The Economist: Science and technology

Are juice shots worth the price?

Fresh fruit is probably a cheaper alternative

Contact sports can cause brain injuries. Should kids st...

Modifying rules and grouping players by size rather than age can limit the risks

For the first time, a CRISPR drug treats a child’s uniq...

Scientists hope more children will benefit

The race to build the fighter planes of the future

They can hold more fuel, carry more weaponry and boast more computing power

Britain is now the biggest funder of solar-geoengineeri...

It is supporting experiments to thicken sea ice and make clouds more reflective

Why China is building a Starlink system of its own

When it is finished, Qianfan could number 14,000 satellites, rivalling Elon Musk...

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

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

AI can bring back a person’s own voice

And it can generate sentences trained on their own writing

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

We analyse two centuries of scholarly work

Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why

Paradoxically, cleaner emissions from ships and power plants are playing a role

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

The mystery of exactly how people left Africa deepens

Elon Musk is causing problems for the Royal Society

His continued membership has led to a high-profile resignation

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

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

Carbon emissions from tourism are rising disproportiona...

The industry is failing to make itself greener

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

Survival is a case of child’s play

Why some doctors are reassessing hypnosis

There is growing evidence that it can help with pain, depression and more

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