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Could a vaccine finally end multiple sclerosis? Our “Babbage” podcast explores the link between MS and a common virus, with Alok Jha and Ainslie Johnstone econ.st/430DV9J 👇

What makes humans intelligent? Ainslie Johnstone visits the UK Biobank centre for part one of our “Babbage” podcast series on the science that built the AI revolution econ.st/3ItCtDc 🎧

I’ll be editing the Science and Technology section The Economist on and off over the next few months, so very keen to receive pitches from freelancers who get our style. Feel free to pass on.

Today on “The Intelligence”, Ainslie Johnstone dives into a new scientific study which could help explain why some dogs are more prone to obesity than others econ.st/3TR1Q8z

Why is Narendra Modi so popular? An interactive deep dive into Mann Ki Baat provides some answers. An interactive piece in collaboration with Ainslie Johnstone Filippo Teoldi economist.com/interactive/as…

Last year a lie that Ukraine’s first lady spent $1.1m on Cartier jewellery in New York reached millions of people. How did this happen? To find out Ainslie Johnstone and I untangled a disinformation campaign in an interactive article for The Economist 👇 economist.com/disinformation

It’s the northern hemisphere solstice today. So I wrote an essay about solar power, and how it’s is going to change everything

China as scientific superpower. Great to talk to The Economist's science editor Ainslie Johnstone about the changing centre of gravity in research. BBC Science in Action soon bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

I was on Science In Action on the BBC World Service last night, talking about China's science. You can listen back to it here bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

🦕 Here is our The Economist/@wethinkpolling MRP! And James Fransham has updated our Britain prediction model methodology. This is how we're thinking about the election (with maps + charts!) 🧵

Labour must form Britain’s next government—and not just because the Tories need a long lie-down econ.st/45PpS8s

Great chart from Ainslie Johnstone and Lloyd Parker packed with insights: • Before Biden, every Democrat was below trend when taking office • Nixon/Ford and Clinton/Bush are the same ages • Biggest age increase was Obama to Trump • Biden is old economist.com/briefing/2024/…

1 in 4 people spent a full 10 minutes looking at a painting when we asked them to. Nuts! (Go for the chart, stay for the reader comments on what that felt like) nytimes.com/2024/08/01/ups…

Much enjoyed reporting this week's cover story, with help from Gabriel Crossley in Beijing and Ainslie Johnstone .

NEWS: today The Economist announces that Espresso, its short-form, daily news app, will be available to over 400m students worldwide at no cost. Read the full release: economistgroup.com/press-centre/t…

What does Elon Musk's online activity reveal about him? Going through nearly 40,000 posts over the past decade, and the policies implied or suggested in them, Ainslie Johnstone and I found a changed man

“Americans are falling out of love with their allies.” Even Democrats look less favourably on former friends since Donald Trump took office, Ainslie Johnstone tells “The Intelligence” econ.st/3G1jTV4