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The Economist
The Economist
17 Apr 2025


NextImg:How to form good habits, and break bad ones: trick your brain
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How to form good habits, and break bad ones: trick your brain

Small rewards and a change of scenery can help

Did you make any resolutions this new year? If you did, are you keeping to them? Well done if you are. Polling in America suggests half of new-year resolvers give up by the end of March. More rigorous scientific studies confirm, regardless of when you start, that it takes months for a new behaviour to stick.

A digital chessboard formed in a cube shape, with red, white and balck pieces on it.

AI models could help negotiators secure peace deals

Some are being developed to help end the war in Ukraine

Ice patterns on a window pane

Scientists are getting to grips with ice

Climate change is making water freeze in unexpected ways


A plastic bag floats in the sea

Microplastics have not yet earned their bad reputation

There are worrying signs. But more thorough studies of their health effects are coming


Electric vehicles also cause air pollution

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

AI models are helping dirty industries go green

Mining companies and steelmakers are feeling the benefits

Could data centres ever be built in orbit?

A startup called Starcloud has plans to do just that