Science & Technology
Talking About Tipping Points
Developing response capability for a climate emergency
by Jonathan Shaw
George Sarrinikolaou
Provost for climate and sustainability’s journey from Athens to Harvard
by Nina Pasquini
Computational Control of a Living Brain?
How an AI agent learned to guide an animal to food—and what it might mean for Parkinson’s patients.
by Jonathan Shaw
Controlling AI Influence over Consumers
When pricing algorithms take advantage of an individual’s ignorance, legal scrutiny is in order.
by Max J. Krupnick
Geopolitics and the Energy Transition
International relations during the shift to a net-zero economy
by Jonathan Shaw
Cousins in the Ancient World
Long-distance human migration and population bottlenecks revealed in ancient DNA
by Jonathan Shaw
“Artificial Worldviews”
Mapping ChatGPT’s knowledge universe
by Nina Pasquini
Solving Dehydration
A simple solution that saved millions
by Max J. Krupnick
Deciphering Lyme Disease
Whole-genome analysis exposes the sophistication and vulnerabilities underlying Lyme disease.
by Jonathan Shaw
What Makes Fish Fast?
George Lauder investigates nature’s solutions to underwater speed.
Easing the Energy Transition
How the Bezos Earth Fund hopes to seed economic transformation
by Jonathan Shaw