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Is reality a hallucination? The neuroscientist Anil Seth thinks so

After decades of research into the mysteries of consciousness, the British academic has reached a radical conclusion – by way…

By Sophie McBain

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Why Facebook’s future depends on Nick Clegg

Why Facebook’s future depends on Nick Clegg

Will Dunn

Peter Thiel: Big Tech’s dark prophet

William Davies

The spirit of the age: Why the tech billionaires want to leave humanity behind

Bruno Maçães

The last days of Silicon Roundabout

Oscar Williams

Lithium will be as era-defining as oil, and China is dominating its supply

Lithium will be as era-defining as oil, and China is dominating its supply

Jeremy Cliffe

Will TikTok’s new ten-minute videos alienate its user base?

Sarah Manavis

Covid-19

UK Covid tracker: the latest data by local authority as Omicron spreads

UK Covid tracker: the latest data by local authority as Omicron spreads

Patrick Scott, Georges Corbineau and Josh Rayman

Covid-19 hospitalisations in the UK are higher than last year and could hit record levels in October

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Covid-19 hospitalisations in the UK are higher than last year and could hit record levels in October

Nick Ferris

How the drug ivermectin became such a dangerous Covid meme

Health & Science

How the drug ivermectin became such a dangerous Covid meme

Stuart Ritchie

Covid-19 is far more likely to cause blood clots than the AstraZeneca vaccine

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Covid-19 is far more likely to cause blood clots than the AstraZeneca vaccine

Katharine Swindells

The Science of Us

The fidget business

The fidget business

Pop-its and other fidget toys are selling in their tens of millions. Why are they so popular, and what do…

By Will Dunn

Big Tech

Why the billionaire space race is the colonial fantasy reborn

Why the billionaire space race is the colonial fantasy reborn

Richard Seymour

Helle Thorning-Schmidt: “Social media has benefited the global conversation”

Helle Thorning-Schmidt: “Social media has benefited the global conversation”

Oscar Williams

Apple vs Facebook: how the war between the Silicon Valley giants is changing tech

Apple vs Facebook: how the war between the Silicon Valley giants is changing tech

Bryan Appleyard

How TikTok conquered the world

How TikTok conquered the world

Sarah Manavis

Internet and Social Media

How to end the poison of online racism

How to end the poison of online racism

Paul Mason

What online discourse gets wrong about therapy

Health & Science

What online discourse gets wrong about therapy

Sarah Manavis

The quiet influence of Simple Politics: the Instagram page changing news

The quiet influence of Simple Politics: the Instagram page changing news

Eleanor Peake

Why the Plymouth shooting was preventable

Why the Plymouth shooting was preventable

Sarah Manavis