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The Economist looks at how a clash between two industries is being resolved. Researchers are borrowing ideas from insects with hopes to make injections more painless and more effective. What might seem outside Britain to be pretty small bore misbehavior might turn out to put an end to the career of its former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The investigation into covid-lockdown-era parties during Boris Johnson’s premiership—and his denials of their impropriety—comes to damning conclusions. Is it the end for the former prime minister? Japan’s onsen hot baths exploit the country’s plentiful hot springs and are now in conflict with the push to develop geothermal energy. And building a better hypodermic needle, inspired by nature.

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