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The Brazilian Amazon is on fire—here’s why that’s bad news for the planet
“Old age” is made up—and this concept is hurting everyone
Products designed for older people reinforce a bogus image of them as passive and feeble.
The anti-aging drug that’s just around the corner
We will soon learn if a much-hyped, rapamycin-like drug can boost the immune response by targeting how the body ages.
I’ll have you know
A futuristic fiction story about starting over at 100 years old
Why you shouldn’t fear the gray tsunami
Many worry that aging populations will doom the world economy and make life miserable for everyone. Here’s why that’s wrong.
Why are products for older people so ugly?
As the market for products aimed at older users explodes, some entrepreneurs are turning to a radical idea: actually get the customers involved.
Health-care costs are soaring, but don’t blame old people
The per-person allocation for those over 65 is actually shrinking
Editor’s letter: old age is over—if you want it.
An introduction to our special issue on longevity
Astronomers might have spotted a black hole gobbling up a neutron star
Twitter’s state-media ban should include Voice of America
Twitter and Facebook have hosted ads from US-backed outlets, sometimes even illegally.
Ransomware hackers hit nearly two dozen Texas cities
The World Bank is still loving its blockchain-powered bonds
I tried Prolon’s starvation diet so you wouldn’t have to
A diet based on caloric restriction might make you live longer. It’ll certainly feel like longer.
The world’s biggest chip is bigger than an iPad and will help train AI
Measuring the shape of proteins just got easier thanks to mathematics
Analyzing the difference in results between two ways of determining protein structure offers help with one of the great challenges for molecular biologists.
Facebook and Twitter are cracking down on Chinese propaganda accounts
A map of the brain could help to guess what you’re reading
Twitter got you down? Try taking your phone out for fresh air.
How nanoparticles that harvest light could curb climate emissions
Syzygy Plasmonics has raised nearly $6 million to produce a cleaner form of hydrogen, using a novel type of photocatalyst.
The anatomy of a sextortion spam campaign
The latest genre of nuisance email tries to blackmail victims with threats to send embarrassing images or information to their contacts. A new analysis reveals just how much money this type of scam can generate.
China’s state media is paying Twitter to promote ads against Hong Kong protesters
What if aging weren’t inevitable, but a curable disease?
If this controversial idea gains acceptance, it could radically change the way we treat getting old.
The transhumanists who want to live forever
For a core of longevity true believers, the time to intervene is now.
The world’s top deepfake artist is wrestling with the monster he created
Hao Li has spent his career perfecting digital trickery. Now he’s working to confront the problem of increasingly seamless off-the-shelf deception.
New money-laundering rules change everything for cryptocurrency exchanges
Complying with regulators could mean the difference between going mainstream and remaining forever on the margins of the global financial system.
These bionic shorts help turn an epic hike into a leisurely stroll
A new clothing line confuses automated license plate readers
A hotter planet will make solar power less efficient
Photovoltaic cells are notoriously sensitive to temperature. Now a new study reveals how global warming will reduce output across the globe by 2100.
Climate change or just crazy weather? How improving tools make it easier to tell.
Scientists linked late July’s heat wave in Western Europe to climate change in a matter of days.
Teen video app TikTok is the latest battlefield in the Kashmir conflict
Hindu nationalists are flooding TikTok with videos declaring they plan to go to Kashmir, get married, and ostensibly make the majority-Muslim contested region Hindu.
NYC has hired hackers to hit back at stalkerware
A New York City government pilot program is bringing technologists and domestic abuse victims together for good.
Data leak exposes unchangeable biometric data of over 1 million people
Don’t count on having kids if you freeze your eggs
Michele Harrison froze 21 eggs. Only one was suitable for IVF.
Facebook paid people to listen to voice recordings, too
North Korea is funding its weapons program with stolen cryptocurrency
The tech employee backlash, Whole Foods edition
Having mastered Space Invaders, chess, and Go, AI tackles video soccer
Google’s artificial-intelligence researchers have created a football simulator for training the next generation of machine-learning algorithms.
Nvidia just made it easier to build smarter chatbots and slicker fake news
Chip maker Nvidia is betting that AI’s language skills will advance rapidly—it’s releasing a powerful tool for putting together chatty programs.
Google’s algorithm for detecting hate speech is racially biased
What is Section 230 and why does Donald Trump want to change it?
This provision of the Communications Decency Act is being blamed for everything from social-media bias to enabling revenge porn. Here’s how to understand the law that created the modern internet.
A planetary telescope would use Earth’s atmosphere as a giant lens
The “terrascope” could outperform the light-gathering power of any feasible ground-based telescope.
The White House wants to regulate social-media moderation
Meet the next generation of entrepreneurs. They’re all over 65.
Inside Senior Planet, the tech-savviest retirement community on earth.
Toyota is giving robot helpers more brains, but they’ll still suck for a while
Don’t change your DNA at home, says America’s first CRISPR law
A California “human biohacking” bill calls for warnings on do-it-yourself genetic-engineering kits.
A fingernail-size gadget could help prevent babies from being stillborn
Astronomers have discovered the largest black hole ever observed
The monstrous object should be big enough for ground-based radio telescopes to image.
A startup that marries AI with empathy is helping women conceive
Univfy uses machine learning to give women personalized predictions—and a sense of hope—for their chances of having a baby.
What is geoengineering—and why should you care?
As the threats of climate change grow, we’re all likely to hear more and more about the possibilities, and dangers, of geoengineering. Here’s what it means.
Giving up just half your hamburgers can really help the climate
The bad news: to make really deep emissions cuts, most of us should probably go vegan.
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