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Revealed: Mental health websites are selling your data to advertisers

3 December 2019

Websites that provide resources about mental health conditions such as depression track individual users and share their data with advertisers.

Caroline Criado Perez: Inside the data gender gap

27 November 2019

Award-winning writer and campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez reveals how the world is designed for men and the shocking consequences for women.

Factfulness: Why things are better than you think

27 November 2019

Ola Rosling reveals the surprising truth on what facts really say about the state of the world.

Why US police could be using your genes to profile you right now

13 November 2019

A worrying warrant for police access to a genealogy DNA databank in the US means no one’s genetic profile is safe – even if you don’t use the services

Who owns life? The world is about to decide, with huge ramifications

6 November 2019

A debate between countries over who can access and exploit the planet’s genetic resources will have ramifications for all of us, says Laura Spinney

The world is getting better, so why are we convinced otherwise?

4 September 2019

We need a better handle on our ignorance if we want to improve our lives, says Ola Rosling, a proponent of factfulness - holding only opinions supported by strong facts

What will your digital footprint tell people about you when you die?

19 June 2019

From exposing sexual secrets to repairing a bad image, the digital afterlife and who controls it matters in unexpected ways, as a fascinating new book explains

End the scandalous male data bias that determines women's health

12 June 2019

We know that men and women respond differently to drugs, yet data bias is still affecting women's health, says Invisible Women book author Caroline Criado-Perez