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The Economist
The Economist
11 Apr 2025


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Science & technology | Well informed

Electric vehicles also cause air pollution

Though fume-free, their brake pads and tyres disintegrate over time

PEOPLE ARE dying for clean air. According to the most recent estimates from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, air pollution caused 4.7m early deaths worldwide in 2021—about the same as dementia, road-traffic accidents, malaria and suicides combined.

An illustration of industrial buildings with smoking chimneys creating a smog in the air which blends into circuit board-like patterns.

AI models are helping dirty industries go green

Mining companies and steelmakers are feeling the benefits

An illustration depicting a satellite.

Could data centres ever be built in orbit?

A startup called Starcloud has plans to do just that


An illustration showing a brain-shaped circuit board with organic green plants growing from the left and geometric thorny flowers growing from the right. The left and right sides of the illustration are coloured with light and dark palettes respectively.

The tricky task of calculating AI’s energy use

Making models less thirsty may not lessen their environmental impact


AI models can help generate cleaner power

Energy companies are using them to increase efficiency and spot problems

Researchers lift the lid on how reasoning models actually “think”

They plan sentences far in advance. They also bullshit themselves when reasoning out loud

How Daylight Saving Time affects your sleep and diet

This annual time shift has long-lasting effects on health