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A digital listening device, installed on the roof of a 15-storey building in northern Beijing has recorded the night-time calls of migratory birds flying above https://t.co/YQBplARQ07

Faced with grumbling from voters, some policymakers are considering introducing rent caps or restrictions on investment from big financial firms. This is likely to make matters worse, however https://t.co/VRjOTmbjJ3

The rapid recognition that Omicron poses a genuine threat shows that the world has learnt a lot about dealing with pandemics in the past two years https://t.co/VGRTWyN8RX

Forager bees, who can carry mites into the hive, dance far from the vulnerable core https://t.co/WcBp5twYyJ

“People learn to cook from the internet, not from their mothers any more.” The octogenarian cookery writer Claudia Roden talks to @AnneMcElvoy about shifting food cultures, on “The Economist Asks” podcast https://t.co/k1yQ5Yy4GW

In Britain, there is just a 9% probability of moving from the bottom of the income distribution to the top. It's even lower in America. A lack of social mobility is causing serious political rifts across the world. Film supported by @Mishcon_de_Reya https://t.co/0CVTMB0Ecc

Americans’ meat consumption is high because of “how much is consumed…on a daily basis” rather than holidays like Thanksgiving. Hear more from @chowardchoward on our “Checks and Balance” podcast https://t.co/WWjqBLE7vH

Vast constellations of communication satellites could be used to provide broadband-internet services. But if they are too bright, they could transform the evening and morning sky https://t.co/q6SfwIvCZz

“Children on the autism spectrum tend to have more restrictive diets...and this translates to a lack of diversity in gut microbes.” @gileadamit explores new research refuting the idea that an unbalanced gut microbiome causes autism, on “Babbage” https://t.co/z5w6kMyfkX

With mutations, quantity is not necessarily quality. But several of those in Omicron have been found in studies of other variants to make the virus more infectious https://t.co/9wDoJNEqAg

China’s officials still want clever young Chinese to get the best training in science, medicine and engineering, wherever in the world it can be found https://t.co/6g4s9owX8V

Chinese property was once described as “the most important sector in the universe”. Today it has become a source of universal concern https://t.co/k7f6EjpWVd

Ming didn’t expect to become a refugee in her 60s: @1843mag meets the Hong Kongers starting a new life in a British seaside town https://t.co/iUbBHKnmrs

What does food tell us about migration stories? @AnneMcElvoy asks the cookery writer Claudia Roden, on “The Economist Asks” podcast https://t.co/CMGXHSttpE

Some parents say products with a little THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, have transformed their children’s lives. Many parents, however, remain frustrated https://t.co/ro91ahkR8G

The Franco-British row between Macron and Johnson isn’t really about refugees. It’s about the total collapse of trust. Two neighbours, separated by a narrow channel of water and a sad gulf of mutual suspicion https://t.co/Pty4VbcuI2 from @TheEconomist https://t.co/Pty4VbcuI2

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