The number of young people taking drugs has fallen by 30% in 15 years. Is the drop down to quality, bad celebrity PR or price?

The flags are waving, the result is clear and a drizzly little archipelago with just 2841 people on it has made world news.

How much difference does equipment design make to Paralympians? Leo Benedictus looks at the innovations that enable athletes to reach gold.

Why do old people have fewer friends than young people? Is it because they're choosier? Or less entertaining company? Could it be that they just can't work their cellphones? This is something I found myself wondering the other day when I noticed that, family excepted, there was not one person in my phone book whom I had met before I was 18. Making friends is easy enough — it's staying in touch with them that's the tricky part.

How much difference does equipment design make to Paralympians? Leo Benedictus looks at the innovations that enable athletes to reach gold.

The number of young people taking drugs has fallen by 30% in 15 years. Is the drop down to quality, bad celebrity PR or price?

The flags are waving, the result is clear and a drizzly little archipelago with just 2841 people on it has made world news.

Why do old people have fewer friends than young people? Is it because they're choosier? Or less entertaining company? Could it be that they just can't work their cellphones? This is something I found myself wondering the other day when I noticed that, family excepted, there was not one person in my phone book whom I had met before I was 18. Making friends is easy enough — it's staying in touch with them that's the tricky part.