As an epidemiologist who's treated thousands of sex workers in Indonesia and East Timor, Elizabeth Pisani thought she'd seen it all. Until she signed herself up to "Biobank"—a baffling British...

You feel a little beat up working for a newspaper brand these days. Every week, news of another paper's imminent demise comes at you over the wire. Everyone wants to know: are you guys next? If not,...

Google's controversial move today to introduce a global display advertising system, allowing advertisers to target internet users based on their online histories, has once again brought to the fore...

Wars are increasingly fought like video games—sometimes even by teenagers. But at what cost?

Ecstasy is much less dangerous than we thought, say scientists. But politicians are ignoring this

Software that aids thought isn't cheating; it's a legitimate part of the creative process

Is the exclusive TED conference intellectual nirvana—or just a return to high school?

To kick off Prospect's brand new Science & Technology section—an innovation for our re-designed March issue—we've put together a quartet of leading writers and thinkers. First up, Charlie...

The media have recently been awash with stories about the psychological impact of excessive internet usage, and the use of social networking sites in particular. Lady Greenfield has said that these...

Last night, a few years after everyone else, I read Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. Somebody shamed me into reading it. I am so glad I did. The book, to re-cap for everyone else in the world who has read...