The EconomistHumidity Face-masks can give the immune system a helpful hand verified_publisherThe Economist FACE-MASKS HELP reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid-19. Several studies have reported the more surprising finding that, even …
The EconomistEcosystems Seagrasses and mangroves can suck carbon from the air verified_publisherThe Economist OFF THE coast of Formentera, an island in the Spanish Mediterranean, lives an organism that stretches 15km from one end to the other. Posidonia …
The EconomistSign Language The race to teach sign language to computers verified_publisherThe Economist USING A computer used to mean bashing away at a keyboard. Then it meant tapping on a touchscreen. Increasingly, it means simply speaking. Over 100m …
The EconomistArtificial Intelligence Spy agencies have high hopes for AI verified_publisherThe Economist WHEN IT comes to using artificial intelligence (AI), intelligence agencies have been at it longer than most. In the cold war America’s National …
The EconomistPrototypes SpaceX is making progress on its next rocket verified_publisherThe Economist IT WAS, the wags of Twitter noted, the quickest relaunch of a SpaceX rocket yet. SN10, the latest prototype of the next-generation rocket, Starship, …
