artificial intelligence
ARK Invest’s Big Ideas 2026 maps the technologies accelerating a new economic era. From AI and robotics to energy, biology and Bitcoin, this editorial breaks down what’s coming next and why it matters now.
science
Why the myth of the “anti-ageing shortcut” reflects a deeper cultural tension over ageing, wellbeing, and how science gets repackaged into belief.
public health
The Nipah virus outbreak is spreading fast across media. What this reveals about post-pandemic fear, risk perception, and cultural power shifts.
Why socially conscious storytelling continues to shape culture despite political pressure — and what that signals about power, audiences, and the future of meaning.
artificial intelligence
As AI makes intelligence abundant, human skills like empathy, judgement, and awareness are becoming the true advantage.
science
Amid crisis headlines, 2025 quietly delivered real progress. From clean energy to medicine and science, here’s the good news that slipped past the algorithm.
finance
Social skills are driving wage growth and job security in the modern economy. We explore new economic research on why human connection now outperforms technical skill.
geopolitics
An accessible, fact-checked explainer of the 2026 Venezuela crisis: the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro, what international law says, why oil matters, and what happens next
environment
They’re launching companies before finishing university, rewriting climate policy between classes, and turning social movements into global blueprints for change.
digital
New research reveals how constant scrolling, short-form videos, and AI tools may accelerate cognitive aging in Gen Z. Inside the neuroscience behind “brain rot” and the movement to reclaim attention.
finance
Housing prices are rising far faster than incomes, and a new economic study shows how collapsing home-ownership prospects are reshaping a generation. From reduced work effort to higher spending and riskier investments, young adults face shifting financial behaviours and widening inequality.
For decades, the art world has mythologised a very specific type of collector: usually male, usually older, usually armed with generational wealth and a Rolodex of blue-chip galleries. But the data emerging from the 2025 Art Basel & UBS Survey of Global Collecting tells a radically different story — one that