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Edition: May 10th 2025
All grown up: Saudi Arabia’s surprising transformation
Saudi Arabia grows up
The country is pulling off an astonishing transformation
India and Pakistan flirt with war—again
Luck stands between de-escalation and disaster
Chip smuggling out of control
How China is still getting its hands on Nvidia’s gear
Why Gen X is the real loser generation
Don’t cry for millennials or Gen Z. Save your pity for those in their 50s
Technology Quarterly: March 1st 2025
The age of CRISPR
Ida Emilie Steinmark explores whether it can deliver on its promise
- Can gene editing deliver on its promise?
- CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how
- Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing
- Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory
- Eat your GE-greens
- Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives
- Designing babies
- Gene editing can still change the world
- Acknowledgments
