Category: 3. Tech

For many, the “last mile” of the end-to-end customer journey can present a challenge. Services at this stage often involve much more complex interactions than the usual app or self-service portal can handle. This could be dealing with a…

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.

Tech billionaires are making a risky bet with humanity’s future

Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and…

Getting from A to B on a bicycle more often could reduce risk of dementia, possibly by protecting a part of the brain tied to memory functions, new research finds.

A study carried out by researchers from the Huazhong University of Science and…

While there’s a sprawling patchwork of ideas and philosophies powering these visions, three features play a central role, says Adam Becker, a science writer and astrophysicist: an unshakable certainty that technology can solve any problem, a…

Perhaps that could change. At his confirmation hearing, Makary told senators he planned to evaluate school lunches, seed oils, and food dyes. “Maybe three years from now the FDA will change and have much more of a food focus,” says…

When Apollo astronauts first set foot on the lunar surface, they expected to find grey rocks and dust.

What they didn’t anticipate was discovering something that looked almost magical: tiny, brilliant orange glass beads scattered across the…

At first glance, dinosaur fossils and modern cancer research may seem worlds apart.

But a new study suggests that soft tissue preserved for millions of years inside ancient bones could offer valuable insights into how cancer works – and how…

Bipedal, humanoid robots from companies like Boston Dynamics seemingly advance by…

What steps can be taken to prepare certain communities for climate disasters, specifically with weather events becoming more frequent and severe? This is what a recent study published in the Bulletin of the…