With studies showing a decline in car use, are we seeing the beginning of the end for the car?

Interest in “trolleyology”—a way of studying moral quandaries—has taken off in recent years. Some philosophers say it sheds useful light on human behaviour, others see it as a pointless pursuit of the unknowable

Could financial incentives that encourage fat people to lose weight solve the obesity crisis?

Cameron and Clegg promised a referendum on an electoral system neither actually likes. Such a vote is bound to strain their union

With perfect timing, a new play debunks the idea that the Conservative elite no longer think they were born to rule

Most people think British power has declined over the past century, but not the Iranians. On the 30th anniversary of the revolution they remain deeply suspicious of British motives. These feelings are now irrational, but are grounded in history