Technology

Engineers had been trying to solve this problem for 40 years

Chatbots and robots are a setback to animal welfare—but have the potential to be a step forward

A “superhuman” alphabet for the hands

After decades of sluggish growth, AI could help usher in a nuclear revival—but a major challenge remains

How the machines miss threats smuggled inside lines of verse

We desperately need new organs, and we’re running out of ways to get them

These futuristic aircraft still haven’t fully taken off after five decades

Researchers are divided over AI’s cognitive harms—and whether we should use these tools at all

The secret to their extraordinary ability lies not in the brain but the eyes

ChatGPT and Claude can’t offer real empathy

With another hunk of space debris crashing down, the perils of a jampacked low-Earth orbit hit home

The outcome is bliss, Sanskrit and emojis