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.

BBC • 16th June 2025

Forging a path to a malaria-free world

For the average Anopheles mosquito, life is short – a mere matter of weeks. But in that brief time, the tiny insect can transmit one of humanity's oldest and deadliest foes; a disease that has haunted us for millennia.

The Atlantic • 22nd April 2025

How AI Agents Could Reshape Our World

Imagine a major concert event that you are eager to attend. Tickets go on sale soon, and you know it’s going to be a frenzy.

The Economist • 11th November 2024

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.

POLITICO • 21st May 2025

Beyond a Kill Switch: Safeguarding the Future of AI

When a piece of tech misbehaves, usually, it just gets turned off. If a microwave emits strange noises, out comes the plug. When a smartphone freezes, a hard reboot rarely fails.

The Atlantic • 3rd June 2025

The AI-Powered Future of Drug Discovery

At the heart of every biological process, from the replication of cells to the functioning of the human brain, lies the intricate world of proteins. Understanding the structure of these molecules, folded into complex three-dimensional shapes, is crucial to advance our collective understanding of biology and facilitate the development of new therapeutics.

The Times & The Sunday Times • 4th July 2025

How AI with human touch saved IBM $3bn

International Business Machines (IBM) was created over 100 years ago under the leadership of a man named Thomas J Watson. Few companies can say they’ve been around for more than a century – fewer still in the frenetic world of tech.

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.

NBC News • 6th September 2020

At the bottom of the bottle: Inside Scotland's alcohol crisis

From her earliest memories, the misery of alcoholism has marred Karen Angus' life. She was only a girl when her father, "a violent, unpredictable alcoholic," died from drinking, leaving behind a wife who was abstinent and seven children who — in time — would be anything but.

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.