Welcome to MIT Technology Review Narrated, the home for the very best of our journalism in audio. Each week we will share... more
Despite it being over 100 years old, radio technology is still critical in almost all aspects of modern warfare—including in... more
You can practically hear the shrieks from corner offices around the world: “What is our ChatGPT play? How do we... more
In the future, CRISPR will get easier and easier to administer, potentially opening up paths for tinkering with human evolution.... more
Did you know that NASA intends to destroy the International Space Station by around 2030? Once it's gone, private companies... more
Pump jacks and pipelines clutter the Elk Hills oil field of California, a scrubby stretch of land in the southern... more
Robots that can do many of the things humans do in the home—folding laundry, cooking meals, cleaning—have been a dream... more
In an attempt to protect its forests and famous wildlife, Virunga has become the first national park to run a... more
We live in an undeniably gamified world. We stand up and move around to close colorful rings and earn achievement... more
Digital clones of people's dead relatives are far from perfect: they're occasionally impersonal and sometimes downright creepy. But if the... more
A Silicon Valley startup wants to supercharge trees to soak up more carbon and cool the climate. Is this the... more
Artificial intelligence is the hottest technology of our time. But what is it? It sounds like a stupid question, but... more
The growing business of surf pools wants to bring the ocean experience inland, making surfing more accessible to communities far... more
Open-world video games are inhabited by vast crowds of computer-controlled characters. These animated people—called NPCs, for “nonplayer characters”—populate the bars,... more
At any given time, the US organ transplant waiting list is about 100,000 people long. Martine Rothblatt sees a day... more
Design thinking suggests that we are all creatives, and we can solve any problem if we empathize hard enough. The... more
Tokelau is a group of three isolated atolls strung out across the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand (of which it’s... more
An AI startup created a hyperrealistic deepfake of MIT Technology Review’s senior AI reporter that was so believable, even she... more
Though “user” seems to describe a relationship that is deeply transactional, many of the technological relationships in which a person... more
We've known of Europa’s existence for more than four centuries, but for most of that time, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon was... more
Despite all their runaway success, nobody knows exactly how—or why—large language models work. And that’s a problem. Figuring it out... more
Design thinking suggests that we are all creatives, and we can solve any problem if we empathize hard enough. The methodology was... more