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The big story How environmental DNA is giving scientists a new way to understand our world February 2024Environmental DNA is…

Tech companies have been funneling billions of dollars into quantum computers for years. The hope is that they’ll be a…

“What if you could say ‘Hey, add a flying unicorn here’? Literally, talk to the model. Or ‘Turn everything here…

Palmer Luckey has, in some ways, come full circle. His first experience with virtual-reality headsets was as a teenage lab…

It takes forest soil decades to recover after being compacted by heavy logging equipment. That’s why Roth has digitally mapped…

Nickel may not grow on trees—but there’s a chance it could someday be mined using plants. Many plants naturally soak…

Electric planes: The future of aviation? – CBS News Watch CBS News Correspondent David Pogue checks out advances being made…

For years, you’ve been able to watch cool-looking electric-plane videos on YouTube, created by some of the 300 companies who…

Editing human embryos is restricted in much of the world—and making an edited baby is fully illegal in most countries…

Keeping up with climate   For a look inside what it’s really like to drive a hydrogen car, this reporter rented…

1 Google will face a trial claiming that it misled Chrome users The lawsuit alleges that the browser collected user data…

Leaving aside meteorites that strike Earth’s surface and spacecraft that get flung out of its orbit, the quantity of materials…

Predictions abound on how the growing list of generative AI models will transform the way we work and organize our…

Less making and unmaking are also the solution—less making of what we do not need and more unmaking of harmful…

Happy birthday, baby. You have been born into an era of intelligent machines. They have watched over you almost since…