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## Featured Story

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Climate change and energy2 days

### Big Tech’s big bet on a controversial carbon removal tactic

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage can scale faster than other approaches. But some experts are dubious about the climate benefits.

## **News**

Climate change and energy2 weeks

### How we picked promising climate tech companies in an especially unsettling year

Climate change and energy2 weeks

### Bill Gates: Our best weapon against climate change is ingenuity

Climate change and energy2 weeks

### 2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Fervo Energy and its advanced geothermal power plants

Biotechnology and health13 hours

### The race to make the perfect baby is creating an ethical mess

Policy2 weeks

### Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

Biotechnology and health8 hours

### Take our quiz: How much do you know about antimicrobial resistance?

Climate change and energy13 hours

### The problem with Big Tech’s favorite carbon removal tech

## Features

Long Read

Artificial intelligence3 weeks

### How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral

Machine translators have made it easier than ever to create error-plagued Wikipedia articles in obscure languages. What happens when AI models get trained on junk pages?

Space

### How these two brothers became go-to experts on America’s “mystery drone” invasion

Two Long Island UFO hunters have been called upon by some domestic law enforcement to investigate unexplained phenomena.

Artificial intelligence

### It’s surprisingly easy to stumble into a relationship with an AI chatbot

We’re increasingly developing bonds with chatbots. While that’s safe for some, it’s dangerous for others.

Artificial intelligence

### In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

It’s the most transparent estimate yet from one of the big AI companies, and a long-awaited peek behind the curtain for researchers.

Artificial intelligence

### Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT. Clients are triggered.

Some therapists are using AI during therapy sessions. They’re risking their clients’ trust and privacy in the process.

Artificial intelligence

### Why we should thank pigeons for our AI breakthroughs

The bird has never gotten much credit for being intelligent. But the reinforcement learning powering the world’s most advanced AI systems is far more pigeon than human.

Explainers

## MIT Technology Review Explains

Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next in our popular explainer series.

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Biotechnology and health

### Trump is pushing leucovorin as a treatment for autism. What is it?

The president also blamed the painkiller Tylenol for autism, but the evidence doesn’t stack up at all.

Policy

### How to measure the returns on R&D spending

Forget the glorious successes of past breakthroughs—the real justification for research investment is what we get for our money. Here’s what economists say.

Artificial intelligence

### How do AI models generate videos?

With powerful video generation tools now in the hands of more people than ever, let's take a look at how they work.

Artificial intelligence

### What is vibe coding, exactly?

While letting AI take the wheel and write the code for your website may seem like a good idea, it’s not without its limitations.

Policy

### What is Signal? The messaging app, explained.

With news this week of the messaging app being used to discuss war plans, we get you up to speed on what Signal should be used for—and what it shouldn’t.

Climate change and energy

### Google, Amazon and the problem with Big Tech’s climate claims

How companies reach their emissions goals is more important than how fast.

Artificial intelligence

### Why does AI hallucinate?

The tendency to make things up is holding chatbots back. But that’s just what they do.

Artificial intelligence

### Why Google’s AI Overviews gets things wrong

Google’s new AI search feature is a mess. So why is it telling us to eat rocks and gluey pizza, and can it be fixed?

Climate change and energy

### How virtual power plants are shaping tomorrow’s energy system

By orchestrating EVs, batteries, and smart home devices, VPPs can help make the grid cleaner and more efficient.

Policy

### Why the EU AI Act was so hard to agree on

Three key issues that jeopardized the EU AI Act

## Spotlight

Meet tomorrow's superstars

35 Innovators Under 35 20251 month

### 35 Innovators Under 35 2025

The world is full of extraordinary young people brimming with ideas for how to crack tough problems. Every year, we recognize 35 such individuals from around the world—all of whom are under the age of 35. Meet this year's list.

Biotechnology and health

### 2025 Innovator of the Year: Sneha Goenka for developing an ultra-fast sequencing technology

Her computations allow physicians to more quickly diagnose and treat life-threatening genetic diseases.

Culture

### How Trump’s policies are affecting early-career scientists—in their own words

Every year, we recognize extraordinary young researchers on our Innovators Under 35 list. Recent honorees told us how they’re faring under the new administration.

Artificial intelligence

### How Yichao “Peak” Ji became a global AI app hitmaker

He developed Manus, one of the buzziest AI apps of the year, in the latest project that blends his technical prowess with killer consumer instincts.

Climate change and energy

### Meet the Ethiopian entrepreneur who is reinventing ammonia production

After growing up without reliable power at home, Iwnetim Abate is working to develop a steady supply of sustainable energy.

