December 7, 2020

Can we eradicate Covid-19? Only two contagious diseases have ever been wiped out — but coronavirus could be next

Saloni Dattani

01.12

DeepMind’s superhuman intelligence The solving of a 50-year scientific problem takes computers a step closer to 'true creativity'

Tom Chivers

01.12

Is Christmas dinner worth dying for? The Government should be clearer about potentially deadly policy calculations

James Kirkup

30.11

The Covid tiers can’t go soon enough When lockdown ends, the Government should look to traffic lanes, not traffic lights

Freddie Sayers

30.11

The dangerous logic of anti-racism If racism is about prejudice and power, where does that leave high-achieving minorities?

Tomiwa Owolade

27.11

The radical Left is now extinct Following Joe Biden's decisive victory, the fate of today's millennial revolutionaries is all but sealed

Oliver Bateman

26.11

We don’t need more spreadsheet vicars If the Church of England is going to die, I wish it would prepare to do so with a bit more Christian dignity

Giles Fraser

25.11

This is no time for austerity How Rishi Sunak could remodel capitalism — and save the economy

Peter Franklin

24.11

Why the Oxford vaccine is different It can be stored at normal temperatures and is cheap enough for the developing world

Tom Chivers

23.11

Welcome to the new Middle Ages Rising inequality, lower mobility, contempt for the poor and widespread celibacy — we're returning to the past

Ed West

20.11

Why ‘Defund the police’ works as a slogan It makes rational sense for activists to employ the most extreme maxims, even if they don't believe them

James Ball

19.11

Brexit makes more sense than ever If Remain had won, we'd be wrangling over the EU's nightmarish Covid rescue plan

Peter Franklin