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The Wikipedia wars: does it matter if our biggest source of knowledge is written by men?
By Jenny Kleeman
Wikipedia is the world’s most popular encyclopaedia, a collaborative utopia. But only one in every ten of its editors is a woman.
Before we give doors and toasters sentience, we should decide what we’re comfortable with first
By Ian Steadman
It’s becoming more and more common for everyday appliances to have features we don’t expect, and the implications for privacy and freedom can be surprisingly profound. We should be sure we know what we’re buying into.
The echo chamber of social media is luring the left into cosy delusion and dangerous insularity
By Helen Lewis
News on Facebook travels through “Likes” and shares, and people won’t Like a crackdown on benefits, even if they secretly support it.
The patient in the spider’s web
By Caroline Crampton
In Sweden, Josefsson says, the idea that people with repressed memories of abuse could be helped was “an idea that belonged to the left wing”.
Unfair game: why are Britain’s birds of prey being killed?
By Mark Cocker
Are gamekeepers killing off Britain’s raptors? It’s a question that gets to the heart of our right to privacy – and to roam.
Records, books and handwritten notes: the rise of low tech
By Barbara Speed
When new technologies emerge, the old ones are meant to fall by the wayside – but sometimes, they manage to rise from the ashes.
Martha hadn’t let anyone touch her for years and she wasn’t about to start now
By Phil Whitaker
A history of sexual assault prevented Martha from seeking an examination from a gynaecologist.
What’s wrong with older mothers? Nothing. Time to dispel the “fertility cliff” myth
By Tosin Thompson
We read between the lines of newspapers’ scare stories about infertility and “late” pregnancy to find the science doesn’t back them up at all.
Are you one of Twitter’s millions of ghost users? This could be why
By Barbara Speed
Over two thirds of Twitter users are inactive. Could a swathe of new features bring them back to life?
The British monarchy, in pie charts
By Jonn Elledge
Elizabeth II is 7 per cent of English history since the Conquest, fact fans.
The Conservatives’ rhetoric around data surveillance should frighten you
By Barbara Speed
Don’t let the Home Office mislead you: privacy and security aren’t mutually exclusive.
Guy Fawkes wasn’t a freedom fighter. He was a religious terrorist, and not even one of the good ones
By Jonn Elledge
The Jacobean equivalent of one of the minor characters from Four Lions.
Why is it so shameful to cry in public?
By Eleanor Margolis
I’ve been a grown-up public crier pretty much since reaching adulthood. But it hasn’t got any easier.
Dogs can be an unnerving presence on home visits – all dogs, except Hector
By Phil Whitaker
An exception to this doctor’s no-dogs rule was Hector, a white miniature poodle belonging to Gordon and Irene Ives.
Technology isn’t ruining modern dating – humans are
By Barbara Speed
Dating apps don’t change what we want, they just gives us better access to it.
Who owns the future? How the prophets of Silicon Valley took control
By Yuval Harari
In an era when politics is bereft of grand visions, bioengineers and Silicon Valley tech geeks are claiming the mantle of leadership and prophecy. But what do they want and where are they leading us?
The six wives of Henry VIII, in pie chart form
By Jonn Elledge
Not all wives are created equal.
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