Adventures in the genetic time machine
Eske Willerslev was on a tour of Montreal’s Redpath Museum, a Victorian-era natural history collection of 700,000 objects, many displayed
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This artist collaborates with AI and robots
Many artists worry about the encroachment of artificial intelligence on artistic creation. But Sougwen Chung, a nonbinary Canadian-Chinese artist, instead
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My sex doll is mad at me: A short story
The near future. It’s not a kiss, but it’s not not a kiss. Her lips—full, soft, pliable—yield under mine, warm
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The AI relationship revolution is already here
AI is everywhere, and it’s starting to alter our relationships in new and unexpected ways—relationships with our spouses, kids, colleagues,
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Robots are bringing new life to extinct species
Paleontologists aren’t easily deterred by evolutionary dead ends or a sparse fossil record. But in the last few years, they’ve
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Roundtables: What DeepSeek’s Breakout Success Means for AI
What DeepSeek’s Breakout Success Means for AI Speakers: Charlotte Jee, news editor, Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor, and Caiwei
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Mark Zuckerberg and the power of the media
This article first appeared in The Debrief, MIT Technology Review’s weekly newsletter from our editor in chief Mat Honan. To receive it
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China wants to restore the sea with high-tech marine ranches
A short ferry ride from the port city of Yantai, on the northeast coast of China, sits Genghai No. 1, a
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The world’s first industrial-scale plant for green steel promises a cleaner future
As of 2023, nearly 2 billion metric tons of it were being produced annually, enough to cover Manhattan in a
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