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In December, researchers reported that huge and growing cracks have formed in the eastern ice…
First for software, agile is a boon to manufacturing
When Zipline, the operator of the world’s largest autonomous drone delivery system, began building its…
A gene-edited pig’s heart has been transplanted into a human for the first time
The news: A pig’s heart has been transplanted into a human being for the first…
Competitive e-cycling lets you be a champion from your apartment
Later next month, Maeghan Easler will have a box fan propped in the window, blowing…
Digital twins improve real-life manufacturing
Before reality, there’s simulation. A 2021 missile-inceptor test conducted by aerospace and US defense technology…
Our best illustrations of 2021
From the MIT Technology Review art team, here are some of our very favorite illustrations of the…
Have a better 2022 with these tech resolutions
Like clockwork, at the end of every year, people around the world sit down and make resolutions…
The Code Must Go On: An Afghan Coding Bootcamp Becomes a Lifeline Under Taliban Rule
Four months after the Afghan government fell to the Taliban, 22-year-old Asad Asadullah had settled…
The worst technology of 2021
We’ve never relied more on technology to solve our problems than we do now. Sometimes…