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Scientific publishers are producing more papers than ever

Concerns about some of their business models are building

Robots can learn new actions faster thanks to AI techni...

They could soon show their moves in settings from car factories to care homes

Scientists are learning why ultra-processed foods are b...

A mystery is finally being solved

Deforestation is costing Brazilian farmers millions

Without trees to circulate moisture, the land is getting hotter and drier

Dreams of asteroid mining, orbital manufacturing and mu...

Ideas for making money in orbit that seemed mad in the 1960s now look sane

Elon Musk is causing problems for the Royal Society

His continued membership has led to a high-profile resignation

Humans and Neanderthals met often, but only one event m...

The mystery of exactly how people left Africa deepens

Can anyone realistically challenge SpaceX’s launch supr...

And if its boss now tries to kill NASA’s own heavy lifter, will that matter?

Academic writing is getting harder to read—the humaniti...

We analyse two centuries of scholarly work

Giving children the wrong (or not enough) toys may doom...

Survival is a case of child’s play

Is obesity a disease?

It wasn’t. But it is now

High-tech antidotes for snake bites

Genetic engineering and AI are powering the search for antivenins

The Economist’s science and technology internship

We invite applications for the 2025 Richard Casement internship

A better understanding of Huntington’s disease brings hope

Previous research seems to have misinterpreted what is going on

Wasps stole genes from viruses

That probably assisted their evolutionary diversification

America’s departure from the WHO would harm everyone

Whether it is a negotiating ploy remains to be seen

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