Why I'm skeptical about the unique power of the "scientific method"
I like to remind my theorist colleagues that Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback, who invented the zip, made a bigger intellectual leap than most of us ever will
As Britain’s death toll from Covid-19 passes 100,000, there is one burning question: why did so many have to die? Tom Clark, Gaby Hinsliff and Philip Ball chart the persistent failures—from both the chief scientists and the politicians. Former head of the Supreme Court Brenda Hale takes on the human rights sceptics and Rana Mitter asks whether China's grip on Hong Kong means the end of the historic freedoms in the city.
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