July 29, 2020

The truth about vaccines Why is one of the most effective medical interventions known to humanity regarded with such mistrust?

Stuart Ritchie

28.07

From Covid to crime: how media hype distorts risk The pandemic has forced everyone to undertake a high-stakes crash course in statistics — including journalists

Tom Chivers

27.07

Why Boris Johnson keeps on winning Despite a global pandemic and economic shutdown, the PM's popularity just won't wane

Matthew Goodwin

24.07

Why we aren’t wearing masks in Sweden Anders Tegnell, architect of a unique response to the pandemic, defends his approach

Freddie Sayers

23.07

Have I become a bourgeois cliche? My lockdown obsession with fine wine has refocused my attention on life's important little details

Giles Fraser

21.07

Covid could become the new common cold Even if we don’t eradicate the disease, we'll end up able to live with it

Tom Chivers

21.07

The myth of ‘Anglo-America’ Simplistic civilisational narratives are all the rage right now — but take them with a pinch of salt

Peter Franklin

15.07

Let food bank clients eat cake The receipt of charity shouldn't be conditional on the renunciation of pleasure

Matthew Sweet

14.07

Is there really a Covid mental health crisis? The coronavirus disaster has obviously brought with it an epidemic of anxiety and depression. Or has it?

Tom Chivers

03.07

What does my gladiator dream mean? This ancient analysis of nocturnal visions is superforecasting, second-century style

Daniel Kalder

30.06

Why won’t liberals defend liberalism? The woke threat to liberty is not a fringe issue — and people with mainstream opinions are in the firing line

Peter Franklin

29.06

There should never be heroes in science Some scientists make their careers by criticising other’s research. But who watches the watchmen?

Stuart Ritchie