Feeling unwell? Now your phone can diagnose you

Powerful new apps are turning smartphones into mobile medical clinics. Could this help solve the issue of rising healthcare costs?

Shanghai Tower: how China’s tallest skyscraper was built

Hired to produce architectural photos, Noah Sheldon began documenting the workers behind the 632m structure

The problem with English

‘Foreign countries are opaque to mostly monolingual Britons and Americans. Foreigners know us much better than we know them’

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Undercover Economist Tim Harford

An optimist’s guide to 2017

‘Noticing the good news as well as the bad is not just reassuring — it’s also essential for making reasoned policies’

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Recipe: Rowley Leigh’s lamb chops with squash and radicchio

‘For a while longer, I shall be sustaining myself with a glass of red wine and meat’

Animals: a photography special

Rescue dogs, Tokyo parakeets and more: a selection of photographs that explore our relationship with animals

Walter Chandoha, godfather of cat photography

Long before the internet was built on a bedrock of cat photos, he created masterpieces of feline portraiture

How pets keep the powerful grounded

Gillian Tett (herself a dog owner) talks to Dianne Feinstein, Blythe Masters and Bob Greifeld about the animals they rely on

Mad dogs and Instagram

When Finn met Hamilton, they became friends, then bonded on social media. Now #pugchat has thousands of loyal followers

The disturbing story behind Hagenbeck’s circus

A 19th-century album of circus animal photographs evokes conflicting emotions

Internet of things: snitchin’ in the kitchen

Once data-enriched devices are standard in the home, it may only be a matter of time before they turn detective

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Raymond Meeks and Adrianna Ault: at the animal shelter

What does our treatment of vulnerable animals say about us? Two American photographers explore the question

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