Is It Time for the Jews to Leave Europe?
For half a century, memories of the Holocaust limited anti-Semitism on the Continent. That period has ended—the recent fatal attacks in Paris and Copenhagen are merely the latest examples of…
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Death, Redesigned
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Scientists have engineered the food that will help save a starving, warming planet
Hidden in a corner of the Colombian countryside lies one of Latin America’s best-kept secrets. At the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Valle de Cauca, over three hundred…
A Sucker Is Optimized Every Minute
Now that we have hard data on everything, we no longer make decisions from our hearts, guts or principles.
McDonald’s USA to phase out human antibiotics from chicken supply
McDonald's Corp's U.S. restaurants will gradually stop buying chicken raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections, the most aggressive step by a major food
Decades of human waste have made Mount Everest a ‘fecal time bomb’
As much as 13 tons of human excrement is left on the mountain each season.
This year, cash-strapped Russians will spend half their money on food alone
A collapsing currency, shrinking economy, and rampant inflation make a bitter combination for ordinary Russians. What makes it even more unpalatable is what's happening at the grocery store, where meat,…
The plot to free North Korea with smuggled episodes of ‘Friends’
On a cloudy, moonless night somewhere in northeastern China, three men creep through a stand of Japanese Clethra trees. They carry no flashlights, and the...
Apple: The Shape of Things to Come
Ian Parker visits the top-secret lab where the world’s most powerful design team created the Apple Watch.
The History of Outdoor Advertising
At The Operators we often get commissioned to work on outdoor campaigns. We will be producing a series of articles focus…