Powerful politicians in the US once called for the dissolution of the CIA. How relevant is it today?
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The audio version of a long form article on the history of the CIA and its relationship with Russia.
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The audio version of an in-depth article on the 12 best ways to get cars out of cities.
Image of shoppers at the self-service fresh meat cabinets in a Southampton branch of Sainsbury’s in 1954.
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The audio version of an in-depth article on how the future of shopping was shaped by its past.
200 units or 10cc of insulin from the 1930s manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis - USA.
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The audio version of an in-depth article on the feuding scientists who battled for credit over the discovery of insulin.
Solar reflectors in space reflect sunlight.
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The audio version of an in-depth article on how science fiction’s hopes and fears can inspire humanity’s response to the climate crisis.
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The audio version of an in-depth article on why experts are worried about AIs becoming addicts.
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The audio version of an in-depth article on why there aren’t enough trees to offset society’s carbon emissions – and there never will be.
Alexei Stakhanov’s official portrait with drill and miner’s lamp.
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The audio version of an in-depth article about a record-breaking Soviet miner from 1935 who embodied a system of values that is central to contemporary work cultures today.
Net zero a great idea, in principle, but not in practice.
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The audio version of an in-depth article rounding on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to “greenwash” their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
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The audio version of a long read on the forgotten history of the man who invented Durex condoms.
Hospitals have been squeezed and lack adequate government support.
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🎧 PODCAST: An audio version of an in depth article by two doctors on what it’s like fighting COVID-19 the second time around.
Charles Dickens in his study at Gad’s Hill Place in Kent, where he died in 1870.
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PODCAST: An audio version of an in depth article on what newly discovered documents reveal about the burial of Charles Dickens, 150 years after his death.
Alone or lonely?
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An audio version of an in depth article on the history of solitude.
Social distancing on the metro in Milan.
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An audio version of an in depth article on four possible futures for the world after coronavirus.
How do mathematical models of disease work?
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An audio version of an in depth article on why mathematical modelling is crucial to understanding pandemics like the new coronavirus.
It’s been 75 years since the birth of Ritalin.
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An audio version of an in depth article on the history of Ritalin, and what the future holds for the drug.
Members of far right group Generation Identitaire march in Paris in November 2019.
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The audio version of a long-read article on how we’re living through the latest battle in a 300-year long ideological war over the meaning of humanity itself.
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An audio version of a long read article on the history of infertility, 40 years after the first baby was born via IVF.
Empires massively affected the development of science.
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This episode of the In Depth Out Loud podcast outlines the importance of finding a way to remove the inequalities promoted by modern science.
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An audio version of an in depth article about the 18th century Enlightenment thinkers who promoted the potato as a way to build a healthy and productive society.