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A data bottleneck is holding AI science back, says new Nobel winner
The call from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences woke him in the middle of the night. Or rather, his wife…
The quest to protect farmworkers from extreme heat
But because farmworkers are largely from Latin America (63% were born in Mexico) and nearly half are…
Data strategies for AI leaders
Great expectations for generative AI The expectation that generative AI could fundamentally upend business…
The Download: Growing Africa’s food, and deleting your 23andMe data
After falling steadily for decades, the prevalence of global hunger is now on the rise—nowhere more so than in…
Africa pursues crops of the past to fight hunger
Change, though, was afoot: In 2021, with hunger on the rise, the African Union explicitly called for…
How to… delete your 23andMe data
23andMe’s business is built on taking saliva samples from its customers. The DNA from those samples is…
The Download: direct-air-capture plants, and measuring body fat
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Job title of the future: digital forest ranger
It takes forest soil decades to recover after being compacted by heavy logging equipment. That’s why Roth has…
These are the best ways to measure your body fat
I, on the other hand, have never been all that muscular. I like to think I’m a healthy weight—but nurses in the…
Roundtables: Producing Climate-Friendly Food | MIT Technology Review
The latest iteration of a legacyFounded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899, MIT Technology…