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Finance
Governments want to hold America’s shares more than its debts
When countries switch towards riskier assets, the global economy feels the consequences
Finance
Research on grasping bureaucrats startles Singapore
It is more revealing about its academic culture than its civil service
Finance
Financial astrology is a serious business in India
That is bad news for investors’ returns
Tech
Simulating death can reduce people’s fear of dying
And help doctors train for the worst
Tech
It may soon be possible to create “mirror life”
Such research poses risks for humanity and the planet
Finance
Investing for babies involves knotty trade-offs
Should new parents favour financial capital, human capital or something else?
Finance
The AI boom meets a new kind of crypto scam
Payment cards linked to cryptocurrency accounts may enable Chinese purchases of American AI models
Finance
How the AI boom could worsen the rich world’s fiscal crunch
Even with higher growth, taxes may be harder to find
Tech
Alternatives to GPS are around the corner
Earth’s quantum field and signals from other satellites may prove more reliable
Tech
Are weighted blankets really beneficial?
Measurable gains are modest, but many users report feeling better
Finance
How the Fed should measure inflation
Pinning down the underlying rate may be harder than Kevin Warsh thinks
Finance
Israel’s war economy is thriving
But conflict is worsening its industrial divide
Finance
The battle between India’s stock exchanges is heating up again
Number two is trying harder
Finance
Turkey’s investment-fund fiasco
The country could lose its status as an emerging market
Tech
Should you fear pesticide-resistant super-bed bugs?
Thankfully not. But individual populations are getting harder to eliminate
Tech
Should you fear pesticide-resistant super-bedbugs?
Thankfully not. But individual populations are getting harder to eliminate
Tech
Space-going mirrors could offer daylight on demand
Applications stretch from disaster relief to street lighting
Tech
Many surgical interventions are little better than placebo
A succession of clinical trials is upending the field
Finance
You can’t trade your way through the AI apocalypse
It’s hard to price the threats posed by a misaligned superintelligence
Finance
Data centres are straining the insurance market
The premiums are juicy, but the financial stakes are hard to digest
Tech
A new battery could make edible electronics safer
Its components dissolve once it has done its job
Finance
House prices survived the last rise in interest rates. Will they this time?
Supports that shored up the housing market when borrowing costs last rose are gone
Finance
House prices survived the last interest-rate rise. Will they this time?
Supports that shored up the housing market when borrowing costs last rose are gone
Tech
Consuming extra vitamin D is less good than it sounds
What works well in theory seems not to in practice
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