Climate change may make it harder to spot submarines
THE PENTAGON “does not do climate-change crap”, said Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s defence secretary, on March 9th. “We do tra...
Five years after covid, have scientists learned their lesson?
Air-Borne. By Carl Zimmer. Dutton; 496 pages; $32. To be published in Britain by Picador in June; £25 ON MARCH 28TH 2020, as ...
How safe is your DNA in a bankruptcy?
Spit in a tube and, for about $100, discover secrets held by your DNA. That was the promise of 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer ...
Can Musk put man on Mars?
HUMAN LAWS can be changed, waived or broken. Physical laws are less biddable. When it comes to putting humans on Mars, which ...
Lobbyists hope that Trump will produce a bonanza
The capitol Hill club, in Washington, dc, is a venerable gathering spot for the city’s Republican elite. It is minutes from t...
Mark Carney calls a snap election in Canada
The dilemma facing Canada’s Conservative Party can be summed up in its campaign slogan: “Canada first. For a change.” Just th...
Even priests need the free market
Henry Ward Beecher’s church was very rich. Every Sunday crowds would flock across New York’s East River on “Beecher’s boats” ...
Teams and extremes
If you are fed up with the other people on your team, remember this: it could be so much worse. Butch Wilmore and Suni Willia...
Why “Adolescence” has become a global smash hit
Like cats, many teenagers have their own neighbourhood maps, marked with dangers—this street is dodgy, that one is safe—that ...
Nubank has conquered Brazil. Now it is expanding overseas
Brazil may not be an obvious place to look for the future of retail banking. Yet in just over a decade Nubank, based in São P...