Tomorrow’s soldiers will have their reality augmented
Sep 22nd 2021SUCCESS OR failure in war often hinges on how much soldiers know about the enemy and the areas in which it operates. Tactical intelligence of all sorts helps. Locations of culverts where bombs may lie hidden. Spots from which snipers have scored kills. Water sources likely to have been polluted by agricultural runoff…
Religious belief really does seem to draw the sting of poverty
Sep 22nd 2021″RELIGION IS the sigh of the oppressed creature…it is the opium of the people.” So wrote Karl Marx in 1844. The idea—not unique to Marx—was that by promising rewards in the next life, religion helps the poor bear their lot in this one.A paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of…
Natural-gas prices are spiking around the world
Sep 21st 2021ACROSS THE world, a natural-gas shortage is starting to bite. Prices of power in Germany and France have soared by around 40% in the past two weeks. In many countries, including Britain and Spain, governments are rushing through emergency measures to protect consumers. Factories are being temporarily switched off, from aluminium smelters in…