The Economist: Science and technology

How two teams plan to smash the world sailing-speed record

Neither craft looks much like a sailing boat

Reviving ancient viruses can help fight modern ones

Insights from evolution can also improve vaccines

A new type of jet engine could revive supersonic air tr...

It would also be simpler and more fuel-efficient

Delivery robots will transform Christmas

Santa’s hi-tech little helpers

Could newborn neurons reverse Alzheimer’s?

Some scientists think so. Others doubt the cells even exist

Memorable images make time pass more slowly

The effect could give our brains longer to process information

How to harvest moisture from the atmosphere

New technologies could provide water to Earth’s most arid climates

Climate change is slowing Earth’s rotation

This simplifies things for the world’s timekeepers

Large language models are getting bigger and better

Can they keep improving forever?

Locust-busting is getting an upgrade

From pesticides to drones, new technologies are helping win an age-old battle

Producing fake information is getting easier

But that’s not the whole story, when it comes to AI

How to train your large language model

A new technique is speeding up the process

The challenges of steering a hypersonic plane

At five times the speed of sound, a craft flies through plasma, not air

Long covid is not the only chronic condition triggered ...

Finding similarities between post-infectious illnesses could lead to better trea...

Scientists can help fetuses by growing tiny replicas of...

They could be used to improve treatments in the womb

A variety of new batteries are coming to power EVs

All use different chemistries for cost or performance

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