What colour is the sky? The ocean? You might think the answer is obvious: they’re blue. Maybe not, though. Homer’s seas were “wine-dark”, and he never referred to the colour blue. He wasn’t unusual in this; most ancient texts don’t use the word. Exactly w

  By NB  Aug 4, 2023

Heroic explorer Frederick Cook has just returned from the very roof of the world, the first man to reach the North Pole. Or so he says. Journalist Philip Gibbs has been watching him, and he’s convinced he’s lying. When Gibbs publishes that belief, he stan

  By NB  Aug 4, 2023

Can the Federal Reserve bring down inflation without crashing the US economy?

  By NB  Aug 2, 2023

ETF with second-highest inflows since politburo meeting is betting against Chinese stocks

  By NB  Aug 2, 2023