On June 3, 1925, Goodyear launched its first civil airship. Over the next century,…
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The Download: Reasons to be optimistic about AI’s energy use, and Caiwei Chen’s three things
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A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
In the fall of 2020, gig workers in Venezuela posted a series of images to online forums where they talk shop. The photos were mundane, if…
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Inside the tedious effort to tally AI’s energy appetite
AI video is on another level
When we tested the energy demands of various models, we found the energy required to produce even a low-quality, five-second video to be pretty shocking: It was 42,000 times more than the amount needed for a chatbot…
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Vertically rolling ball ‘challenges our basic understanding of physics’
Gravity seems like a predictable, even mundane, aspect of existence. The…
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The Download: US climate studies are being shut down, and building cities from lava
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Adventures in the genetic time machine
An ancient-DNA revolution is turning the high-speed equipment used to study the DNA of living things on to specimens from the past.
The technology is being used to create genetic maps…
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Preventing Staff Burnout with the Power of Automation: Infographic
In the demanding environment of laboratory work, burnout is a common issue. Explore how cutting-edge lab solutions can streamline processes, improve consistency and provide the support your lab technicians…
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The Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies
Numerous researchers whose grants were terminated didn’t respond to inquiries from MIT Technology Review or declined to comment, amid growing concerns that the Trump administration will punish scientists or institutions that criticize their…
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MIT’s Sodium Fuel Cell Powers Planes, Captures Carbon, and Outruns Batteries
MIT researchers have developed a revolutionary sodium–air fuel cell that could replace heavy lithium-ion batteries in aviation, rail, and marine transport. Using liquid sodium and ambient air, this system offers triple the energy density of…
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How to set up an Apple legacy contact, in case you die
If you use Apple devices regularly, then your Apple account has lots of…
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How to reset your terrible streaming recommendations
The best streaming services have vast libraries of content, and that’s where…
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