The Digital Death Gap: Nitazenes
Britain’s drug statistics are being hollowed out by a chemical vanishing act. By the time a coroner’s sample reaches the lab, the very substances responsible for the kill have often dissolved into the ether, leaving behind a trail of inconclusive reports and a massive hole in our national data. We are currently staring at a public health crisis through a clouded lens, funding a response for only two-thirds of the reality while the most lethal third remains a ghost. It is a tally written in disappearing ink.
A post-mortem of Olive AI
Olive AI promised to automate the soul-crushing bureaucracy of American healthcare and free clinicians from administrative drag. Valued at $4bn at its peak, it instead collapsed under brittle technology, over-hyped claims and relentless pivoting. Its rise and fall is a cautionary tale of what happens when venture speed collides with healthcare reality.
The Glucose Ledger: Blood, data, and the high cost of metabolic hacking
The silicon-slick promise of "food as medicine" apps is turning the dinner table into a high-stakes laboratory, but as the healthy elite trade their intuition for a spreadsheet, we must ask if we are curing a metabolic crisis or simply digitising a new breed of eating disorder.
Bio-hacking the office: The rise of circadian synced workspaces
As the "biohacking" movement migrates from personal routines to the corporate floor, a new frontier in office design is emerging: biological optimization. While traditional offices prioritized "square-footage efficiency," modern firms are beginning to leverage circadian lighting and enhanced ventilation to combat the post-pandemic productivity gap. However, as unemployment rises and capital tightens, a sharp divide is forming between agile companies investing in "Green+" workspaces and established giants clinging to legacy structures—setting the stage for a high-stakes showdown between cost-cutting and human performance.
Healthcare’s AI Gamble: smarter security or a bigger data breach waiting to happen?
As UK healthcare accelerates its use of AI and machine learning, the same technologies driving smarter care are reshaping the cyber risk landscape, forcing organisations to balance innovation, data sharing and patient safety against increasingly sophisticated security threats.