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2019

The 10 Breakthrough Technologies

01.

One man’s two-decade quest to suck greenhouse gas out of the sky

Klaus Lackner’s once wacky idea increasingly looks like an essential part of solving climate change.

02.

AI is reinventing the way we invent

The biggest impact of artificial intelligence will be to help humans make discoveries we couldn’t make on our own.

03.

The new, safer nuclear reactors that might help stop climate change

From sodium-cooled fission to advanced fusion, a fresh generation of projects hopes to rekindle trust in nuclear energy.

Smart Cities

Apr 24

The UK will let Huawei provide “non-core” equipment in its 5G network

The decision puts the UK at odds with the US.

A meaningless distinction?

Climate fiction

Apr 24

A Full Life

A science-fiction story about America in the age of climate change.

A story about a warming America, by Paolo Bacigalupi

Special issue: climate change

Apr 24

Why seaweed is strangling Mexican tourism, and how science could help

Special issue: climate change

Apr 24

Inside Australia’s plan to survive bigger, badder bushfires

Unprecedented wildfires are breaking out all over the world. Is Australia leading the way in fighting them?

Read more

The “mind-boggling” task of protecting New York City from rising seas

How do cow herders spot water in the Sahara? With satellites, of course.

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Special issue: climate change

Apr 24

The economic argument behind the Green New Deal

Read more

The state of biotech

News on CRISPR and other developments in synthetic biology and medicine.

Biotechnology

Apr 24

A medical app uses your smartphone’s camera to carry out lab tests at home

Healthy-io’s system means patients at risk for kidney failure don’t have to visit the clinic—and has boosted the number who take the vital tests, it was announced today.

You no longer need to go to the doctors for some vital tests

Biotechnology

Apr 10

Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys—and yes, they may be smarter

A quest to understand how human intelligence evolved raises some ethical questions.

Smart monkey?

Biotechnology

Mar 26

Genome engineers made more than 13,000 CRISPR edits in a single cell

A team at George Church’s Harvard lab wants to redesign species with large-scale DNA changes.

Read more

Biotechnology

Mar 13

CRISPR experts are calling for a global moratorium on heritable gene editing

Some of the biggest names in gene editing want to stop anyone from playing around with cells that pass on changes to the next generation.

Read more

Biotechnology

Mar 8

23andMe thinks polygenic risk scores are ready for the masses, but experts aren’t so sure

A new genetic test that estimates your risk for diabetes is probably less useful than standing on a scale.

Read more

Biotechnology

Feb 28

Stick-on sensors will let premature babies get the skin contact they need

Babies born too soon have to be closely monitored, but all that equipment stops parents from getting close. A new wireless sensor could help.

Read more

Special issue: climate change

Apr 24

What one woman’s quest to save her neighbors reveals about climate resilience

The weather will get worse, but that doesn’t mean disasters have to.

Special issue: climate change

Apr 24

Lessons from a genocide can prepare humanity for climate apocalypse

The bad news is that our slow-motion ecological catastrophe demands new ways of thinking. The good news? We’ve faced the end of the world before.

Special issue: climate change

Apr 24

Our planetary health report card looks really grim

Read more

Special issue: climate change

Apr 24

Get ready for tens of millions of climate refugees

Researchers are creating models of where people will move when climate shocks hit, but so far we’re just making educated guesses.

Read more

Special issue: climate change

Apr 24

India’s surging economy could doom climate efforts—unless richer nations step up

No matter how fast the country builds new solar and wind farms, that alone won’t be enough.

Read more

AI and robotics

The quest for artificial minds, and bodies to go with them.

Artificial Intelligence

Apr 23

The three challenges keeping cars from being fully autonomous

Technical, regulatory, and business obstacles are still in the way of safe, useful, and affordable self-driving vehicles.

Read more

Artificial Intelligence

Apr 17

AI’s white guy problem isn’t going away

A new report says current initiatives to fix the field’s diversity crisis are too narrow and shallow to be effective.

Read more

Artificial Intelligence

Apr 15

Congress wants to protect you from biased algorithms, deepfakes, and other bad AI

Only a few legislators really know what they’re talking about, but it’s a start.

Read more

Artificial Intelligence

Apr 11

A robot has figured out how to use tools

In a startling demonstration, the machine drew on experimentation, data, and observation of humans to learn how simple implements could help it achieve a task.

Read more

Artificial Intelligence

Apr 11

This robot can sort recycling by giving it a squeeze

The robot, called RoCycle, uses pincers to pick through garbage and identify what materials each bit contains. It could help reduce how much waste gets sent to landfill.

Read more

Artificial Intelligence

Apr 9

This may be the Apple II of AI-driven robot arms

A new low-cost robot arm that can be controlled using a virtual-reality headset will make it easier to experiment with AI and robotics.

Read more

Artificial Intelligence

Apr 8

Two rival AI approaches combine to let machines learn about the world like a child

Together, deep learning and symbolic reasoning create a program that learns in a remarkably humanlike way.

Read more

Special issue: climate change

Apr 24

The “mind-boggling” task of protecting New York City from rising seas

Special issue: climate change

Apr 24

How do cow herders spot water in the Sahara? With satellites, of course.

Read more

Special issue: climate change

Apr 24

India’s water crisis is already here. Climate change will compound it.

Droughts and floods have pushed the nation’s leaky, polluted, and half-done water systems to the brink.

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(task) Ready for 6G? How AI will shape the network of the future - MIT Technology Review

Primary tabs

2019

The 10 Breakthrough Technologies

Smart Cities

The decision puts the UK at odds with the US.

Climate fiction

A science-fiction story about America in the age of climate change.

Special issue: climate change

Special issue: climate change

Unprecedented wildfires are breaking out all over the world. Is Australia leading the way in fighting them?

Special issue: climate change

The state of biotech

News on CRISPR and other developments in synthetic biology and medicine.

Special issue: climate change

The weather will get worse, but that doesn’t mean disasters have to.

Special issue: climate change

The bad news is that our slow-motion ecological catastrophe demands new ways of thinking. The good news? We’ve faced the end of the world before.

Special issue: climate change

Special issue: climate change

Researchers are creating models of where people will move when climate shocks hit, but so far we’re just making educated guesses.

Special issue: climate change

No matter how fast the country builds new solar and wind farms, that alone won’t be enough.

AI and robotics

The quest for artificial minds, and bodies to go with them.

Special issue: climate change

Special issue: climate change

Special issue: climate change

Droughts and floods have pushed the nation’s leaky, polluted, and half-done water systems to the brink.