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Darwin’s Ark broadened its focus to cats in 2024, and while it’s too soon for any results, even the research…
A boost for manufacturing | MIT Technology Review
John Hart, a co-director of MIT’s Initiative for New ManufacturingM SCOTT BRAUER After all, Love and his…
Innovation on the move | MIT Technology Review
Choe in particular has been at the center of this push as the agency’s chief of staff since 2023, a position in…
The human work behind humanoid robots is being hidden
The implication—fueled by new demonstrations of humanoid robots putting away dishes or assembling cars—is that…
The Download: Radioactive rhinos, and the rise and rise of peptides
Every year, poachers shoot hundreds of rhinos, fishing crews haul millions of sharks out of protected seas, and…
We’re putting more stuff into space than ever. Here’s what’s up there.
Earth’s a medium-size rock with some water on top, enveloped by gases that keep everything that lives here…
Why conservationists are making rhinos radioactive
Every year, poachers shoot hundreds of rhinos, fishing crews haul millions of sharks out of protected seas, and…
Peptides are everywhere. Here’s what you need to know.
Matt Kaeberlein, a longevity researcher, first started hearing about peptides a few years ago. “At that point…
Inside Chicago’s surveillance panopticon | MIT Technology Review
The drone identified the suspect vehicle from the mall parking lot using its license plate reader and snapped…
The Download: Chicago’s surveillance network, and building better…
Chicago has tens of thousands of surveillance cameras—up to 45,000, by some estimates. That’s among the…