The Economist

Grid-scale battery systems are emerging as a way to keep powering cities with clean renewable electricity.
Business
The Economist

Clean energy’s next trillion-dollar business

Decarbonising the world’s electricity supply will take more than solar panels and wind turbines.

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The Economist
The Economist

The plasma trade is becoming ever-more hypocritical

The US exports more blood products than coal or gold.

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On the face of it, Australia should have a huge advance in the race for critical minerals; and yet we can’t seem to get ourselves off the ground and running.
Mining
The Economist

Why Australia is not yet a critical minerals powerhouse

On the face of it, Australia should have a huge advance in the race for critical minerals; and yet we can’t seem to get ourselves off - or, rather, out of - the ground and running.

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Support for the long-standing Liberal PM is slipping, and his most likely opponent ot the next election, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is winning over his usual voters: the young and the unionised.
World
The Economist

Canada’s Conservatives are crushing Justin Trudeau

Support for the long-standing Liberal PM is slipping, and his most likely opponent ot the next election, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is winning over his usual voters: the young and the unionised.

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Here are the four management questions that aspiring bosses should ask themselves for valuable self-reflection.
Business
The Economist

Four questions every manager needs to ask themselves

There’s no shortage of tasks for managers in an increasingly hectic business world. But it is possible for even harried managers to ask themselves questions that force useful moments of reflection.

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Is Mark Zuckerberg and Meta on a collision course with the open-source community over his company’s new AI models?
Business
The Economist

Why Meta’s accused of ‘bullying’ the open-source community

Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant is banking on its models setting the standard for open-source artificial intelligence.

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After some hefty setbacks in early August, major AI chipmaker Nvidia is back on another bull run. But will it last?
Business
The Economist

What could stop the Nvidia frenzy?

Two contradictions could stymie the AI chipmaker-in-chief.

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A new study finds they far outlive people in other English-speaking countries..
Health
The Economist

Why do Australians live so long?

A new study has found Australians far outlive people in other English-speaking countries. So what is is that gives us those extra years?

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Cassio Dias rides Bamboozled during the PBR: Camping World Team Series Freedom Days in Florida.
Business
The Economist

Why the world is teeming with so many new sports leagues

Interest from fans and investors has led to a surge of new sports. But is it a winning strategy?

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Pets have long been a feature of all sorts of workplaces - but how welcoming should bosses be?  
Business
The Economist

Ruff day in the office or paw-sitively amazing?

Pets have long been a feature of all sorts of workplaces - but how welcoming should bosses be?  

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Employees work on the production line of electric vehicles at Xiaomi's Electric Vehicle Factory in Beijing.
Business
The Economist

Apple can’t do cars. Meet the Chinese tech giants that can

Baidu, Huawei and Xiaomi have built thriving auto businesses.

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Low cost carriers are connecting a growing number of Indian tourists to nearby destinations in South-East Asia and the Middle East.
Business
The Economist

Why Indian tourists are conquering the world

A booming middle class, a plethora of cheap flights and Bollywood’s growing influence are all changing the outlook of aspiring Indian globe-trotters.

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One possible culprit of the sinking of the Bayesian off the coast of Sicily on August 19 is a tornadic waterspout. Credit: Paul Birch/Swings and Roundabouts
World
The Economist

Could a waterspout have sunk the Bayesian superyacht?

These columns of spray, essentially sea tornadoes, can be highly dangerous.

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Stock markets have delivered a big reality check to AI firms as the technology’s take-up has proved sluggish. Is it premature to write it off though?
Business
The Economist

AI is losing the ‘hype cycle’. But that’s good news

Since peaking last month the share prices of Western firms driving the AI revolution have dropped by 15 per cent. What does it mean in the long run?

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In his book Infantilised, Keith Hayward contends that young people today are less mature than previous generations and that Western culture is to blame. Stock image
The Economist
The Economist

Is our Western culture growing a generation of kidults?

A new book contends that young people today are less mature than previous generations and that Western culture is to blame. 

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