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Old drugs, new uses

Most drugs that pharmaceutical companies begin developing never make it to market. A Utah startup reckons it can find new uses for abandoned drugs, with the help of image-recognition software

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What lettuces tell us about deregulating Britain

Comment: Post-Brexit there will be a clamour to cut back on EU red tape. But the outcome might not be what we expect

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Why upgrading your brain could make you less human

Comment: Like it or not, in the future we may be expected to make synthetic upgrades to ourselves. We need to make serious choices about the blurring of person and product, says Michael Bess

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Making a scene

Can China mass produce DIY culture and become a nation of makers?

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For what it's worth: a visit to the People's Bank of Govanhill

A new project celebrates the people whose daily endeavours are ascribed little economic value, but who remain a vital part of life in the most diverse part of Glasgow

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Oslo keeps kids safe by making them 'secret smartphone agents'

A world first, the app Traffic Agent makes it a game for kids to report dangerous roads

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Butterfly effects

Review: Work claiming to fuse art, technology, design and the natural world can often leave people cold, but a new installation at Pace London by a mysterious Tokyo collective is an experience like no other

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The end of the web

With the global order fragmenting, cyber-security threats on the rise, and the deluge of information becoming overwhelming, countries are going to break away from the internet in its current form. Get ready for the splinternet

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From building your perfect country to preparing for doomsday

Favourited: Our roundup of the best stories of innovation from around the web

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Dance moves: when music burnt itself out

Our Dance Moves series has looked at the first 100 years of dance records to see how technology in dance has changed culture. It ends with microhouse, a jittery genre overloaded with information at the end of the millennium