Computing

### Why basic science deserves our boldest investment

*The humble inventions that power our modern world wouldn’t have been possible without decades of support for early-stage research.*

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## Most Popular

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Biotechnology and health

### AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria

Can AI create a life form? These “generative” genomes are a start

Biotechnology and health

### Microsoft says AI can create “zero day” threats in biology

Artificial intelligence can design toxins that evade security controls.

Climate change and energy

### 2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch

Artificial intelligence

### OpenAI is huge in India. Its models are steeped in caste bias.

India is OpenAI’s second-largest market, but ChatGPT and Sora reproduce caste stereotypes that harm millions of people.

Artificial intelligence

### AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers

Some companies are working to remedy the issue.

Artificial intelligence

### The looming crackdown on AI companionship

The risks posed when kids form bonds with chatbots have turned AI safety from an abstract worry into a political flashpoint. What happens now?

Artificial intelligence

### Synthesia’s AI clones are more expressive than ever. Soon they’ll be able to talk back.

The uncanny valley is narrowing. Are we ready for what comes next?

Artificial intelligence

### Three big things we still don’t know about AI’s energy burden

AI companies are revealing the one number that researchers have long sought. What comes next?

Artificial intelligence

### Shoplifters could soon be chased down by drones

Flock Safety is pitching its police-style drone program to private businesses. It could bring aerial surveillance to shopping centers, warehouses, and hospitals.

Artificial intelligence

### AI toys are all the rage in China—and now they’re appearing on shelves in the US too

Competition is heating up, with Mattel and OpenAI expected to launch a product for kids this year.

## Our 3rd Annual List

10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch

Climate change and energy2 weeks

### 2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch

Climate change and energy

### Bill Gates: Our best weapon against climate change is ingenuity

A measure I call the Green Premium reveals where we can invest in climate progress for maximum impact.

Climate change and energy

### 2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Traton and its electric trucks

The company is boosting production to meet rising demand for its zero-emission rigs.

Climate change and energy

### 2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Envision Energy and its “smart” wind turbines

The Chinese wind turbine giant is set to expand, both at home and abroad.

Climate change and energy

### How we picked promising climate tech companies in an especially unsettling year

And what distinguishes the firms that made the 2025 edition of our annual list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch.

Climate change and energy

### 2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Cyclic Materials and its rare earth recycling tech

The startup is poised to become a global leader in recycling rare earth magnets from old EVs, wind turbines, and more.

## Magazine

Our new issue!

September/October 2025

### The Security issue

Security can mean national defense, but it can also mean control over data, safety from intrusion, and so much more. This issue explores the way technology, mystery, and the universe itself affect how secure we feel in the modern age.

Read now

More issues

Space

### How these two brothers became go-to experts on America’s “mystery drone” invasion

Two Long Island UFO hunters have been called upon by some domestic law enforcement to investigate unexplained phenomena.

Policy

### Why Trump’s “golden dome” missile defense idea is another ripped straight from the movies

President Trump has proposed building an antimissile “golden dome” around the United States. But do cinematic spectacles actually enhance national security?

Space

### Inside the hunt for the most dangerous asteroid ever

As space rock 2024 YR4 became more likely to hit Earth than anything of its size had ever been before, scientists all over the world mobilized to protect the planet.

Policy

### Taiwan’s “silicon shield” could be weakening

Semiconductor powerhouse TSMC is under increasing pressure to expand abroad and play a security role for the island. Those two roles could be in tension.

Biotechnology and health

### 2025 Innovator of the Year: Sneha Goenka for developing an ultra-fast sequencing technology

Her computations allow physicians to more quickly diagnose and treat life-threatening genetic diseases.

Today's Newsletter

The latest from

The Checkup: Our weekly biotech and health email

### Take our quiz: How much do you know about antimicrobial resistance?

The scary truth is that a growing number of harmful bacteria and fungi are becoming resistant to drugs. Just a few weeks ago, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report finding a sharp rise in infections caused by a dangerous type of bacteria that are resistant to some of the strongest antibiotics. Now, the WHO report shows that the problem is surging around the world.

In this week’s Checkup, we’re trying something a bit different—a little quiz. You’ve probably heard about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) before, but how much do you know about microbes, antibiotics, and the scale of the problem? Here’s our attempt to put the “fun” in “fundamental threat to modern medicine.” Test your knowledge below!

