Samanth Subramanian

For a long time, the notion of a silent summer night has been alien to many people who live in the hot, poor parts of the planet. The road outside the house might be quiet, the sleeping residents indoors might never snore – but there is always the whirring whip of the ceiling fan above the bed.

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The long read: The French cement giant started operating in Syria just before the civil war erupted. When Islamic State took over the region, Lafarge paid them protection money so it could keep trading. The consequences are still playing out

J. B. S. Haldane was one of the 20th century's great scientific minds. He was also a passionate socialist and a scourge of pseudo-scientific racism whose life gives us a fascinating case study on the relationship between science and politics.

Samanth Subramanian is an Indian journalist based in London. His book A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane was published in 2019.

J.B. S. Haldane was one of the great scientific minds of the twentieth century and played an important role in the development of genetics. Haldane was

Gravity, Children of Men, the best Harry Potter film-and now a seven-part miniseries? SAMANTH SUBRAMANIAN

Gravity, Children of Men, the best Harry Potter movie—and now a seven-part miniseries? With Disclaimer, director Alfonso Cuarón has set out to conquer TV in the name of cinema.

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