Here’s What It Will Take to Ignite Scalable Fusion Power

The way scientists think about fusion changed forever in 2022, when what some called the experiment of the century demonstrated ...
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MIT’s Latest Bug Robot Is a Super Flyer. It Could One Day Help Bees Pollinate Crops.

Rapid declines in insect populations are leading to concerns that the pollination of important crops could soon come under threat. ...
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Meta’s New AI Translates Speech in Real Time Across More Than 100 Languages

The dream of a universal AI interpreter just got a bit closer. This week, tech giant Meta released a new ...
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China Is About to Build the World’s Biggest Hydropower Dam—With Triple the Output of Three Gorges

China’s electricity use over the last 30 years is a hockey-stick curve, climbing steeply as the country industrialized, built dozens ...
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What Is an AI Agent? A Computer Scientist Explains the Next Wave of AI Tools

Interacting with AI chatbots like ChatGPT can be fun and sometimes useful, but the next level of everyday AI goes ...
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Here’s How Nvidia’s Vice-Like Grip on AI Chips Could Slip

In the great AI gold rush of the past couple of years, Nvidia has dominated the market for shovels—namely the ...
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Four Clinical Trials We’re Watching That Could Change Medicine in 2025

Breakthroughs in medicine are exciting. They promise to alleviate human suffering, sometimes on global scales. But it takes years, even ...
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‘Mirror Bacteria’ Could Wreak Havoc on Life and the Environment, Scientists Warn

Our hands are mirror images of each other. Unless you flip one hand around, they’ll never look the same. Scientists ...
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These Were Our Favorite Tech Stories From Around the Web in 2024

Every Saturday we post a selection of our favorite science and technology articles from the week. With 2024 nearing its ...
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A ‘SimCity’-Like Tool for Regenerative Living Spaces

“We exist, and life exists on Earth, because of 12 to 14 inches of topsoil. When that goes away, we ...
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