3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1391+ words) A new report from the nonprofit Reflective lays out the experiments needed to better understand our ability to dim the sun. A San Francisco nonprofit has published a detailed road map of the experiments, studies, and infrastructure that it says…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (739+ words) Plus: New York City has banned AI in elementary and middle schools. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. These tools have had…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (506+ words) Could new fertilizers help combat high prices? If you’ve had to fill up your vehicle’s gas tank or buy a plane ticket lately, you’ve probably felt the effects of rising fossil-fuel prices. But farmers buying fertilizer for their crops are…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (225+ words) More than 3,900 alumni, family, and friends enjoyed class dinners, lab tours, Tech Night at Pops, and much more. The sun shone, the rain fell, confetti shot from cannons, and researchers explained quantum computing. MIT Tech Reunions 2026 was everything one might…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (312+ words) Kids today are growing up in a world of agents and chatbots. What does that mean for their future? Fast-forward a couple of years to when my second kid came, and I had essentially the opposite reaction. I wanted to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (614+ words) Puzzles and games can reveal gaps in models’ smarts. Try your hand at these seven tests to see if you can outwit AI. Judged purely on its puzzling skills, AI is improving a lot—and quickly. In late 2024, a team…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1730+ words) In a new interview, the billionaire philanthropist sounds an alarm on the urgency of getting our AI policies in order. Because if the scene is placid, the messenger is not. Seated across from me at a conference room table, Bill…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (286+ words) By using mRNA molecules to “remodel” parts of the immune system, researchers generated T cells that can slow the growth of tumors or even eradicate them. Now MIT chemical engineer Daniel Anderson and colleagues at MIT, Harvard, and the University…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (186+ words) Much as GPS weakens our navigation skills, relying on chatbots can undermine our ability to detect fake news. Many people find AI-based chatbots helpful in keeping up with news, but a study by Pattie Maes and her colleagues at the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (830+ words) AI-equipped prosthetics hold great promise for enabling people with disabilities to walk, speak, and work. But we cannot rely on the benevolence of tech companies to secure human agency. His entry posits that AI could make it possible to restore…...