Two years ago, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a legal decision that protected the right to abortion. Since then, abortion bans have been enacted in multiple states, and millions of ...

His return to the White House puts the world’s second-largest climate polluter on an emissions trajectory we can’t afford.

Researchers are working on technology that could follow NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and hunt for life in the ocean of ...

Seven states are set to implement laws supporting abortion access, but the future of reproductive rights in the US is unclear ...

Donald Trump’s decisive victory is a stunning setback for the fight against climate change. The Republican president-elect’s ...

Rapid advances in applying artificial intelligence to simulations in physics and chemistry have some people questioning whether we will even need quantum computers at all. Tech companies have been ...

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The US, which is currently the world’s second-largest greenhouse-gas emitter and has added more climate pollution to the atmosphere than any other nation, is now very unlikely to hit Biden’s 2030 goal ...

D barcodes enable traceability and authentication for modern commerce, but they require strong data foundations, from supplier to consumer.

Jennifer Doudna, one of the inventors of the breakthrough gene-editing tool CRISPR, says the technology will help the world ...

Jennifer Doudna, the co-developer of CRISPR, says there’s a “coming revolution” in climate-adapted crops and animals. Jennifer Doudna, one of the inventors of the breakthrough gene-editing ...

They might not make you beautiful, but research suggests exosomes might help us diagnose and treat diseases. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech ...