Fighting hate speech against women on Facebook

A major new campaign calls on the social networking site to put an end to misogyny on its pages – including graphic videos and images that make light of violence against women

Driverless cars, pilotless planes … will there be jobs left for a human being?

Will Hutton: Throughout history, economic upheaval has destroyed whole industries – and created new ones. But now, some fear automation may mean the death of mass employment

£140 could buy private firms data on NHS patients

Bupa approved to access sensitive medical records as campaigners question patient consent for release

Disney retreats from Princess Merida makeover after widespread criticism

'Glammed-up' version of character from Pixar animation Brave removed from Disney website after creator describes it as 'horrible'

Angelina Jolie’s doctor blogs details of double mastectomy

Dr Kristi Funk's account of Angelina Jolie's surgery aims to help women understand the preventive treatment

Angelina Jolie praised for revelation over double mastectomy

Health campaigners praise actor's decision to go public to encourage other women to check for defective gene BRCA1

Angelina Jolie’s mastectomy account raises awareness of gene testing

Actor's decision to tell her story of preventive breast cancer surgery is welcomed by medical experts worldwide

Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy – key questions answered

Is Jolie's surgery a proportionate response to her cancer risk? How many women have the faulty genes BRCA1 and BRCA2? How at risk are you?

Brave director criticises Disney’s ‘sexualised’ Princess Merida redesign

The character's creator says Disney's new version of her hero 'send[s] a message that the original, realistic girl is inferior'

David Simon: ‘I don’t want anybody in jail for using drugs’

The creator of TV's The Wire will take part in an Observer debate on the war on drugs later this month. He talks to Andrew Anthony

1963: from the Stones to Dr Strangelove, a year of social and cultural upheaval

Introducing our look at the year that defined the modern era, Tariq Ali recalls the extraordinary collision of politics, culture and social upheaval that he witnessed as a student

Sherry Turkle: ‘We’re losing the raw, human part of being with each other’

Catherine de Lange meets the one-time 'cyber-diva' who some now call a 'technophobe'

Live discussion: sharing best practice

Join us from 1-3pm on Wednesday 15 May to find out how to learn from your peers

Twitter’s top trumps: are you the Lady Gaga of social enterprise?

Ever wondered how influential you are in the world of social enterprise? Joe Jervis reveals the top 50 most connected tweeters

Are nuclear trains and cars made of skin the future of travel?

United Micro Kingdoms, a new exhibition at London's Design Museum, explores an alternative Britain governed by four extreme lifestyle tribes. Are you a Bioliberal or a Digitarian?