Humanity 2.0
How to enhance humans
Finding ways to live much longer—and better—shouldn’t be left to the cranks
Culture
What baby names reveal about American and British society
Monikers associated with brains are out. Those associated with beauty are in
The Americas
Will Donald Trump shape the Mexican president’s domestic agenda?
Claudia Sheinbaum has earned respect for her handling of Mr Trump
The world in brief
London’s Heathrow airport said it would reopen after a fire at a nearby electrical substation caused it to close for most of Friday...
The upper house of Germany’s parliament approved the creation of a €500bn ($542bn) fund for infrastructure and the loosening of the “debt brake”, the country’s legal limit on government borrowing, to allow for greater defence spending...
Shares in Nike dropped to a five-year low after it issued a weak earnings forecast on Thursday...
Mr Trump awarded Boeing a contract to develop a next-generation fighter jet...
Donald Trump has reshaped one of the world’s most important migration routes
Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, is an eager partner
Free exchange: America’s Democrats should embrace “abundance liberalism”
Two new books contain much to commend them
Six charts show the impact of Obamacare
Did it live up to its promises?
How harmful are electronic cigarettes?
The risks of vaping may be worth the benefits
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The Intelligence
Could Donald Trump imperil the Five Eyes spy pact?
Tracking the presidency
How popular is Donald Trump?
Canadian poll tracker
Ahead of elections later this year, the Liberals are surging
The consequences of Trumponomics
The Trump administration is playing a dangerous stockmarket game
American investors are extremely exposed to a sell-off—and so is the economy
Trump’s erratic policy is harming the reputation of American assets
Like the stockmarket, the dollar is also suffering from falling confidence and rising confusion
America is facing a beef deficit
Donald Trump’s tariff plans will make it worse, and burgers dearer
Ten indicators explain what’s going on with America’s economy
A look at the impact of Trumponomics, as revealed by data
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Technology Quarterly: March 1st 2025
The age of CRISPR
Ida Emilie Steinmark explores whether it can deliver on its promise
- Can gene editing deliver on its promise?
- CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how
- Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing
- Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory
- Eat your GE-greens
- Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives
- Designing babies
- Gene editing can still change the world
- Acknowledgments
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Edition: March 22nd 2025
Rise of the superhuman
How to enhance humans
Finding ways to live much longer—and better—shouldn’t be left to the cranks
Erdogan arrests the candidate who could beat him
Turkey’s president fears to run against Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s mayor
The trap Vladimir Putin has set for Donald Trump
The Russian president wants to suggest that Ukraine is just a detail in a wider relationship
The judges Trump scorns should stand their ground
The rule of law is at stake
