Elite athletes use visualisation for everything from running 5Ks to riding bulls – and the science increasingly backs it up. So what can it do for you? When strongman Mitchell Hooper set up to ...

Visualisation is a tool that has been used for many years to help with public speaking, sports and overcoming fears. With many variations, misconceptions and ideas about what visualisation actually is ...

The late data visionary Hans Rosling mesmerised the world with his work, contributing to a more informed society. Rosling used global health data to paint a stunning picture of how our world is a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But how much data can a picture capture? Or, more interestingly, how can a picture tell a story that’s hiding in data? Our eyes can process vast amounts ...

A wellbeing start-up hopes to help millions with visualisation techniques that are credited with saving its co-founder’s life. Remap describes visualisation as “weightlifting for the brain” that can ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Anyone who recently bought an exploding smartphone or spent hours sleeping on the floor at Heathrow’s Terminal ...

On the evening before a Premier League football match, Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney habitually asks the club’s kit man what colour shirts, shorts and socks the team will wear the next day.

The late data visionary Hans Rosling mesmerised the world with his work, contributing to a more informed society. Rosling used global health data to paint a stunning picture of how our world is a ...