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A podcast about the automation of everything. Host Jennifer Strong and the team at MIT Technology Review look at what it means to entrust artificial intelligence with our most sensitive deci...
Synthetic biologists were tantalized by the idea of making mirror images of microbes. Then things got complicated. This story was written by...
Conflict and extreme weather could threaten large desalination plants that supply water to the region. This story was written by Casey Crown...
A small group of volunteers will receive multiple injections of an experimental treatments for various enhancements . This story was written...
People in Nigeria and India are strapping iPhones onto their heads and recording themselves doing chores. This story was written by Michelle...
After 30 months of fast-paced innovation in quantum algorithms, six research groups are hoping to hit paydirt. But there can be only one big...
Niantic's AI spinout is training a new world model using 30 billion images of urban landmarks crowdsourced from players. This story was writ...
Fast, stealthy, and cheap—autonomous, semisubmersible drone boats carrying tons of cocaine could be international law enforcement’s nightmar...
The Mars Sample Return mission got off to a promising start, hunting for potentially humanity-changing space rocks. How did it fall off the...
A new wave of theft is rocking the luxury car industry—mixing high tech with old-school chop-shop techniques to snag vehicles while they’re...
Allison Nixon had helped arrest dozens of members of the Com, a loose affiliation of online groups responsible for violence and hacking camp...
High-altitude platforms could help connect over 2 billion people around the world who are still offline. This story was written by Tereza Pu...
From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology. This story was written by Casey C...
As early electric cars age out, hundreds of thousands of used batteries are flooding the market, fueling a gray recycling economy even as Be...
Omar Yaghi thinks crystals with gaps that capture moisture could bring technology from “Dune” to the arid parts of Earth. This story was wri...
By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some of their secre...
Our AI writers make their big bets for the coming year—here are five hot trends to watch. This story was written by Rhiannon Williams, Will...
And why many scientists are freaked out about the first serious for-profit company moving into the solar geoengineering field. This story wa...
From effective rain-enhancing technology to a long, secretive history of trying to weaponize storms, there’s fertile ground for misinformati...
Startups flush with cash are building AI-assisted laboratories to find materials far faster and more cheaply, but are still waiting for thei...
Two Long Island UFO hunters have been called upon by some domestic law enforcement to investigate unexplained phenomena. This story was writ...
In Nebraska, a publicly owned utility deftly tackles the challenges of delivering on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. This st...
Scientists hope to prevent deaths from climate change, but heat and cold are more complicated than we thought. This story was written by Max...
If we want online discourse to improve, we need to move beyond the big platforms. This story was written by Katie Notopoulos and narrated by...
As climate change fuels increasingly erratic weather, scientists need a better read on snowpack temperature to understand when water will re...
Mike Rothschild has spent years studying the rise of QAnon and antivaccine conspiracism. After his house in Altadena, California, burned dow...
Some therapists are using AI during therapy sessions. They’re risking their clients’ trust and privacy in the process. This story was writte...
Kenyan runners, like many others, are grappling with the impact of expensive, high-performance shoes. This story was written by Jonathan W....
The seventh continent has always been a bleak, unconnected place. Elon Musk’s satellite internet is changing that, and people want to see wh...
Frozen embryos are filling storage banks around the world. It's a struggle to know what to do with them. This story was written by Jessica H...
Forget the glorious successes of past breakthroughs—the real justification for research investment is what we get for our money. Here’s what...
With powerful video generation tools now in the hands of more people than ever, let's take a look at how they work. This story was written b...
The last year has seen rapid progress in the ability of large language models to tackle math at high school level and beyond. Is AI closing...
Forget one-click creativity. These artists and musicians are finding new ways to make art using AI, by injecting friction, challenge, and se...
Autoencoders are letting us peer into the black box of artificial intelligence. They could help us create AI that is better understood, and...
With a new reasoning model that matches the performance of ChatGPT o1, DeepSeek managed to turn restrictions into innovation. This story was...
Agents could make it easier and cheaper for criminals to hack systems at scale. We need to be ready. This story was written by Rhiannon Will...
It’s now possible to run useful models from the safety and comfort of your own computer. Here’s how. This story was written by Grace Huckins...
Tech giants are looking for more energy, but building new reactors takes time. This story was written by Casey Crownhart and narrated by Noa...
The much-hyped release makes several enhancements to the ChatGPT user experience. But it’s still far short of AGI. This story was written by...
Despite fewer clicks, copyright fights, and sometimes iffy answers, AI could unlock new ways to summon all the world’s knowledge. This story...
We’re starting to give AI agents real autonomy, and we’re not prepared for what could happen next. This story was written by Grace Huckins a...
There’s an accelerating cat-and-mouse game between web publishers and AI crawlers, and we all stand to lose. This story was written by Shayn...
The story of neodymium reveals many of the challenges we’ll likely face across the supply chain in the coming century and beyond. This story...
AI is helping chemists unpick the mysteries around the origins of life and detect signs of it on other worlds. This story was written by Mic...
What counts as 'open-source AI'? The answer could determine who gets to shape the future of the technology. This story was written by Edd Ge...
From generous government subsidies to support for lithium batteries, here are the keys to understanding how China managed to build a world-l...
In China, people are seeking help from AI-generated avatars to process their grief after a family member passes away. This story was written...
Sure, there's too much red tape, but there is another reason building anything is so expensive: the construction industry's "awful" producti...
AI-powered BaZi analysis has become the new oracle for a disillusioned generation seeking answers. This story was written by Caiwei Chen and...
How companies like Amazon and Google reach their emissions goals is more important than how fast. This story was written by James Temple and...