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MIT Technology Review’s energy editor explains the new science of extreme weather event attribution.

An MIT team is racing to publish designs it hopes could help as the escalating pandemic strains supplies of the machines.

An eventual coronavirus recovery package should include clean-energy funding and supportive policies, but first we need to make sure people can obtain health care, buy food, and remain in their homes.

A study found traces on the Diamond Princess cruise ship 17 days after it emptied of passengers.

“Co-watching” is how we’ll be socializing for the next few weeks at least.

COVID-Net could help scientists develop an AI tool that can pick up telltale signs.

The crisis has governments and companies scrambling to decide when it’s appropriate to lift data privacy protections and AI ethics guidelines.

Health authorities around the world are using chatbots to keep people informed.

Ensuring that Americans can vote despite the pandemic requires clever planning, immense resources—and a lot of old technology.

The first medical reports are in, but there’s no silver bullet for coronavirus infection yet.

Regulatory changes and anxiety heightened by isolation are leading to a boom in use of mental health apps and teletherapy—but are they good enough?

The UK government has just released the scientific advice that’s been shaping its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Battling the spread of Covid-19 is going to be a long-haul effort. Here’s what you asked us.

The latest economic downturn has exposed the 10-year-old cryptocurrency as just another financial asset. For now.

All of the new cases yesterday were imported, Chinese officials said.

Several initial analyses of transmission data suggest the pandemic could ease up in summer. But that doesn’t reduce the need for measures like social distancing.

Manufacturers need fast-track regulatory approvals and government contracts. STAT.

A test can see if a person has ever been infected, even if they had no symptoms.

Francois Balloux, a computational epidemiologist who worked on an influential new coronavirus model, on the trade-offs that have to be made.

Once enough people get Covid-19, it will stop spreading on its own. But the costs will be devastating.

Private Kit: Safe Paths shares information about your movements in a privacy-preserving way—and could let health officials tackle coronavirus hot spots.

Social distancing is here to stay for much more than a few weeks. It will upend our way of life, in some ways forever.

The hiring spree is to cope with an unprecedented surge in demand for online deliveries during the outbreak.

With millions on lockdown, Facebook and Twitter are major sources of Covid-19 news. They’re also where misinformation thrives. How can platforms step up?

The data set aims to accelerate scientific research that could fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

It draws inspiration from the structure and electrical activity of the brain to distinguish between odors.

The key question right now is how similar the US will be to Italy.

In a recent panel discussion, experts highlighted some practical lessons from the original cryptocurrency.

Private and academic labs are rushing to fill the void left by CDC’s mistakes, hoping to slow the deadly pandemic in the US.

It has tapped one of the nation’s best flu-forecasting labs to retool its prediction algorithms for the Covid-19 pandemic.

The worst-case figures are what would happen if no action is taken to slow the virus, which spreads person to person.

An in-depth investigation into artificial-intelligence-based attempts to recognize deception.

Not everyone can work from home or cease traveling. Here’s what you can do when circumstance forces you to be out and about during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The key features: quick action, extensive testing, and relentless tracking.

Some things need to change if we want AI to be useful next time, and you might not like them.

Headline news and global disorder are tools hackers take advantage of to make their next breach.

The growing outbreak is creating fear and confusion for contractors who lack the protections afforded to permanent employees.

The virus prefers steel and plastic, materials commonly found in hospitals and homes.

In an excerpt from his new book, The Dragons and the Snakes, a leading military strategist explains how the West is losing its technological edge over guerrilla insurgencies.

Google programmer Mehmet Kuzu talked scientists and funders into treating his daughter’s rare genetic disorder with a novel, customized antisense drug

A fast-track vaccine will be tried on people soon but it uses an unproven technology.

It’ll sap funding and political will—but actually, it should.