Independent Analysis and Reportage
First published in 2000, Persepolis created a transformative shift in comics, memoir and political storytelling. Its Iranian–French creator has died, aged 56.
How recent expansion could dilute football’s most powerful brand.
For the Greeks, sophrosyne was an ideal second to none. It’s just as important today, in an age of internet addiction and misinformation – but harder to come by.
The more Epstein-connected directors a company had, no matter its size, the more likely it was to have governance problems.
Africa needs to navigate the tension between interdependence, economic security, and economic diversification.
No poetry collection on the subject of abortion has come out of Ireland.
Events in eastern DRC are a reminder that Ebola outbreaks are rarely controlled by vaccines alone.
Generating solar power requires a lot of land – but which land should it be? And what else can be done on that land?
As the UK gets hotter, children will seek water to cool down. The real question is why so many have so few places to go.
Leading algorithms now achieve a mean absolute error of less than three years across all ages.
Our picks for this week include a film where internet folklore comes to life, books to lose yourself in and a eerie landscape exhibition.
Researchers are investigating whether blood tests and heart scans can detect hidden heart damage during breast cancer chemotherapy.