How to Spot a Fake Review in Ten Seconds
Five stars, two thousand reviews, all excited, all from the same week. There is a very quick way to tell…
The Islands That Stayed on the Maps for Centuries
A ship arrives at the coordinates and finds water two thousand metres deep. The island had been on every map…
The Rivers That No Longer Reach the Sea
Some big rivers end in sand before they reach the sea. Drought did not stop them: we used every drop,…
The Ship They Found With Nobody on It
Sails up, food on the table, money in its place. And nobody on board. More than a hundred years later,…
Why Everything You Say Online Reaches the Wrong Reader
A joke told to four friends is just a joke. The same sentence read by a hundred thousand strangers is…
Why Searching the Internet Has Got Harder
You search for “best vacuum cleaner” and find twelve pages that look like reviews but are really adverts. It is…
Which Jobs Are Actually Safe From Machines
The right question is not “which jobs will disappear?” but “which parts of every job?” The answer turns upside down…
The Lights in the Sky Nobody Can Explain
This isn’t a video on the internet: there are scientists with cameras, and at the end of their reports there…
What We Gave Up When We Stopped Remembering
Nobody knows a phone number any more. That is not a disaster. But we really do lose something when memory…
Why You Feel You Know Someone You Have Never Met
You know your favourite creator’s cat’s name, how they take their coffee, and that their grandma is ill. They don’t…