Surgeons ’ magic touch

Short stature has long been shrugged off as a harmless punchline. But for a growing number of young men, height has become a source of existential angst – driving some to explore surgical solutions. Are the extra inches worth it?

Driving change MY FIRST WAYMO IS LOCKED IN A STANDOFF with a human rival. I’ve hailed the driverless cab in a tricky triangular parking lot in Austin, and when it pulls in—a hulking white all-electric

Come for the squat rack, stay for the comprehensive fitness routine customised according to your blood tests. Gyms around the world are providing members with access to doctors, trainers and high-end therapies at a cost roughly equivalent to the average annual salary. Excessive? Perhaps. Worth it? Just ask these guys...

Even I, with my exotic lifestyle and winning social manners, do not expect to bump into an MP just wandering around the streets of London. It’s taken four decades or so for us to be sitting in the rig

Virtual command centers are reshaping hospitals, boosting efficiency and preparing facilities for everything from flu season to mass casualty events

‘‘ I would like to make my own witness statement,” said Christopher Pelkey as he stood before Judge Todd Lang in Arizona’s Maricopa County Superior Court, dressed slightly incongruously in a green hoo