The Uncounted
The risk posed by drug resistant infections is grave, but incidences are not being recorded properly – this investigative piece seeks to uncover the reality of the situation.
The Super-Recognisers Of Scotland Yard
A look at the work of The Met’s team of exceptionally gifted facial recognition experts, told through the story of a super-thief known only by his codename – ‘McNulty’.
Drug Hunters
A look at the scientists working to identify the endless stream of synthetic designer drugs that have flooded the market in recent years.
Superintelligence: The idea that eats smart people
An absorbing rebuttal of the persuasive ‘computer-destroys-humanity’ disaster scenarios put forward by artificial intelligence skeptics, alongside a look at some of the traps machine learning obsessives fall into.
The Future of Online Dating Is Unsexy and Brutally Effective
An engineer and data scientist (formerly at OK Cupid) goes deep in this engaging piece covering how AI, machine learning and ever greater troves of data from social platforms will impact dating.
Revealed: The Secret KGB Manual for Recruiting Spies
This three part story examines newly released KGB operational manuals and looks for evidence of their tactics in recruiting foreign targets today, in Russia’s moves in the Middle East, and in their approach to turning Russians worldwide into intelligence assets.
China’s Camel-Milk Mogul
A look at the camel milk industry of China, thriving in a remote northwestern region bordering Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia.
Through the Outback
A piece interspersed with evocative images, describing the photographer-author’s 12,000-mile, three-month journey through Australia’s Outback.
The Useful Village
A story set in a rural village in Germany over the course of a year as a camp for refugees is built on the outskirts of the village, local concern and optimism ebbs and flows, refugees arrive and then subsequently leave. Measured in pace and tone, observing all the complexities that arose from a complex situation.
How Europe Left Itself Open to Terrorism
A report on the security challenges and failures leaving Europe vulnerable to attack.