Rebalancing the data economy: Startups for a restart
The big data era has created valuable resources for public interest outcomes, like health care.…
The fracking boom is over. Where did all the jobs go?
Shale gas and oil extraction, also known as fracking, is often credited by conservatives with…
Are computers ready to solve this notoriously unwieldy math problem?
The computer scientist Marijn Heule is always on the lookout for a good mathematical challenge.…
What being a physician taught one astronaut about living in space
Not all astronauts start off as test pilots. I spoke with David Saint-Jacques, a Canadian…
Your guide to what’s happening with vaccine passports in the US
A year ago, vaccines to tackle the covid pandemic seemed like a far-off idea. Today,…
35 Innovators Under 35
The 35 Innovators Under 35 is our yearly opportunity to take a look at not…
The change chronicles
October 1967 From “How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Live with Irrationality”: Whatever form…
Why it’s so hard to make tech more diverse
In 2017, MIT Technology Review honored Tracy Chou as one of our 35 Innovators Under…
This photographer-scientists collaboration shows the speed of climate change
Climate change is warping geological time, compressing the time scales of natural processes. In photographs…
Cheaper solar PV is key to addressing climate change
In late 2007, less than 10 years into the company’s existence, Google came out swinging…