3 things Will Douglas Heaven is into right now
The most amazing drummer on the internet My daughter introduced me to El Estepario Siberiano’s YouTube channel a few months back, and I have...
The ascent of the AI therapist
We’re in the midst of a global mental-health crisis. More than a billion people worldwide suffer from a mental-health condition, according to the World...
Bangladesh’s garment-making industry is getting greener
Pollution from textile production—dyes, chemicals, and heavy metals like lead and cadmium—is common in the waters of the Buriganga River as it runs through...
The paints, coatings, and chemicals making the world a cooler place
It’s getting harder to beat the heat. During the summer of 2025, heat waves knocked out power grids in North America, Europe, and the...
AI Wrapped: The 14 AI terms you couldn’t avoid in 2025
If the past 12 months have taught us anything, it’s that the AI hype train is showing no signs of slowing. It’s hard to...
Four bright spots in climate news in 2025
Climate news hasn’t been great in 2025. Global greenhouse-gas emissions hit record highs (again). This year is set to be either the second or...
Researchers are getting organoids pregnant with human embryos
At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining of the uterus...
Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change
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...
The Download: China’s dying EV batteries, and why AI doomers are doubling down
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. China figured...
The 8 worst technology flops of 2025
Welcome to our annual list of the worst, least successful, and simply dumbest technologies of the year. This year, politics was a recurring theme....
