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MIT Technology Review Narrated
Welcome to MIT Technology Review Narrated, the home for the very best of our journalism in audio. Each week we will share one of our most ambitious stories, from print and online, narrated for us by real voice actors. Expect big themes, thought-provoking topics, and sharp analysis, all backed by our...
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PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light
The company has drawn governments, a major chipmaker, and the Pentagon into an effort to control fragile photons and build a useful quantum machine. I...
Inside the world’s deepest and longest subsea road tunnel
Norway’s Rogfast is an exceptional engineering feat, opening a route for drivers deep below the North Sea.
This story was written by Nia...
Hacking the atmosphere: Geoengineering gets a reality check
Researchers are starting to explore the tools and systems we need to develop to cool down the planet.
This story was written by James Tem...
The search for dark matter has been blown wide open
After decades of hunting, physicists still don’t know what makes up most of the universe’s matter. Now they need to cast a wider net.
Thi...
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 prot...
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 prot...
Inside interoception: The hidden sense of how you feel inside
Researchers are decoding how signals move between body and brain, with implications for how we understand and treat conditions from obesity to anxiety...
A reality check on the AI jobs hysteria
What do the numbers really say about the impact of artificial intelligence on the labor market? The answer might surprise you.
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Inside Anduril and Meta’s quest to make smart glasses for warfare
It’s been a year since the duo entered the US Army’s troubled augmented-reality contest. Here’s what it looks like so far.
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How IVF is being revolutionized
Automation, AI, and screening technologies are already transforming reproductive medicine.
This story was written by Jessica Hamzelou and...
This scientist rewarmed and studied pieces of his friend’s cryopreserved brain
A gerontologist wanted his preserved brain to be reanimated. Cryopreservation is more likely to be used on organs for transplantation.
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NASA is building the first nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft. How will it work?
NASA wants to fly a nuclear powered spaceship to Mars by the end of 2028. Experts say that’s … ambitious.
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Is fake grass a bad idea? The AstroTurf wars are far from over.
Around the country, heated debates are taking place over whether to install artificial turf, pitting neighbors against each other.
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No one’s sure if synthetic mirror life will kill us all
Synthetic biologists were tantalized by the idea of making mirror images of microbes. Then things got complicated.
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Desalination plants in the Middle East are increasingly vulnerable
Conflict and extreme weather could threaten large desalination plants that supply water to the region.
This story was written by C...
This company is developing gene therapies for muscle growth, erectile dysfunction, and “radical longevity”
A small group of volunteers will receive multiple injections of an experimental treatments for various enhancements .
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The gig workers who are training humanoid robots at home
People in Nigeria and India are strapping iPhones onto their heads and recording themselves doing chores.
This story was written by Miche...
Can quantum computers now solve health care problems? We’ll soon find out.
After 30 months of fast-paced innovation in quantum algorithms, six research groups are hoping to hit paydirt. But there can be only one big winner—if...
How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world
Niantic's AI spinout is training a new world model using 30 billion images of urban landmarks crowdsourced from players.
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How uncrewed narco subs could transform the Colombian drug trade
Fast, stealthy, and cheap—autonomous, semisubmersible drone boats carrying tons of cocaine could be international law enforcement’s nightmare scenario...
America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in.
The Mars Sample Return mission got off to a promising start, hunting for potentially humanity-changing space rocks. How did it fall off the rails?
The curious case of the disappearing Lamborghinis
A new wave of theft is rocking the luxury car industry—mixing high tech with old-school chop-shop techniques to snag vehicles while they’re in transpo...
Hackers made death threats against this security researcher. Big mistake.
Allison Nixon had helped arrest dozens of members of the Com, a loose affiliation of online groups responsible for violence and hacking campaigns. The...
Stratospheric internet could finally start taking off this year
High-altitude platforms could help connect over 2 billion people around the world who are still offline.
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How next-generation nuclear reactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint
From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology.
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China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to deal with their aging batteries.
As early electric cars age out, hundreds of thousands of used batteries are flooding the market, fueling a gray recycling economy even as Beijing and...
This Nobel Prize–winning chemist dreams of making water from thin air
Omar Yaghi thinks crystals with gaps that capture moisture could bring technology from “Dune” to the arid parts of Earth.
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Meet the new biologists treating LLMs like aliens
By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some of their secrets for the...
What’s next for AI in 2026
Our AI writers make their big bets for the coming year—here are five hot trends to watch.
This story was written by Rhiannon Williams, Wi...
How one controversial startup hopes to cool the planet
And why many scientists are freaked out about the first serious for-profit company moving into the solar geoengineering field.
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Why it’s so hard to bust the weather control conspiracy theory
From effective rain-enhancing technology to a long, secretive history of trying to weaponize storms, there’s fertile ground for misinformation.
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AI materials discovery now needs to move into the real world
Startups flush with cash are building AI-assisted laboratories to find materials far faster and more cheaply, but are still waiting for their ChatGPT...
How 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.
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Is this the electric grid of the future?
In Nebraska, a publicly owned utility deftly tackles the challenges of delivering on reliability, affordability, and sustainability.
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The quest to find out how our bodies react to extreme temperatures
Scientists hope to prevent deaths from climate change, but heat and cold are more complicated than we thought.
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How to fix the internet
If we want online discourse to improve, we need to move beyond the big platforms.
This story was written by Katie Notopoulos and narrated...
Why climate researchers are taking the temperature of mountain snow
As climate change fuels increasingly erratic weather, scientists need a better read on snowpack temperature to understand when water will reach reserv...
What it’s like to be in the middle of a conspiracy theory (according to a conspiracy theory expert)
Mike Rothschild has spent years studying the rise of QAnon and antivaccine conspiracism. After his house in Altadena, California, burned down, he foun...
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.
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Supershoes are reshaping distance running
Kenyan runners, like many others, are grappling with the impact of expensive, high-performance shoes.
This story was written by Jonathan...