A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

History shows we often dismiss what we don’t yet understand. Here’s why stigmatizing today’s uncomfortable questions may be holding humanity back.

Clean energy investment reached a record $2.2 trillion globally in 2025, with renewables meeting all new electricity demand in the first three quarters.

Everyday life is full of small behaviors we treat as moral choices, scientific truths, or acts of civic virtue—often without ...

It will surprise absolutely no-one that the common themes among this year’s Summer Reading recommendations are artificial intelligence and geopolitical risk, with a sprinkling of re-industrialisation.

Immense progress in gene-editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025.

In July 2025, Mathura Sridharan ’18 became Ohio Solicitor General, just a year after she helped secure a notable ...

A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science. By Aatish Bhatia, Amy Fan, Jonah Smith and Irena Hwang In the past decade, the National Institutes of Health ...

This week, Richard Waters, FT columnist and former West Coast editor, talks with MIT Technology Review’s editor at large David Rotman about the true impact of AI on the job market. Welcome back to The ...

NORTH ANDOVER — The wild turkey chick, maybe a week or two old, came hand-delivered to the Andover Police Department in June. Someone found it on the streets of Boston and gave it to a woman headed ...