The Download: dismantling US science leadership, and reproductive care cuts
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8,000 pregnant women may die in just 90 days because of US aid cuts
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Doctors and patients are calling for more telehealth. Where is it?
Maggie Barnidge, 18, has been managing cystic fibrosis her whole life. But not long after she...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Ever since World War II, the US has been the global leader in science and technology—and...
The Download: Microsoft’s quantum chip, and explaining rising energy demand
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What’s driving electricity demand? It isn’t just AI and data centers.
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This company is trying to make a biodegradable alternative to spandex
It probably hasn’t been long since you last slipped into something stretchy. From yoga pants to...
A new Microsoft chip could lead to more stable quantum computers
Microsoft announced today that it has made significant progress in its 20-year quest to make topological...
The Download: selling via AI, and Congress testing tech
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Your most important customer may be AI
Imagine you run a meal prep company that teaches people how to make simple and delicious...
Congress used to evaluate emerging technologies. Let’s do it again.
At about the time when personal computers charged into cubicle farms, another machine muscled its way...
Roundtables: Generative AI Search and the Changing Internet
Recorded on February 18, 2025 Generative AI Search and the Changing Internet Speakers: Mat Honan, editor in...
The Download: 4G on the moon, and parenting in the digital age
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Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moon
Later this month, Intuitive Machines, the private company behind the first commercial lander that touched down...
Inside China’s electric-vehicle-to-humanoid-robot pivot
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How to have a child in the digital age
When the journalist and culture critic Amanda Hess got pregnant with her first child, in 2020,...
The Download: ancient DNA’s modern uses, and an AI-artist collaboration
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Adventures in the genetic time machine
Eske Willerslev was on a tour of Montreal’s Redpath Museum, a Victorian-era natural history collection of...
This artist collaborates with AI and robots
Many artists worry about the encroachment of artificial intelligence on artistic creation. But Sougwen Chung, a...
Calligraphy bot
Gloria Zhu ’26 and Lee Liu ’26 set out to make a calligraphy machine during IAP...
The Download: China’s EV to humanoid robot pivot, and voice clone censorship
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My sex doll is mad at me: A short story
The near future. It’s not a kiss, but it’s not not a kiss. Her lips—full, soft,...
China’s EV giants are betting big on humanoid robots
At the 2025 CCTV New Year Gala last month, a televised spectacle watched by over a...
The Download: AI-restored voices, and bot relationships
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Designing the future of entertainment
An entertainment revolution, powered by AI and other emerging technologies, is fundamentally changing how content is...
What a major battery fire means for the future of energy storage
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Motor neuron diseases took their voices. AI is bringing them back.
Jules Rodriguez lost his voice in October of last year. His speech had been deteriorating since...
The AI relationship revolution is already here
AI is everywhere, and it’s starting to alter our relationships in new and unexpected ways—relationships with...
Harnessing cloud and AI to power a sustainable future
Organizations working toward ambitious sustainability targets are finding an ally in emerging technologies. In agriculture, for...
The Download: robot reanimation, and AI crawler wars
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Robots are bringing new life to extinct species
Paleontologists aren’t easily deterred by evolutionary dead ends or a sparse fossil record. But in the...
AI crawler wars threaten to make the web more closed for everyone
We often take the internet for granted. It’s an ocean of information at our fingertips—and it...
The Download: offshore rocket launches, and how DOGE plans to use AI
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Can AI help DOGE slash government budgets? It’s complex.
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The dream of offshore rocket launches is finally blasting off
Want to send something to space? Get in line. The demand for rides off Earth is...
The Download: DOGE’s influences, and rescuing federal data from deletion
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These documents are influencing the DOGE-sphere’s agenda
Reports from the US Government Accountability Office on improper federal payments in recent years are circulating...
Inside the race to archive the US government’s websites
Over the past three weeks, the new US presidential administration has taken down thousands of government...
The Download: DOGE’s tech-enabled destruction, and Meta’s brain AI for typing
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How the tiny microbes in your mouth could be putting your health at risk
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From COBOL to chaos: Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Evil Housekeeper Problem
In trying to make sense of the wrecking ball that is Elon Musk and President Trump’s...
Meta has an AI for brain typing, but it’s stuck in the lab
Back in 2017, Facebook unveiled plans for a brain-reading hat that you could use to text...
The Download: AI companion dangers, and supersonic planes
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Reframing digital transformation through the lens of generative AI
Enterprise adoption of generative AI technologies has undergone explosive growth in the last two years and...
What a return to supersonic flight could mean for climate change
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An AI chatbot told a user how to kill himself—but the company doesn’t want to “censor” it
For the past five months, Al Nowatzki has been talking to an AI girlfriend, “Erin,” on...
Humanlike “teeth” have been grown in mini pigs
Lose an adult tooth, and you’re left with limited options that typically involve titanium implants or...
Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week,...
The Download: smart glasses in 2025, and China’s AI scene
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What’s next for smart glasses
MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a...