Independent Analysis and Reportage
Allegations against Thomas Markle expose how the British media turned a father-daughter estrangement into a narrative in which the silence of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was used to demonize her.
Research shows that ‘sniffer dogs’ have a high rate of false alerts. They are also impacted by the unconscious racial biases of their handlers.
Three decades after ICI was broken up in the clamour for a knowledge economy, UK chemicals output is down 60% in five years.
The ritualised burning of the debris of the year can be dated back to pre-Christian times. Food was always an important part of the merrymaking.
On Gulliver’s third travel he meets the Projectors who have come up with a device that is surprisingly similar to our modern large language models.
The EU can’t agree what sort of relationship it wants with Canada.
Research with Welsh-speaking families reveals a generational shift, while experiences in Finland show the problem is not unique to Wales.
The 2026 Lancet Countdown reveals the growing health toll of extreme heat, while references to climate and health in UN speeches have declined.
Community developers make a complicated state easier for citizens to navigate – and community experiences harder for government to overlook.
Households with certain assets can diversify into activities that produce higher incomes.
Brazil has just made civic education compulsory in schools. Whether it takes hold will depend less on the law than on what happens in the classroom.
A New Mexico judge’s fine hit Meta for deception about the data privacy violations, not for the harm they caused. A researcher who helped uncover the scandal explains.