The Economist

The Economist

[:es]How to dispose of human waste on Mount Everest[:]

Unsavoury problems at 18,000 feet
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[:es]It is not just in Italy that bridges are failing[:]

The bridges of decay
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[:es]The world is losing the war against climate change[:]

Rising energy demand means use of fossil fuels is heading in the wrong direction
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[:es]Some science journals that claim to peer review papers do not do so[:]

One estimate puts the number of papers in questionable journals at 400,000
The Economist

[:es]What makes good music?[:]

Composers and listeners disagree
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[:es]How to change emotions with a word[:]

Science looks at the subtleties of semiotics
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[:es]Scientists struggle to explain a worrying rise in atmospheric methane[:]

A potent greenhouse gas
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[:es]How humans became intelligent[:]

Consciousness explained
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[:es]Saturn’s rings and several of its moons may be recent creations[:]

That helps the search for extraterrestrial life