On paper, support for female breadwinners is strong in America. In practice, many couples seem uncomfortable with the arrangement bit.ly/4bJDPbZ

Are the e-bikes a paragon of liberalism or an abomination?

There is no direct translation of the word “manosphere” in Chinese. That is because the online anger of men is only the most hostile expression of a more widespread frustration felt across the country bit.ly/4eY95WW Photo: Getty Images

In many countries voters are, understandably, angry about dramatic and well-publicised crimes by young people. But lowering the age of responsibility is unjust. Even if you disagree with the moral argument, heed the practical one bit.ly/4eYYeuo Photo: Getty Images

“The bond market still disciplines governments in ways no opposition party can match,” writes Tim O’Reilly in a guest essay. “But we have arrived somewhere Montesquieu and Adam Smith did not foresee” bit.ly/4phvUsb Illustration: Dan Williams

As July brings western Europe’s third heatwave of 2026, here is how you can train appropriately to beat the heat bit.ly/4vWcs6J Illustration: Cristina Spano

When the Congolese government declared an outbreak in May, the disease had been spreading for at least six weeks. Health authorities are still failing to contain the epidemic bit.ly/3TxxrhG Photo: Getty Images

Thanks to social media, people encounter more faces than ever before. A fascinating new book explores the history of what is right under your nose: bit.ly/3TrDVyE Photo: Getty Images

Without changes in regulation, public broadcasters on the continent fear they will be forgotten. Should that happen, they argue, a venerable part of Europe’s social fabric will have frayed bit.ly/4eR77rk

Almost nothing about Elon Musk’s business empire can be understood in the language of shareholder capitalism: bit.ly/4feQSmZ Illustration: Brett Ryder

The Republican Party’s transformation under Donald Trump over the past decade can be traced through Lindsey Graham’s words. We explain how bit.ly/4w0ppfG Photo: Getty Images

The big danger of daft ideas about crime is not that they will be enacted. It is that American voters will feel the vibes and draw conclusions bit.ly/4vZsTiJ Illustration: David Simonds

Microsoft has spent billions trying to create a “Netflix of gaming”, with disappointing results. Meanwhile, the Xbox has suffered from neglect. Can it be rescued? bit.ly/4vRwori Photo: Getty Images

How accurate are predictions by The Economist? We used artificial intelligence to evaluate our forecasts bit.ly/3R3ROm2

Paying attention to the answer is always a good idea. Lots of people make the mistake of “boomerasking”: bit.ly/4h5yijp Illustration: Paul Blow

Between 1988 and 2015 the share of older people being diagnosed with dementia fell by 13% a decade across six countries in North America and Europe. The question now is whether that drop will continue bit.ly/4pevfaV Illustration: Debora Szpilman

The prospect of open conflict between Turkey and Israel seems far-fetched. But recent years have shown that wars once deemed unthinkable are possible bit.ly/44jlv5A Illustrations: Beatrice Caciotti

Far from helping China fulfil its techno-designs, a hands-on state may make them harder to attain. We explain why bit.ly/4pbWgvw Illustration: Rose Wong

Members of Generation Z are the first to have grown up entirely in the age of the smartphone. Now many are reflecting on what it has cost them bit.ly/4aNqVcN Photo: Amanda Hanna-McLeer

Football is now a global sport. Its governing body, FIFA, has more members than the United Nations. Where is its current home? Explore our charts and maps to find out bit.ly/4aK3Szr

The year is 2100. After a century of health-care spending growing faster than the economy, there is little for anything but pills, hospital beds and nurses. We explain why this dystopian vision of the future may not come to pass bit.ly/4pdJbBT Illustration: Álvaro Bernis

One of the most exciting scientific findings in recent years is that a course of the shingles vaccine may reduce the risk of dementia by about 20%. Health authorities should make it more accessible bit.ly/4yfzx5I Illustration: Sebastian König

How do the top crop of tennis players convert a narrow advantage into a winning record? Register for free to learn why much of the answer lies in the game’s scoring system bit.ly/4y9Ytvv Photo: AP

Andrey Melnichenko is Russia’s biggest industrialist. Now, he tells 1843, he has a plan for the existential challenge facing his country bit.ly/4w0wahM

In Downing Street Theresa May was a staunch advocate of trans rights. At the time, her position was mainstream. Today such views leave her on the fringe of British politics bit.ly/3Rb7PGP Illustration: Nate Kitch

The country has made remarkable progress in designing chips. But if it wants to close the gap with the West it will need to go much further in manufacturing them: bit.ly/4pabqkQ Photo: Alamy

The SAVE Act could hurt Donald Trump’s own party more than Democrats. Register for free to read why bit.ly/3STIIJ6 Photo: Getty Images

The two countries, long close allies, are entangled in a fight over past atrocities. The squabble threatens lasting damage to one of Europe’s most crucial partnership bit.ly/4pdTdTI

“You can’t drive down Main Street like a bat out of hell.” As “The Intelligence” Route 66 trip reaches its destination, Jon Fasman celebrates the joy of slow journeys of discovery bit.ly/3RqJtZK

Even a little exercise is better than none. And a growing pile of evidence suggests that might be true even with very small amounts of exercise indeed: potentially just a few minutes a day: bit.ly/4h9Lh3A Illustration: Cristina Spano