WORLD
London’s James Bond Tunnel may help preserve history, but at what cost?
The British empire has made many last stands and they may all be on the route of your hop-on-hop-off tourist bus
TRENDS
Intermittent fasting isn't a health panacea, but it has benefits
Advocates of extended and intermittent fasts attribute to autophagy everything from robust health to improved mental clarity. It may be triggered between 24 and 48 hours in animals deprived of food. However, we don’t know when the process sets in after humans begin fasting — or how much is enough to be effective against illness. It’s still not clear how (or if) it contributes to weight loss
WORLD
Navalny Death: The poisoner’s recipe for making history
Throughout history, key actors from Augustus Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte to Alexey Navalny have abruptly vanished from the scene. Many poisoners do get found out but, in its many variations, poison can provide ample room for alibi and denial for those wily enough to use it to manage politics and power
BUSINESS
Marco Polo and the saga of Venice
As with all great centers of wealth like London and New York today, Venice glowed even as it slid into political and economic senescence; its residual riches continued to finance art, architecture, music and, though evanescent, a sense of authority and grandeur
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Your next favourite restaurant may be a lab experiment
High end restaurants should wrap you in luxury. They can also seduce you with science
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Naming a new restaurant? Consider the past
Wordplay and poetry can lead to vibrant and catchy branding. But sometimes, sticking to local history and sentiment is the best way forward
BUSINESS
Is restaurant music too loud, too divisive, too gritty — or all of the above?
The playlist is often the uninvited and unruly guest at your restaurant table. How should you deal with it?
BUSINESS
Chips, Silk and Paper: You can’t keep secrets forever
The Huawei semiconductor breakthrough is just part of a long history of the spread — or theft — of what we now call intellectual property
TRENDS
Musk-Zuckerberg MMA fight revives Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar memories
A one-time MMA aficionado reflects on the new sport of tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
TRENDS
You rang? The super-rich will privatise us all
A huge range of talent — from chefs to nannies to accountants — are being hired by the wealthy and managed by their family offices
BUSINESS
Turkey's elections are over but it still hasn't recovered from the earthquakes
Erdogan’s superior campaign organisation did much to offset anger over the earthquake in the presidential elections. But the economy of the quake affected areas is in deep trouble. More worryingly, there isn't much aid seeping in
