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Adam Minter

ARTICLES BY ADAM MINTER

Baseball has already been tranformed by information technology (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Baseball’s AI crackdown in the US is overdone: the game’s rules must adapt

3 min read . 28 Jul 2026

Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) was actively researched by Nasa and other government agencies until the early 1970s. (REUTERS)

Nuclear powered space flights may be closer than they seem

3 min read . 17 Aug 2023

Viewership for women’s sports has grown rapidly, with expectations that this year’s Women’s World Cup could have double the 1.12 billion viewers who watched the tournament in 2019.

Sports betting may be a good way to bridge gender pay gaps

3 min read . 09 Aug 2023

Asteroids headed for Earth could be blown up or knocked off course (Photo: AFP)

Our planet requires a reliable safety shield from asteroid hits

3 min read . 15 Nov 2021

The risk of satellites smashing into orbital debris has risen sharply (Photo: iStock)

Long-feared space junk has become an imminent threat

3 min read . 02 Sept 2021

The sea floor is loaded with metals needed to manufacture EV batteries

Digging up the ocean floor for metals could prove disastrous

3 min read . 25 Jul 2021

To reach Mars, the human body may need some updates

8 min read . 27 Jun 2021

This picture shows the view from the International Space Station as it soars 271 miles above the southern coast of Argentina. (Courtesy: Nasa)

Could the next space station be a luxury hotel?

3 min read . 08 May 2021

Its bioplastic bottles are impressive but need special disposal systems

Bacardi’s crack at a solution to the world’s big plastic problem

3 min read . 03 Dec 2020

Worse, vaccination rates declined sharply. In 2013, before the outbreak, a still-too-low 73% of Liberian children under age one were fully vaccinated (Photo: ANI)

Coronavirus: Children may be the silent victims of COVID-19

3 min read . 27 Apr 2020

A woman walks past an AirAsia counter at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia. (REUTERS)

Opinion | What happens when an airline opens a restaurant?

3 min read . 02 Jan 2020

A file photo of Fan Bingbing. Photo: Reuters

China’s dimming its biggest stars

4 min read . 16 Sept 2018

In 1978, China enacted laws requiring men in any field to retire at 60 and women to retire at 55 if they were public servants, or 50 if they were engaged in blue-collar labour. Photo: Bloomberg

Xi Jinping shouldn’t be the only one to put off retirement

3 min read . 28 Feb 2018

The tide of secondhand clothes keeps growing even as the markets to reuse them are disappearing. Photo: Bloomberg

Sorry, no one wants your used clothes anymore

3 min read . 16 Jan 2018

A map of two Koreas showing North Korea’s capital Pyongyang and South Korea’s capital Seoul is placed at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea, on Wednesday. Photo: AP

North Korea’s Olympic gambit is a big opportunity

3 min read . 09 Jan 2018

In India, about a fifth of the population now uses such payments, mostly through start-ups such as Paytm. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Asia’s taxi companies give banks real competition

3 min read . 05 Sept 2017

‘Wolf Warrior 2’, the patriotic shoot-’em-up that has just become the top-grossing film in Chinese history, is the first non-Hollywood title to crack the top 100 of all time. Photo: AP

China’s new blockbuster ‘Wolf Warrior 2’ should worry Hollywood

3 min read . 23 Aug 2017

Uber’s decision to sell its China operations to rival Didi Chuxing is seen as former’s defeat in the southeast Asia region. Photo: Hindustan Times

Why Uber is losing out to locals in Southeast Asia

3 min read . 27 Jul 2017

Much of China has become a QR first economy, where codes are now found next to nearly every cash register. Photo: AFP

China’s cashless revolution is likely to spread

3 min read . 19 Jul 2017

The iPhone is becoming a tried-and-true model that matches customer needs. Photo: Bloomberg

What’s the iPhone’s future? Think IBM’s Selectric

3 min read . 21 Apr 2017