A new dashboard from the Sustainable AI Group, founded by artificial intelligence alums, estimates the relative energy intensity of proprietary tools.

Accusations of industry capture, allegedly secret working groups, and the resignations of two researchers—a scandal is rocking the world of carbon emissions accounting.

Investigating the social, ethical, and political dimensions of climate and energy policies and emerging technologies.

The negative climate news is piling up, but there are some bright spots of progress if you know where to look.

A lower federal court on Wednesday imposed restrictions on deporting migrants to countries other than their own.

Direct air capture startup Spiritus was founded to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and bury it underground. Now, it’s pivoting to selling that CO2 to help extract oil, as the clean-tech indu...

Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.

Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Position Overview:  MIT Technology Review is looking for an ambitious beat reporter to join our award-winning team. We’re particularly interested in bolstering our AI and security coverage right now, ...

On the eve of a new book that promises to settle the debate about Thomas Jefferson, a Sally Hemings relative is raising alarms that its science hasn’t been vetted.

These young minds are advancing research and industry across energy, agriculture, and critical materials.

The governor has blocked efforts to harness distributed energy to rein in rising utility rates. Bills on his desk could reverse that trend — if he signs them.

Making deforestation look climate-friendly will encourage a lot more deforestation.

Airplanes, elevators and restaurants all have regulations to ensure their safe operation. Many experts argue for similar conventional measures for AI.

The video-first, twice weekly show from the creators of ‘Hard Fork’ will unpack the most consequential technology stories of our time for broadcast and digital audiences.

Weekly SRM roundup of research papers, web posts, events, jobs, projects, podcasts, videos and much more.

The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.

A pastor and his wife created a cryptocurrency and hawked it in Christian communities. When it came crashing down, investors lost millions―and they were accused of fraud.

Thousands of customers around Lake Tahoe could lose power this weekend as an early-season windstorm expected to hit the region raises the threat of fast-moving wildfires.

A new report from the nonprofit Reflective lays out the experiments needed to better understand our ability to dim the sun.

AI companies are making impressive mathematical strides. Human mathematicians are losing out.

What makes someone worthy of this list? We look for people under the age of 35 who are tackling important problems in creative ways and making real progress. We aim to feature engineers, researchers, ...

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The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

Hikers using AI chatbots to navigate Mount Shasta have gotten lost and confused. In one instance this week, a group of climbers relying on them to plan their trip had to be rescued.

In a new memoir, author Leah Stokes takes readers behind the scenes of U.S. democracy – and shows how people can still have an outsize impact by working together.

Solar geoengineering is an object of deep political contestation. Public responses to solar geoengineering technologies cannot be as easily explained by political ideology alone. Hypothesizing that...

The loss of 111,000 international students in the school year that has just begun will cost the United States US$3.4 billion and almost 40,000 job...

Researchers are starting to explore the tools and systems we need to develop to cool down the planet.