Alasdair Lane

The New York Times • 12th November 2021

How Crypto is Re‑Writing the Rules of Digital Ownership

Shortly after the financial crisis of 2008, a group of tech-minded trailblazers sought a solution to the shortcomings of conventional finance.

The Economist • 11th November 2024

How McDonald’s supplier partnerships are sowing the seeds of climate-resilience

Farmers are inherently future-focused. They work their fields and pastures strategically, rearing livestock and planting crops not just for next season’s harvest, but for the success of those who will manage the land in years to come.

EUobserver • 13th November 2024

Does the fundamental right to seek asylum still exist in the EU of 2024?

In the forests of eastern Poland, where the country meets its authoritarian neighbour, Belarus, temperatures aren’t yet sub-zero – but they will be soon.

BBC Future • 23rd October 2021

The regenerative revolution in food

Low lying and layered with clay, the soils of Molescroft Farm in East Yorkshire have never been the easiest to cultivate. Driven by ever-dwindling productivity, the land was pushed to its limits for decades – more passes with machinery, more fertilisers, more pesticides.

Fortune • 1st March 2010

Leading Japan's Economic Security Imperative

At the end of 2022, Japan made a seismic announcement: The country would be adopting a more assertive national security posture.

Fortune • 11th November 2024

Understanding the rise of AI-powered, identity-based cyberthreats

On November 2, 1988, Robert Morris, a 23-year-old computer science graduate, inadvertently changed the course of the digital age.

The Economist • 2nd November 2023

Rising from the Storm: Malawi's Battle for Climate-Resilient Water and Sanitation

The devastation wrought on Malawi by Cyclone Freddy is hard to overstate. Crashing into the south-eastern African nation in early March, the storm – one of the most severe on record – swept away homes, schools, roads, bridges, businesses, farms and healthcare facilities.

The Verge • 19th August 2024

Why ‘good’ latency matters for the best gaming experience

Picture this: you’re in the heat of an intense multiplayer match, your character crouched behind cover. You spot an enemy moving in the distance, and with a deft flick of your mouse, you line up the perfect shot.

Reasons to be Cheerful • 2nd August 2021

Our Hydrogen-Powered Future Is Unfolding at the Edge of the World

Perched atop the United Kingdom, ten miles north of mainland Scotland, the Orkney Islands are a wild place. Encircled by roiling waters — the North Sea on one side, the Atlantic Ocean on the other — and battered by winds year round, the weather-lashed archipelago is bracing, beautiful and has in abundance that which others are scrambling to produce: renewable power. Onshore wind turbines pepper the landscape, working in tandem with wave and tidal generators to supply Orkney’s 22,000 inhabitants

Polygon • 2nd August 2024

How this free platform helps modders revitalize classic games

There’s something magical about firing up your favorite old-school PC game.

The Sunday Times / Raconteur • 27th June 2021

How Brexit left small British business out in the cold

It was billed as the rebirth of UK plc, granting British businesses freedom from the high-handed bureaucracy of Brussels. But, for many SMEs with significant EU exports, Brexit feels less like a renaissance than it does the rocky road to ruin.

Euronews • 16th August 2023

We can't allow our right to water to go down the drain

For the Berriennois — residents of the tiny village of Berrien nestled in France's mountainous northwest — summer 2022 won’t easily be forgotten.

CNBC • 25th October 2022

Dubai: a connected, pro-business city doing things differently

During an illustrious career as an airline chief executive and a professional marathon runner, Stefan Pichler called many places home. Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, Australasia — there are few corners of the globe the 65-year-old hasn’t lived in.

Fortune • 21st January 2024

Why continuous employee development matters in the age of AI

When the first PCs began landing on office desks in the late 1970s, they sparked a workplace revolution.

Fortune • 21st January 2024

How streamlined tech is helping health care workers thrive

Facing a relentless rise in patient demand, an aging population, and an overburdened health care system, health workers are grappling with an unprecedented burnout epidemic.

Fortune • 14th November 2022

Nuclear fusion has been a pipe dream for decades, but it might actually be on the cusp of commercial viability

In the packed field of prospective net-zero solutions, nuclear fusion stands out in its scope and ambition. By successfully replicating the reaction that powers the sun, humanity could—in the words of Stephen Hawking—unlock an “inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.”

BBC Future • 17th May 2022

Can gravity batteries solve our energy storage problems?

There is a riddle at the heart of the renewable energy revolution. When the wind blows, the sun shines, and the waves roll, there is abundant green power to be generated. But when skies darken and conditions are calm, what do we do?

Fortune • 20th June 2022

U.S. states lead the way in taking Big Oil to court

In courtrooms around the United States, climate lawyers are tightening the screws on Big Oil. From California to Colorado, Hawaii, and Rhode Island, no fewer than 20 states are seeking damages against dozens of the world’s largest fossil fuel firms.

The New York Times • 28th December 2022

Easing Mortgage Stress With A.I. and Empathy

The stress of financing a house purchase is something the California-based realtor Eloy Villamil is all too familiar with. During his 20-year career, he’s helped thousands of prospective homeowners navigate the pressures of the mortgage process — and been through it more than a few times himself.

BBC Future • 3rd November 2021

How might the world meet its clean energy needs

Sixteen miles (26km) off the windswept coast of northern Scotland, the future of renewable energy is taking shape. Rotating rhythmically in the breeze, the five colossal turbines of the Hywind Scotland wind farm look much like any other off-shore wind project, bar one major difference – they're floating.