United Kingdom / 2022
United Kingdom / 2022
These illustrations are a weekly collaboration with the Financial Times science column on Wednesdays. The timings for this are tight and the topics use to be complicated, so the results are always a challenge.
Monkeypox makes pledges of pandemic solidarity look hollow
America’s shootings are a public health emergency
Climate change should be central to the UK’s leadership contest
A new era of astronomy has begun
To combat disease, science must look beyond the Kardashian of proteins
Gaslighting finds a whole new meaning with this energy crisis
The Tories’ wilful blindness on climate is baffling
The spread of bird flu demands a sharper response
HSBC saga reveals how much climate and financial risk are misunderstood
Digital enchantment holds too much sway over big tech regulation
Rich and poor should mingle more
Don’t ban private jets — make them a green testing ground
Science should beware being drawn into the asylum seeker debate
Clues but few answers in the childhood hepatitis mystery
Beware malaria risk from efforts to cool the planet