Science and technology

Blockchain technology could improve the reliability of medical trials11

Makeshift weapons are becoming more dangerous with highly sophisticated, commercially available kit4

Sending tiny robots into the body to collect foreign objects0

Controlled fires can both help prevent combustion and reduce insect attacks2

A canine cancer that travelled the world provides a new insight into the disease0

We talk to Jim O’Neill about how the overconsumption of antibiotics has eroded their effectiveness and discuss whether Facebook...0

Researchers can now watch human evolution unfold80

A report on the state of the world’s vegetation gives cause for concern0

The Economist is looking for a technology correspondent to work at its headquarters in London. Knowledge of the field, an ability...0

A new way to understand the behaviour of ice sheets11

Two new studies suggest that the young Earth may have been even less like today’s than was previously thought7

How to put broken eggshells to use4