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Thursday, 24 November, 2022

FT SeriesBest books of the year 2022
Best books of 2022: Health and wellbeing
Anjana Ahuja selects her must-read titles
Wednesday, 23 November, 2022

Health
‘Immunity debt’ is a misguided and dangerous concept
There is no evidence that an individual is worse off for having avoided earlier infection
Tuesday, 8 November, 2022

Utilities
Lazy winds could blow Europe’s renewable future off course
We need to future-proof against the phenomenon of ‘global stilling’
Tuesday, 25 October, 2022

Satellites
We are dangerously reliant on GPS to tell the time
Recent outages in satellite systems have confirmed the importance of data from atomic clocks as an invisible utility
Tuesday, 18 October, 2022

Science
Making research funding a lottery could help tackle ‘status bias’
The system of peer review tends to favour established names and institutions
Tuesday, 11 October, 2022

Science
What quantum physics tells us about reality
The new Nobel laureates proved Einstein was not always right
Tuesday, 27 September, 2022

Science
Deflecting asteroids is only one thing on humanity’s worry list
Nasa’s mission gives hope we can defend our planet but human nature and technology present risks of their own
Tuesday, 20 September, 2022

Climate change
‘Magic numbers’ are clouding the climate debate
Better metrics would allow scientists to link abstract data with everyday experience
Wednesday, 14 September, 2022

Science
What grief does to those left behind
Losing a spouse has a physical impact as well as a psychological one
Tuesday, 6 September, 2022

Medical science
The energy crisis puts a health time-bomb under Britain’s most vulnerable
Without immediate political intervention, spiralling costs will widen inequality and shorten lives
Tuesday, 23 August, 2022

ReviewScience books
Nomad Century by Gaia Vince — acclimatising to crisis
This hard-hitting must-read sets out where will be habitable in a hothouse world and how we should manage the transition
Wednesday, 17 August, 2022

Medical science
The spread of bird flu demands a sharper response
Tightening biosecurity and widening surveillance is a sensible strategy to protect both animals and people
Tuesday, 9 August, 2022

UK social mobility
Rich and poor should mingle more
New research suggests that children from low-income families who are friends with wealthier peers will earn more later in life
Tuesday, 26 July, 2022

Medical science
To combat disease, science must look beyond the Kardashian of proteins
P53 is the most studied protein in the human body, but researchers are expanding their horizons
Tuesday, 19 July, 2022

Climate change
Climate change should be central to the UK’s leadership contest
The heatwave accompanying the race to succeed Boris Johnson shows the reality of warnings
Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

Space exploration
A new era of astronomy has begun
The audacious gamble on the James Webb Space Telescope’s giant foldable mirror has paid off
Tuesday, 28 June, 2022

Monkeypox
Monkeypox makes pledges of pandemic solidarity look hollow
The global south has once again been abandoned in its quest for vaccines
Thursday, 23 June, 2022

Summer Books 2022
Best summer books of 2022: Health and Wellbeing
Anjana Ahuja selects her best mid-year reads
Thursday, 16 June, 2022

ReviewScience books
Life Time — how to revolutionise your sleep
Russell Foster presents a comprehensive manifesto for living in harmony with our body clocks
Wednesday, 15 June, 2022

Scientific research
Leaving Horizon would make a mockery of Britain’s desire to be a science superpower
Researchers are already moving to countries where it is easier to operate and collaborate
Tuesday, 7 June, 2022

Science
Science should beware being drawn into the asylum seeker debate
Differing individual development produces ambiguity in exactly the age range in which delicate judgments must be made
Wednesday, 1 June, 2022

Gun control
America’s shootings are a public health emergency
Scientists and doctors have mobilised against powerful vested interests such as Big Tobacco before — and must do so again
Wednesday, 25 May, 2022

Medical science
When it comes to monkeypox, we must look to history
Universal smallpox vaccination may not be necessary but complacency is not an option in viral outbreaks
Tuesday, 17 May, 2022

Technology sector
Digital enchantment holds too much sway over big tech regulation
There is a critical balance to be struck between pushing boundaries while grasping that those limits exist for a reason
Tuesday, 10 May, 2022

Medical science
Clues but few answers in the childhood hepatitis mystery
Lockdowns, adenoviruses, Covid and exposure to dogs have all been blamed for new cases around the world