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The Download: What Trump’s victory means for the climate
—James Temple Donald Trump’s decisive victory is a stunning setback for the fight against climate change.…
Trump’s win is a tragic loss for climate progress
The US election could create global ripples as well, and very soon. US negotiators will meet with their…
The US is about to make a sharp turn on climate policy
What, exactly, Trump can do will depend on whether Republicans take control of both houses of Congress. A clean…
Delivering the next-generation barcode | MIT Technology Review
2D barcodes encode substantially more information than their 1D counterparts. This enables them to link…
The Download: Ice-melting robots, and genetically modified trees
At long last, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is on its way. It launched on October 14 and is now en route to its…
Life-seeking, ice-melting robots could punch through Europa’s icy shell
Clipper has an impressive collection of remote sensing tools that will allow it to survey the ocean’s physical…
The Download: inside animals’ minds, and how to make AI agents useful
Studying the minds of other animals comes with a challenge that human psychologists don’t usually face: Your…
How ChatGPT search paves the way for AI agents
“These models sometimes seem to be really amazing at reasoning, but it’s just like they’re really good at…
The Download: CRISPR’s climate promises, and protecting forests with tech
Jennifer Doudna, one of the inventors of the breakthrough gene-editing tool CRISPR, says the technology will…
How CRISPR will help the world cope with climate change
“The exciting thing with CRISPR for gene editing is you can make changes exactly where you want them,” says…