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How social media encourages the worst of AI boosterism

Put your math hats on for a minute, and let’s take a look at what this beef from mid-October was about. It’s a perfect example of what’s wrong with AI right now.... Read more »

This company is developing gene therapies for muscle growth, erectile dysfunction, and “radical longevity”

It’s debatable whether healthy people should be exposed to these risks, says Fernandez Lynch. The technology “still has serious questions about its safety and effectiveness,” even for people with life-threatening diseases, she... Read more »

Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change

Cella and Sirona Technologies have a pilot program in the Great Rift Valley called Project Jacaranda.SIRONA TECHNOLOGIES “Climate change is disproportionately impacting this part of the world, but it’s also changing the... Read more »

China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to deal with their aging batteries.

China is not only the world’s largest EV market; it has also become the main global manufacturing hub for EVs and the batteries that power them. In 2024, the country accounted for... Read more »

The Download: China’s dying EV batteries, and why AI doomers are doubling down

In the past decade, China has seen an EV boom, thanks in part to government support. Buying an electric car has gone from a novel decision to a routine one; by late... Read more »

China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to bury their batteries.

China is not only the world’s largest EV market; it has also become the main global manufacturing hub for EVs and the batteries that power them. In 2024, the country accounted for... Read more »

Take our quiz on the year in health and biotechnology

In just a couple of weeks, we’ll be bidding farewell to 2025. And what a year it has been! Artificial intelligence is being incorporated into more aspects of our lives, weight-loss drugs... Read more »

The Download: the worst technology of 2025, and Sam Altman’s AI hype

Welcome to our annual list of the worst, least successful, and simply dumbest technologies of the year. We like to think there’s a lesson in every technological misadventure. But when technology becomes... Read more »

The 8 worst technology flops of 2025

We like to think there’s a lesson in every technological misadventure. But when technology becomes dependent on power, sometimes the takeaway is simpler: it would have been better to stay away. That... Read more »

Can AI really help us discover new materials?

One of my favorite stories in that package comes from my colleague David Rotman, who took a hard look at AI for materials research. AI could transform the process of discovering new... Read more »