LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

In the latest issue, we published letters on crowd mentality, handwriting, Kurt Tucholsky, knitting terms and Mexico's underground lakes, plus a couple of wise-guy remarks ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |MARS TO WITHIN A METRE

In his new column, The Music of Science, Oliver Morton looks forward to a new era of exploration on Mars, the only other planet on which humans might plausibly live ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |THE 60-YEAR JOB: FREEMAN DYSON

The distinguished quantum physicist, who worked with Einstein at Princeton, tells Charles Nevin three things he's learnt ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |THE 60-YEAR JOB: SIR PETER HALL

On February 6th, Queen Elizabeth II reaches her diamond jubilee – 60 years in the same job. Charles Nevin tracks down six others who have lasted as long ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |THE FLUSH TOILET IS THE GREATEST INVENTION

Elizabeth I was too embarrassed to use it, but, as Nick Valéry argues, it has saved billions from a far worse fate ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |IN SEARCH OF SERENDIPITY

It means more than a happy coincidence. And it's under threat from the internet. Ian Leslie explains ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |THE TRANSISTOR RADIO IS THE GREATEST INVENTION

The entrepreneur Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu argues that for millions in rural Africa, the transistor radio improves farming, protects health and reduces poverty ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |FIFTY YEARS ON: 1962

The Sixties as we know them began in 1963, which tends to leave 1962 in the shade. But this was a year of seismic events and cultural firsts. Matthew Engel travels back in time ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |WRITING IS THE GREATEST INVENTION

Tom Standage argues that writing, which allows ideas to travel across space and time, has done the most for human progress ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD IS THE GREATEST INVENTION

Roger Highfield argues that the modern scientific method, an unending dialogue between theory and experiment, is the mother of all invention ... read more »
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