Why inventing new emotions feels so good
Consider "velvetmist," a term generated by a Reddit user with the help of ChatGPT. Described as "a complex and subtle emotion that elicits feelings of comfort, serenity, and a gentle…
Consider "velvetmist," a term generated by a Reddit user with the help of ChatGPT. Described as "a complex and subtle emotion that elicits feelings of comfort, serenity, and a gentle…
The global mental health crisis, marked by over a billion individuals suffering from conditions like anxiety and depression, particularly among the youth, and hundreds of thousands of annual suicides, has…
The once murky waters of the Buriganga River, a grim testament to the textile industry’s polluting legacy of dyes, chemicals, and heavy metals like lead and cadmium that flowed through…
In an ambitious pursuit of radical human life extension, Unlimited Bio, a biotech company, is poised to launch an unusual clinical trial next month. A select group of 12 to…
The earth around Lake Naivasha, a shallow freshwater basin in south-central Kenya, does not seem to want to lie still. Ash from nearby Mount Longonot, which erupted as recently as…
The incident, which unfolded in mid-October, began with an effusive post by Sébastien Bubeck, a research scientist at OpenAI. Bubeck announced that two mathematicians had purportedly used GPT-5 to find…
The viral sensation of rabbits bouncing on a trampoline this past summer served as a watershed moment, exposing many internet-savvy users to the uncanny valley of AI-generated content and spawning…
In a groundbreaking development that blurs the lines between laboratory innovation and biological reality, scientists have successfully achieved the implantation of human embryos into engineered uterine lining organoids, a feat…
In a year marked by relentless technological advancement and profound societal shifts, MIT Technology Review proudly presents its most popular stories of 2025, a curated collection that captivated readers and…
"Radiative cooling is universal—it exists everywhere in our daily life," explains Qiaoqiang Gan, a distinguished professor of materials science and applied physics at the King Abdullah University of Science and…