The Download: how to clean up AI data centers, and weight-loss drugs’ side effects
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Google’s new AI will help researchers understand how our genes work
When scientists first sequenced the human genome in 2003, they revealed the full set of…
It’s officially summer, and the grid is stressed
It’s crunch time for the grid this week. As I’m writing this newsletter, it’s 100…
The Download: Google DeepMind’s DNA AI, and heatwaves’ impact on the grid
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
From MIT to low Earth orbit
Not everyone can point to the specific moment that set them on their life’s course.…
Travels with Rambax
KAOLACK, Senegal – The MIT students have just finished dinner and are crumpling soda cans…
What if computer history were a romantic comedy?
The computer first appeared on the Broadway stage in 1955 in a romantic comedy—William Marchant’s…
Puzzle Corner Archives
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3 things Rhiannon Williams is into right now
The last good Instagram account It’s a truth universally acknowledged that social media is a…
Job titles of the future: Pandemic oracle
Officially, Conor Browne is a biorisk consultant. Based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he has advanced…