The cement giant that paid ISIS
Lafarge began operating in Syria before the civil war erupted. When ISIS took over the region, Lafarge paid them protection money so it could keep selling cement.
The singing breeze of the fans
In many parts of the world, on many days, a ceiling fan is all you’ll need. Leave the ACs to those who really need them.
Digital sleuthing in an AI age
Eliot Higgins and his forensic foot soldiers at Bellingcat have kept a nose for truth in Gaza, Ukraine, and everywhere else atrocities hide online.
The mystery of beautiful batting
In cricket, batting is singular in its evocation of beauty, and even the unbeautiful players know it. But what does it even mean to bat beautifully?
AI and the end of writing
If a computer can write like a person, what does that say about the nature of our own creativity?
