Longevity clinics around the world are selling unproven treatments
The quest for long, healthy life—and even immortality—is probably almost as old as humans are,…
The world’s biggest space-based radar will measure Earth’s forests from orbit
Forests are the second-largest carbon sink on the planet, after the oceans. To understand exactly…
This spa’s water is heated by bitcoin mining
At first glance, the Bathhouse spa in Brooklyn looks not so different from other high-end…
Adapting for AI’s reasoning era
Anyone who crammed for exams in college knows that an impressive ability to regurgitate information…
US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated
The only office within the US State Department that monitors foreign disinformation is to be…
NASA has made an air traffic control system for drones
On Thanksgiving weekend of 2013, Jeff Bezos, then Amazon’s CEO, took to 60 Minutes to…
We need targeted policies, not blunt tariffs, to drive “American energy dominance”
President Trump and his appointees have repeatedly stressed the need to establish “American energy dominance.” …
How a 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics
As a child of an electronic engineer, I spent a lot of time in our…
These four charts sum up the state of AI and energy
While it’s rare to look at the news without finding some headline related to AI…
The Download: the US office that tracks foreign disinformation is being eliminated, and explaining vibe coding
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…