Stories by hhs

How civil society can combat misinformation and hate without making it worse

Fake “likes”

The US excess mortality rate from Covid-19 is substantially worse than Europe’s

Semmelweis reflex

Belief perseverance

White-collar crime, no punishment

How Radiohead predicted our tumultuous times 20 years ago

Practice does not necessarily make perfect when it come to creativity

How market ecology explains market malfunction

The daughter of a slave who did the unthinkable: Build a bank

The minimal effects of TV debates between candidates

DVD Netflix

Sir Harold Evans: Crusading editor who exposed Thalidomide impact dies

Spotify founder Daniel Ek to invest €1bn in European tech

Orlando Bravo rides software deals to heights of private-equity industry

The story of a remote-learning company that’s making parents livid

The geographic bias in medical AI tools

Quantum computing: randomness as a service

Amazon, Walmart donate to QAnon-supporting politician in Tennessee

How The Economist has tripled the number of subscribers driven by LinkedIn