Isobel is a tech fellow at Business Insider. She was formerly at Mashable as a culture intern, where she became interested in how technology has permeated so many different parts of our lives. In particular she's interested in how technology impacts the natural world, both negatively and positively.
Bill Gates is plugging money into building factories for seven promising coronavirus vaccine candidates, even though it will mean wasting billions of dollars.
A fear of heights is one the most common phobias. One in five people experience a fear of heights at some point in their lives, and for one in 20 it's a clinical phobia.