*This article first appeared in The Checkup,* MIT Technology Review’s *weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first,* *sign up here**.*

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Sept/Oct 2025

## MIT Alumni News

All the latest from MIT Alumni News, the alumni magazine of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Cover story

### Reimagining sound and space

With the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building, the Institute’s multidisciplinary approach to music deepens.

Feature Story

### Junior Peña, neutrino hunter

At MIT’s Formaggio Lab, Peña’s work may help researchers pinpoint the elusive particle’s mass—and refine the fundamental laws of physics in the process.

Feature Story

### Power with purpose

Baafour Asiamah-Adjei ’03 is working to transform West Africa’s energy landscape—and investing in the people who will shape the region’s future.

Firehose

### B-Bots to the rescue

Imagine synthetic bacterial supplements that could regulate the gut microbiome, controlled via Bluetooth to treat conditions from irritable bowel syndrome to depression. What could go wrong?

1865

### The swashbuckling scientist

When Alfred E. Burton was appointed MIT’s first dean in 1902, he was already known for leading research expeditions to the Arctic and the jungle. Naturally, students adored him.

77 Mass Ave

### Fix damaged art in hours with AI

A new method can physically restore original paintings using digitally constructed films.

77 Mass Ave

### ‘Bubbles’ turn air into drinkable water

An atmospheric water harvester based on an origami-inspired hydrogel works anywhere—even Death Valley.

77 Mass Ave

### Emergency help for low blood sugar

A new implant for diabetics carries a reservoir of glucagon that can be stored under the skin and released manually or automatically—no injections needed.

77 Mass Ave

### One-shot vaccines for HIV and covid

A supercharged vaccine that remains in the lymph nodes for weeks is likelier to generate more antibody variations, strengthening the immune response.

September/October 2025

### MIT Alumni News

Read the whole issue of MIT Alumni News, the alumni magazine of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sponsored

### Reimagining the future of banking with agentic AI

Firms must mitigate risks and overcome operational challenges to unlock agentic AI’s transformational potential.

In association withEY

Collection

## What's Next

MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future.

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Climate change and energy

### What’s next for nuclear power

Global shifts, advancing tech, and data center demand: Here’s what’s coming in 2025 and beyond.

Artificial intelligence

### What’s next for AI in 2025

You already know that agents and small language models are the next big things. Here are five other hot trends you should watch out for this year.

Policy

### What’s next for our privacy?

The US still has no federal privacy law. But recent enforcement actions against data brokers may offer some new protections for Americans’ personal information.

Climate change and energy

### Why EVs are (mostly) set for solid growth in 2025

What happens in the US, however, will depend a lot on the incoming Trump administration.

Space

### What’s next for NASA’s giant moon rocket?

The Space Launch System is facing fresh calls for cancellation, but it still has a key role to play in NASA’s return to the moon.

Artificial intelligence

### What’s next for drones

Police drones, rapid deliveries of blood, tech-friendly regulations, and autonomous weapons are all signs that drone technology is changing quickly.

Biotechnology and health

### What’s next for MDMA

The FDA is poised to approve the notorious party drug as a therapy. Here’s what it means, and where similar drugs stand in the US.

Biotechnology and health

### What’s next for bird flu vaccines

If we want our vaccine production process to be more robust and faster, we’ll have to stop relying on chicken eggs.

Business

### What’s next in chips

How Big Tech, startups, AI devices, and trade wars will transform the way chips are made and the technologies they power.

Artificial intelligence

### What’s next for generative video

OpenAI's Sora has raised the bar for AI moviemaking. Here are four things to bear in mind as we wrap our heads around what's coming.

## Power Hungry

Special Report

Climate change and energy5 months

### We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.

The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

Climate change and energy

### Everything you need to know about estimating AI’s energy and emissions burden

Here’s how MIT Technology Review waded through a mess of data and hidden variables to calculate the individual and collective energy demand from AI.

Climate change and energy

### The data center boom in the desert

The AI race is transforming northwestern Nevada into one of the world's largest data-center markets—and sparking fears of water strains in the nation’s driest state.

Climate change and energy

### AI could keep us dependent on natural gas for decades to come

AI data centers are driving a surge in new natural-gas power plants around the country. What does that mean for our clean-energy aspirations?

Climate change and energy

### Can nuclear power really fuel the rise of AI?

Tech giants are looking for more energy, but building new reactors takes time.

Climate change and energy

### Four reasons to be optimistic about AI’s energy usage

While there are reasons to be concerned about AI’s climate impact, all hope is not lost. Here’s why.

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