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If Fervo Energy’s field results work at commercial scale, it could become cheaper and easier to green the grid.

Scientists were in awe of the flood of data that arrived when the new space observatory booted up.

The coronavirus continues to cause infections, disease and death—and long covid.

The site’s torrid week shows what a challenge moderation has become for big tech firms. The news: YouTube announced new rules around hate speech on Wednesday that prohibit videos promoting Nazi...

The plan is for the Stratolaunch plane to eventually act as a flying launch pad for satellites, which could potentially be a less expensive way than rockets to send objects into space. The test: The...

The invasion of Ukraine supercharged the decline of the country’s already struggling tech sector—and undercut its biggest success story, Yandex.

Tiny particles of plastic turn up in our drinking water, blood and even regions of the Earth thought to be pristine—so it’s vital we learn what they’re doing to us.

Boeing has completed the first pilotless test flight of its electric autonomous passenger plane at an airport in Manassas, Virginia. What happened: The 30-foot-long plane took off vertically and...

CERN wants to go super-sized. The particle physics lab near Geneva in Switzerland has just unveiled its plans for a replacement for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The news: CERN has released a...

Physicists have long suspected that quantum mechanics allows two observers to experience different, conflicting realities. Now they’ve performed the first experiment that proves it.

The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models. 

Can a massive infusion of money for making computer chips transform the economy of Syracuse and show us how to rebuild the nation’s industrial base?

Synthetic embryos made without eggs and sperm are looking increasingly like the real thing—raising thorny ethical questions.

The Trump administration has looked to curtail research with fetal cells. But when it was life or death for the president, no one objected.

Gene editing insects could help reduce reliance on pesticides—and help protect billion-dollar industries.

The company is joining firms like SpaceX and OneWeb, which all want to send huge numbers of satellites into low Earth orbit to connect underserved areas with broadband. How it works: The plan, dubbed...

Biotech companies are getting creative with how they deliver DNA fixes into people's bodies.

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

The gene-editing tool is being tested in people, and the first treatment could be approved this year.

A handful of immunologists are pushing the field to take attributes such as sex chromosomes, sex hormones, and reproductive tissues into account.

High-profile chemical leaks highlight how important it is to measure the impact of everyday exposures to toxic substances. Exposomics is on the case.

The inside story of how one Indian state is flattening the curve through epic levels of contact tracing and social assistance.

The moon, private space travel, and the wider solar system will all have major missions over the next 12 months.

The news: A deepfake of the president of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Manoj Tiwari, went viral on WhatsApp in the country earlier this month, ahead of legislative assembly elections...

The Indian government imposed a communications shutdown to suppress dissent in Kashmir last year—a tactic that’s continued during the pandemic

The moon may look barren, but its hidden resources have multiple space agencies eyeing its potential. The news: This week, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced a deal with ArianeGroup, parent...

Artists and space entrepreneurs are among those with something on board a SpaceX rocket intended to launch more than 60 satellites.

Here’s what you really need to know about mining and climate change.

Hinton will be speaking at EmTech Digital on Wednesday.

Could electronic forests elicit the same physiological responses as real ones?

The company wants to make large-scale quantum computers a reality within just 10 years.

The devastating blaze at the 850-year-old cathedral in Paris is now under control. The fact that its interior and exterior have been digitally 3D-mapped means the iconic building could be restored to...

More than 140 brands are advertising on low-quality content farm sites—and the problem is growing fast.

Plummeting sunny day solar prices are undermining the economic case to build more solar farms – and putting climate goals at risk.

A new paper suggests Saturn’s core is more like a fluid than a solid, and makes up more of the planet’s interior than we thought.

Generative adversarial networks are not just good for causing mischief. They can also show us how AI algorithms “think.”

A new study shows immune cells primed to fight the coronavirus should persist for a long time after someone is vaccinated or recovers from infection.

Buddhism teaches us to focus our energy on eliminating suffering in the world.

The AI-generated algorithms are already being used by millions of developers.

The International Energy Agency just released its annual investment report. Here’s where the money is going.

In an attempt to protect its forests and famous wildlife, Virunga has become the first national park to run a Bitcoin mine. But some are wondering what the hell crypto has to do with conservation.

Scientists are engineering microbes to make healthier compounds. They hope they’ll help treat disease and save the planet.

Large language models are full of security vulnerabilities, yet they’re being embedded into tech products on a vast scale.

The scientists behind it spent a decade using a virtual telescope the size of Earth to create this historic image.

The devastating blaze at the 850-year-old cathedral in Paris is now under control. The fact that its interior and exterior have been digitally 3D-mapped means the iconic building could be restored to...

This year's 35 Innovators are making it possible for familiar materials like glass, steel, and electronics to have completely new properties.

Exclusive conversations that take us behind the scenes of a cultural phenomenon.

The move represents a big step in the effort to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere—and slow down climate change.

Artificial intelligence is booming in Europe, China, and the US, but it’s still a very male industry.

By capturing 40 pieces of data per person—from iris scans and family links to their favorite fruit—a system meant to cut fraud in the Afghan security forces may actually aid the Taliban.

Can anti-aging breakthroughs add 10 healthy years to the human life span? The CEO of OpenAI is paying to find out.

Science is about to become much more exciting—and that will affect us all, argues Google's former CEO.

Access to rich imagery shouldn’t be something that blind or low-vision people have to do without. These projects are helping.

It’ll sap funding and political will—but actually, it should.

Unlike in the first two missions, the spacecraft was able to safely land—before it then blew up.

Laying out two decades of evidence for the mysterious “Planet 9,” a team of astronomers predicts that if it exists, it’s likely to be discovered within the decade.

Large language models are full of security vulnerabilities, yet they’re being embedded into tech products on a vast scale.

Europe's big tech bill is coming to fruition. Here's what you need to know.

Embryos made from stem cells, rather than an egg and sperm, appear to generate a short-lived pregnancy-like response in monkeys.

Turkish-made aircraft like the TB2 have dramatically expanded the role of drones in warfare.

Here is our annual list of technological advances that we believe will make a real difference in solving important problems. How do we pick? We avoid the one-off tricks, the overhyped new gadgets....

Zuzalu, a pop-up city in Montenegro has provided a temporary home for people who plan to set up a new jurisdiction to encourage biohacking and fast-track drugs that slow or reverse aging.

Researchers have demonstrated they can efficiently improve the DNA of human embryos.

Fitness advice from OpenAI’s large language model is impressively presented—but don’t take it too seriously.

"The workers inside the company didn't join to help the Chinese dictatorship," says one human rights lawyer.

A new study shows immune cells primed to fight the coronavirus should persist for a long time after someone is vaccinated or recovers from infection.

A group of over 1,000 AI researchers has created a multilingual large language model bigger than GPT-3—and they’re giving it out for free.

The narrative around cheating students doesn’t tell the whole story. Meet the teachers who think generative AI could actually make learning better.

The technique, called AudioLM, generates naturalistic sounds without the need for human annotation.

Researchers are trying to genetically reengineer people’s retinas to restore vision.

The data set aims to accelerate scientific research that could fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

AI is already being used in the legal field. Is it really ready to be a lawyer?

Watch Hinton speak with Will Douglas Heaven, MIT Technology Review’s senior editor for AI, at EmTech Digital.