This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Last weekend, the Discovery Channel premiered three episodes of ...

Gemma Fowler’s new sci-fi novel, City of Rust, is set in a dystopian world where Earth is overrun with junk and waste. Rich countries have paid underdeveloped ones to take their rubbish away, to ...