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The early part of the 20th century saw the city of Detroit,
The early part of the 20th century saw the city of Detroit, Michigan, rise to prominence on the huge growth of the auto industry and related manufactu...

Robust countries are ones that have learned from experience how to
Robust countries are ones that have learned from experience how to absorb shocks. Their economic and political systems are diversified and decentraliz...

A new English translation of the “unsanitised” first edition
A new English translation of the “unsanitised” first edition of Grimm’s Fairy Tales reveals that Rapunzel was impregnated by her prince; the evi...

The wrist-watch crossed the gender gap during the First World War.
The wrist-watch crossed the gender gap during the First World War. Until then the “wristlet” had been a woman’s accessory, a jewelled bracelet; ...

Interview with psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer, defending intuition
Interview with psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer, defending intuition as our best decision-making tool despite its vulnerability to heuristics and biases. ...

He may well be “the most optimistic” man alive, as well as the
He may well be “the most optimistic” man alive, as well as the richest. He sees the world as a “giant operating system” that “just needs to ...