The Download: tracking the evolution of street drugs, and the next wave of military AI
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Meet the researchers testing the “Armageddon” approach to asteroid defense
One day, in the near or far future, an asteroid about the length of a…
Why the climate promises of AI sound a lot like carbon offsets
The International Energy Agency states in a new report that AI could eventually reduce greenhouse-gas…
How AI is interacting with our creative human processes
In 2021, 20 years after the death of her older sister, Vauhini Vara was still…
Generative AI is learning to spy for the US military
For much of last year, about 2,500 US service members from the 15th Marine Expeditionary…
Love or immortality: A short story
1. Sophie and Martin are at the 2012 Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of…
The Download: how the military is using AI, and AI’s climate promises
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Tariffs are bad news for batteries
Update: Since this story was first published in The Spark, our weekly climate newsletter, the…
How AI can help supercharge creativity
Sometimes Lizzie Wilson shows up to a rave with her AI sidekick. One weeknight this…
The Download: AI co-creativity, and what Trump’s tariffs mean for batteries
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…