Why the for-profit race into solar geoengineering is bad for science and public trust
Last week, an American-Israeli company that claims it’s developed proprietary technology to cool the planet announced it had raised $60 […]
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The Download: the AGI myth, and US/China AI competition
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world
The State of AI: Is China about to win the race?
The State of AI is a collaboration between the Financial Times & MIT Technology Review examining the ways in which
The Download: gene-edited babies, and cleaning up copper
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world
This startup wants to clean up the copper industry
Demand for copper is surging, as is pollution from its dirty production processes. The founders of one startup, Still Bright,
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Here’s the latest company planning for gene-edited babies
A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely
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Here’s why we don’t have a cold vaccine. Yet.
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the season of the sniffles. As the weather turns, we’re all
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Four thoughts from Bill Gates on climate tech
Bill Gates doesn’t shy away or pretend modesty when it comes to his stature in the climate world today. “Well,
It’s never been easier to be a conspiracy theorist
The timing was eerie. On November 21, 1963, Richard Hofstadter delivered the annual Herbert Spencer Lecture at Oxford University. Hofstadter