A brief history of cryptography and why it matters
Cryptography, cyphers, secret codes. Words that summon up images of a world of covert messages,...
Category: WEF
Mental health stigma: Why the British Royal family dropped the stiff upper lip
Around 450 million people worldwide suffer from mental ill-health or neurological disorders and approximately one-quarter of the...
In this Tokyo cafe, the waiters are robots operated remotely by people with disabilities
A pop-up restaurant in Tokyo has run a trial employing disabled people to work as...
90% of European Jews say anti-Semitism is getting worse
Almost one-in-three Jewish people across Europe have been directly targeted by antisemitic harassment. From online...
From 1975: NASA’s vision of a future of in space
You might think that dreaming up what life in a space colony might be like...
Nordic noir: The Scandi unhappiness epidemic
Scandinavia. The Nordics. Home to pine trees, fjords, and the most contented people in the...
More than 90% of people are breathing toxic air
Nearly every person on the planet is breathing in dirty air that is likely damaging...
The shocking truth about food production in China
As you’d expect, the country with the world’s largest population also has the largest number...
From haute cuisine to high fat, French food is changing fast
Forget the long lunch break. Abandon all thoughts of stopping off at a little boulangerie...
The hidden cost of the electric car boom – child labour
Last year, more than one million electric vehicles were sold. By 2020, it’s likely that will...
