The Four Converging Technologies Giving Rise to the Spatial Web . How each of us sees the world is about to change dramatically. For all of human history, the experience of looking at the world was roughly the same for everyone. But boundaries between t

How a Centuries-Old Sculpting Method Is Helping 3D Print Organs With Blood Vessels . Blood vessels are the lifeline of any organ. The dense web of channels, spread across tissues like a spider web, allow oxygen and nutrients to reach the deepest cores o

5 Areas We Should Invest in Now to Survive Climate Change Later . Even if the world manages to keep to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global mean temperatures to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, climate change is coming. The best way to protect ours

5 Areas We Should Invest in Now to Survive Climate Change Later . Even if the world manages to keep to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global mean temperatures to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, climate change is coming. The best way to protect ours

The First Evidence That Drugs Could Turn Back the Clock on Our Biological Age . After decades of research, here it is: the first promising evidence in humans, albeit imperfect and early, that a cocktail of three drugs is enough to reverse the epigenetic c

MIT Future of Work Report: We Shouldn't Worry About Quantity of Jobs, But Quality . Robots aren’t going to take everyone’s jobs, but technology has already reshaped the world of work in ways that are creating clear winners and losers. And it will continue

MIT Future of Work Report: We Shouldn't Worry About Quantity of Jobs, But Quality . Robots aren’t going to take everyone’s jobs, but technology has already reshaped the world of work in ways that are creating clear winners and losers. And it will continue

Will AI Be Fashion Forward—or a Fashion Flop? . The narrative that often accompanies most stories about artificial intelligence these days is how machines will disrupt any number of industries, from healthcare to transportation. It makes sense. Afte...

Augmented 2030: the Apps, Headsets, and Lenses Getting Us There . Today, adults in the US spend over 11 hours a day looking at screens. That counts for more than a third of our livelihoods. Yet even though they serve as a portal to 90 percent of our media

How a Mysterious Manuscript Keeps Confounding AI . Playbook for the Cult of Isis, herbal health instructions, details of the benefits of therapeutic bathing, or a written history of speaking in tongues. Confused? Probably, but not as much as most are w...