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The Economist
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A new study has shed light on how stimulating the right bits of the brain can produce dramatic—and seemingly permanent—improvements in the ability of paralysed patients to walk again ..read more
The Economist
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Everyone likes cutting government waste in theory, and NASA offers plenty of targets. Yet cutting waste in practice is hard. The Artemis programme may prove impossible to kill ..read more
The Economist
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Freedom is not only measured by speech and political liberty, but also by the ability to spend your money as you wish ..read more
The Economist
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In Damascus and across the country, Syrians were cheering a fresh start and a reboot of their relations with the world. What will the future look like for them ..read more
The Economist
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As state-level bans on youth gender medicine have accumulated, and are being tested at the Supreme Court, this controversial field has been seized by a fierce debate over the proper role of mental-health assessments ..read more
The Economist
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John Kinsel and his colleagues did much to win the second world war, though he did not vaunt himself. There was no “I” in his war, only “we”: the Navajo code-devisers and radio crews. Read our obituary: Photo: Tom Grier/Navajo Oral History Project ..read more
The Economist
12h ago
A new study has shed light on how stimulating the right bits of the brain can produce dramatic—and seemingly permanent—improvements in the ability of paralysed patients to walk again ..read more
The Economist
12h ago
Everyone likes cutting government waste in theory, and NASA offers plenty of targets. Yet cutting waste in practice is hard. The Artemis programme may prove impossible to kill ..read more
The Economist
12h ago
Freedom is not only measured by speech and political liberty, but also by the ability to spend your money as you wish ..read more