Bubble

Early on in the conversation, Mertesacker tells a story from his youth, when he was joined by his father as they tried to agree a professional deal. My dad sat next to me negotiating a contract and said, no no, this is too much. He refused to take that money.…

To Csilla Ari D’Agostino, the Aquarius Reef Base—submerged in green-blue water, encrusted with algae and barnacles—looked more like a shipwreck than a place to live. D’Agostino is a comparative neuroscientist at the University of South Florida, and an avid di…

Though the rest of season 4 can only be, and is, a protracted comedown from the premiere's insane heights, the episodes still offer thrills. Three are about thinking like a Jesuit. ("Everyone in this episode is Catholic, except me," Gladwell says. "I'm a wann…

Today Daniel Defoe is best remembered for his books, especially Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, and A Journal of the Plague Year. These were all later-life works. In his earlier days, he was focused on his financial books…which were a disaster. Inflation and …

Image copyrightGetty Images He's a Jewish multi-billionaire philanthropist who has given away $32bn. Why does the hard right from America to Australia and from Hungary to Honduras believe George Soros is at the heart of a global conspiracy, asks the BBC's Mi…

The 2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo S debuted yesterday as the German performance car brands first attempt at a production electric car. While the fact that it makes up to 750 horsepower and goes from 0 to 60 mph in a claimed 2.6 seconds is impressive, theres a bun…

For the vast majority of human history (and prehistory), men, women, and children had near-constant contact with the natural world around them. They were walking on the ground. They were playing in the dirt. They were digging for roots and grubs. They were ea…

Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli are currently in the middle of fighting federal charges for allegedly bribing their daughters’ way into USC. Ever since this mess started for them, their lives have been spiraling out of the privileged bubble which led them…

Under the glare of East Londons early morning sun, a flash of anger pierces Michail Antonios eyes. For the briefest moment, after half-an-hour dominated by the bubbling West Ham wingers infectious laughter, a cold silence takes over as he relives a memory now…

I'm a terrible packer. I'm the person who forgets something on every trip because I never make a list and always shove small items into random empty pockets of space in my suitcase. But when gearing up for almost a full month of travel this summer, I realized…