Africa's fertility rates are falling. Can the continent take advantage?

The evidence from Portugal since 2001 is that decriminalisation of drug use and possession has benefits and no harmful side-effects

Corporate giants were on the defensive for decades. Now they have the advantage again

Self-government is suspended amid reports of serious corruption

Anthropogenic global warming started when people began farming

The perils of losing one's grip on reality

A biography of Friedrich Engels

Leszek Kolakowski, a Polish-born Oxford philosopher, died on July 17th, aged 81

Walter Cronkite, newsman, died on July 17th, aged 92

Digging in their heels The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia's Quest for Wealth.

Aung San Suu Kyi is remarkable. But Myanmar's problems are more than just those of democracy denied

A quiet revolution has begun in the Arab world it will be complete only when the last failed dictatorship is voted out