But you might be thinking, why physics? Isn’t this a computer science discovery? Many in the physics community had a similar ...

With Trump as president-elect, and the populist right on the rise in Europe, will Britain manage to stand its ground?

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Mark Steel is a broadcaster and columnist for the Independent. His latest book, Vive la Revolution, is published by Scribner.

James Crabtree is Director of Public Services at the Institute for Public Policy Research. He worked previously in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit and in 2008 worked for Barack Obama's campaign in ...

Beena Sarwar is a journalist, artist and filmmaker from Pakistan, who has worked widely on human rights, gender and peace initiatives.

As of 31 October, buffer zones are now officially in force around abortion clinics in England and Wales – finally protecting ...

David Hendy is a Reader in Media History at the University of Westminster and author of Life on Air: a History of Radio Four (OUP) ...

Eavesdropping is an art and I am keeping it alive. I do not listen at doors. I do it in public places, for I am not a mere snoop. Dismissing eavesdropping as being nosy is as insulting as calling the ...

Caprices of fate govern not just our own lives, but the course of nations, according to Klaas. Image credit: Robert Stump via Unsplash Fluke: Chance, Chaos and Why Everything We Do Matters (John ...

Adults play on water slide set up in Bristol, May 2014. Credit: Alamy It’s late summer and the afternoon sun is beating off Shoreditch’s sheer glass facades and gum-littered pavements. My colleagues ...