The trade-offs required by the pandemic will get even harder Imagine having two critically ill patients but just one ventilator. That is the choice which could confront hospital staff in New York, Paris and London in the coming weeks, just as it has in …
The struggle to save lives and the economy is likely to present agonising choices Planet earth is shutting down. In the struggle to get a grip on covid-19, one country after another is demanding that its citizens shun society. As that sends economies re…
Why is the ear worth so much less than the eye? Until recently the ear was a part of the body relatively unconquered by commerce. The neck long ago fell to the necklace, the ruff and the tie. The wrist surrendered to the bracelet and the watch. The eye sold ou…
Companies far beyond the Golden State will feel the impact of its new privacy law History does not repeat but sometimes it rhymes. So, it seems, do efforts to protect netizens’ privacy. The European Union led the world with its General Data Protection Regulati…
The American planemaker’s bet that the 737 MAX would fly again soon has failed. The fallout may lead it—and its rival Airbus—to build a new generation of aircraft Commercial aviation makes up the bulk of Boeing’s revenues. Military-minded top brass of its larg…
Rural Virginians pledge to protect their guns from urban Democrats Ralph Northam, the governor of Virginia, has no plan to wrest guns from their owners. His proposed gun-control measures are far more modest. But the Virginians who gathered this month at a meet…
Contemporary worries about the impact of technology are part of a historical pattern
Elizabeth Warren thinks so. America’s allies do not 未翻译原文阅读：Should America rule out first use of nuclear weapons? President Barack Obama promised that he would reduce the role that nuclear weapons played in America’s national security strategy. His successor h…
The “Internet of Things” will fundamentally change the relationship between consumers and producers On August 29th, as Hurricane Dorian（飓风多利安） tracked towards America’s east coast, Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla, an electric-car maker, announced that some…