Emerging Technologies

Rapid declines in insect populations are leading to concerns that the pollination of important crops could soon come under threat....

The dream of a universal AI interpreter just got a bit closer. This week, tech giant Meta released a new...

China’s electricity use over the last 30 years is a hockey-stick curve, climbing steeply as the country industrialized, built dozens...

Interacting with AI chatbots like ChatGPT can be fun and sometimes useful, but the next level of everyday AI goes...

In the great AI gold rush of the past couple of years, Nvidia has dominated the market for shovels—namely the...

Breakthroughs in medicine are exciting. They promise to alleviate human suffering, sometimes on global scales. But it takes years, even...

Our hands are mirror images of each other. Unless you flip one hand around, they’ll never look the same. Scientists...

Every Saturday we post a selection of our favorite science and technology articles from the week. With 2024 nearing its...

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

This year, readers were again fascinated by stories about artificial intelligence. One algorithm learned to make short, playable video games...