Our Best Reads of the Week

Millions of people face a momentous choice when they vote this weekend. After 20 years atop Turkish politics, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is encountering arguably his toughest electoral challenge, while a new generation of Thais fight to counter the influence of the military and monarchy.

There’s good news and bad news for scientists. AI holds hope of speeding drug discovery, saving time, grief and lives, but researchers are worried Europe is drying up must faster than feared. We also delve into the chemical conspiracy to rip off Coke’s secret sauce inside its cans.