The Download: computing’s bright young minds, and cleaning up satellite streaks

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world ...
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The Download: America’s gun crisis, and how AI video models work

This week, the Trump administration released a strategy for improving the health and well-being of American children. The report was ...
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The Download: Trump’s impact on science, and meet our climate and energy honorees

Every year MIT Technology Review celebrates accomplished young scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors from around the world in our Innovators Under ...
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We can’t “make American children healthy again” without tackling the gun crisis

“When you add all these dimensions, [gun violence is] a very huge public health problem,” says Webster. Researchers who study ...
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AI is changing the grid. Could it help more than it harms?

She gives the example of a trip to the airport. Imagine there’s a route you know will get you there ...
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The Download: AI’s energy future

Three big things we still don’t know about AI’s energy burden —James O’Donnell Earlier this year, when my colleague Casey ...
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Adapting to new threats with proactive risk management

Unplanned downtime poses a major challenge for organizations, and is estimated to cost Global 2000 companies on average $200 million ...
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How Trump’s policies are affecting early-career scientists—in their own words

Some said that shifts in language won’t change the substance of their work, but others feared they will indeed affect ...
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The Download: Introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2025

The world is full of extraordinary young people brimming with ideas for how to crack tough problems. Every year, we ...
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How Trump is helping China extend its massive lead in clean energy

All of which will help China extend an already massive lead. The nation has installed nearly three times as many ...
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