The outgoing White House AI director explains the policy challenges ahead
The first director of the White House’s National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office, Lynne Parker, has…
We must fundamentally rethink “net-zero” climate plans. Here are six ways.
In 2019, Amazon committed to achieving “net-zero carbon” across its businesses by 2040. The online…
The Download: the gender issue, and rethinking net-zero
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Brain stimulation can improve the memory of older people
Many of us will struggle to remember things as we get older. A gentle form…
Exposing the messy, technologized, and undervalued nature of reproductive labor
Messy coils of plastic tubing sprawl across the gallery’s concrete floor. The liquid inside—opaque, white…
Meet the designer behind gender-neutral emoji
Last year the Unicode Consortium—the group responsible for the selection and design of emoji—released a…
Inside the race to make human sex cells in the lab
The way we make babies could be about to change. Maybe. An embryo forms when…
The Download: synthetic sex cells, and brain stimulation
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
How do strong muscles keep your brain healthy?
We’ve often thought about muscle as a thing that exists separately from intellect—and perhaps that…