Babbage is our weekly podcast on science and technology, named after Charles Babbage—a 19th-century
Do you run, cycle or swim to lose weight? Herman Pontzer, an evolutionary anthropologist who special
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist’s
A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It already r
Narendra Modi is one of the most popular politicians on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyeing
Artificial intelligence is already making its mark in health care—but new, bigger, models promise to
Ever since there have been smartphones and social media, there have been concerns about how they mig
What is intelligence? In the middle of the 20th century, the inner workings of the human brain inspi
Dark matter is thought to make up around a quarter of the universe, but so far it has eluded detecti
OpenAI and Microsoft are leaders in generative artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI has built GPT-4,
Books are the original medium for communicating science to the masses. In a holiday special, produce
A year ago, the public launch of ChatGPT took the world by storm and it was followed by many more ge
In the coming decades, electric vehicles will dominate the roads and renewables will provide energy
