asked you to reinvent a component of the sixteenth century Dutch sawmill, which – according to a new book – was the world’s first industrial...

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The Birth Keepers: I choose this, episode one – podcast

The Birth Keepers: I choose this, episode one – podcast

The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message: they could exit the medical system and take back their power by free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly...

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Don't call it a 'super flu' – but the NHS is right to be worried this winter | Devi Sridhar

Don't call it a 'super flu' – but the NHS is right to be worried this winter | Devi Sridhar

An early flu season, a new variant and poor takeup of vaccines leave the already vulnerable health service in a dangerous positionProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University...

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The Guardian view on gene editing: breakthroughs need a new social contract | Editorial

The Guardian view on gene editing: breakthroughs need a new social contract | Editorial

Cutting-edge therapies exist, but the market cannot deliver them cheaply. Britain must build NHS capacity so that cures become collective goods, not expensive productsJust a small fraction of our...

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Conservative and Christian? US right champions psychedelic drugs

Conservative and Christian? US right champions psychedelic drugs

Texas governor among those to call for expanded access to ibogaine, said to help with treating veterans with PTSDFor half a century, psychedelics largely belonged to the cultural left: anti-war,...

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Call of Duty’s Vince Zampella was a video games visionary

Call of Duty’s Vince Zampella was a video games visionary

Zampella created the template for multiplayer shooters that is still used today, and his cinematic and epic military, sci-fi and Star Wars games thrilled and moved millions• Vince Zampella dies aged...

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