3+ hour, 34+ min ago  (55+ words) Behind the scenes at'The Economist Their information density rivals the immediate predecessors of writing Will they improve survival rates? What to make of the new dietary fad Regulators are now mulling the results of the late-stage trial The long-hyped materials…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago  (64+ words) Also this week, higher education in Britain, AI security, greeting colleagues at work | Letters How significant is the rise of fraudulent scientific papers? Also this week, higher education in Britain, AI security, greeting colleagues at work - "How significant is the…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (58+ words) Beware the data-centre takeover Our measure of entrenchment suggests its problem is among the rich world's worst In Asia, East Africa and the Gulf leaders now face an unpleasant choice Kandinsky, Monet and Rembrandt were economists as well as artists…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (77+ words) This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline "New ways of looking at new ways of looking" AI could make consultancy more effective'or redundant And how it can be made to do so Provided…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (55+ words) It is a new implementation of an old idea This suggests cosmology might be wrong about something fundamental There are simpler ways to get smoother skin and stronger joints Winners of a design competition include conjoined Ferris wheels and a…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago  (124+ words) Perhaps it is inevitable that Anthropic, an artificial-intelligence (AI) lab founded by do-gooders, attracts snark in Silicon Valley. The company, which puts its safety mission above making money, has an in-house philosopher and a chatbot with the Gallic-sounding name of…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (50+ words) The tools developed along the way could revolutionise medicine Their slimy shenanigans might have applications for humans, too Perhaps. Learning languages offers other, more concrete benefits Across the rich world politics is driving scepticism" Bipaternal human children, though, are still…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (73+ words) This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline "Plenty more room at the bottom" Studies show that thimerosal does more good than harm The tools developed along the way could revolutionise medicine Their…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (143+ words) FOR DECADES a big story in education has been the ascent of girls. They now outperform boys in most subjects, leave school with better grades and are more likely to get a university degree. But one subject remains a problem:…...