It is not the first time China has lavished money on a new technology before there is much of a market for it. This time it could prove a costly waste https://t.co/MkVk9Fawur ...

“Pronking” is not just of interest to evolutionary biologists. The idea of costly signalling is important in workplaces, too https://t.co/EjgvrUoJGM ...

One day in 2004 Khamphat Paneboun did something that would have profound implications for the rest of his life. 1843 explains how the Texan father of four ended up being deported to Laos https://t.co/9UVQRl2xET ...

Using up human time on a task that could be done better by a machine may seem inefficient, but it can be worthwhile https://t.co/US5gSfNcSGIllustration: Paul Blow https://t.co/kZusK7LwgC ...

“That agent’s going to do everything your website can do.”What does the future of customer service look like? @btaylor explains how AI will change the way shoppers make complaints. Listen to our “Boss Class” podcast https://t.co/1TWUHDCAIF ...

Donald Trump has liberally marshalled America’s antitrust apparatus to pursue a number of his policies. At his direction, everything from the price of meat to companies’ diversity policies are being investigated https://t.co/c349R5jEkI ...

Russia shows no sign of an impending breakdown, political or economic. But from travel and wages to the priesthood and innovation, the war is impinging on almost every aspect of everyday life https://t.co/aYVoxB0UBE ...

Recent cases of surging prices in prediction markets for the correct outcome of an event just before official news breaks may look like notorious insider-trading scandals. But that is a flawed comparison https://t.co/f7ApdY11Gx ...

Although some of Boris Yeltsin’s people were nervous about Vladimir Putin and his KGB past, few saw his potential to dominate Russia https://t.co/A2J0MGdVxm ...

The advice to Australian beachgoers is simple: before and after storms, cool down elsewhere https://t.co/9vRGzBpOlv ...