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Can China’s farmers cope with the effects of climate change? https://econ.st/3NRSntj #press

The battle of the bots will transform the way people find things on the internet—and may upend a lucrative business https://econ.st/3rhgZ7d #press

Armies are working to improve alternatives to GPS. The easiest way to replace it will probably be to combine several of these technologies https://econ.st/3OdRYD3 #press

But some worry the Terminator is coming https://econ.st/3OcPrcl #press

If China invaded Taiwan it would probably involve an amphibious assault, one of the most difficult forms of warfare. Taiwan’s beaches are heavily fortified https://econ.st/3rpEP0T #press

A study has revealed that thinking too hard causes chemical changes in the brain, which present behaviourally as fatigue. Discover the science behind why thinking too hard makes your head hurt https://econ.st/3DbLHBt #press

Does Islam smile on cryptocurrency? https://econ.st/3NMm4w5 #press

Firms that get it right stand to reap rewards. Laggards risk going the way of typesetters https://econ.st/3PDZrwk #press

Chicago has an outsized grip on America’s imagination. In the words of Barack Obama, its most famous adopted son, it is a “quintessentially American city”. These books will help you understand it https://econ.st/3NS2ezp #press

Victoria Amelina explored a land of atrocities and secrets https://econ.st/3rqCsLb #press

“What we are talking about is potentially the end of human history. Not the end of history, just the end of its human-dominated part,” he warns in a guest essay https://econ.st/3pQtNRC #press

The Chinese are working more hours than ever https://econ.st/3NPa7FY #press

Asia is rowing about Fukushima nuclear wastewater https://econ.st/44obUJ8 #press

Insurance is a tool of climate adaptation. If prices are wrong, society will be more hurt by a hotter world than otherwise be the case https://econ.st/46QmxpO #press

The last, unfulfilled dream of Jamie Dimon, king of Wall Street https://econ.st/3DeYFhX #press

Melbourne soars near the top. But most Asian cities had something in common this year—they became relatively more liveable https://econ.st/3OfXq8C #press

A school district in Utah has banned the Bible from some school libraries on the grounds of indecency https://econ.st/3JKbvZ2 #press

Little information exists about female drug bosses—and it is dangerous to collect more. The investigative reporting that has gone into “Narcas” is impressive https://econ.st/3K1UB8r #press

One looming question is the extent to which the election of Donald Trump might boost mini-Trumps on Europe’s hard right. Just as Joe Biden proved that American power can unite Europeans, Mr Trump may yet display its power to divide them https://econ.st/43oyShK #press