Technology

A small design flaw in the medals for the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina turned a durability promise into a very public stress test

As Anthropic releases its most autonomous agents yet, a mounting clash with the military reveals the impossible choice between global scaling and a “safety first” ethos

A Microsoft Research study suggests glass blocks etched with lasers could provide enduring data archives

A new Brooklyn, N.Y. high-rise sits atop 320 geothermal boreholes. It’s a feat of waterfront engineering—and one blueprint for decarbonizing the North American skyline

How AI‑powered “smart home” technologies could improve safety and ease caregiver burden for people with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia

Veteran teacher Jen Roberts explains why generative tools are more than just a platform for cheating—they’re a way to make classrooms fairer and more human

When a patient shared the story of her sister’s death, an AI captured the clinical details—freeing physician Christopher Sharp to just be present

Gabriel Gomes built an agent that turns plain English into physical experiments, enabling research that humans alone could never sustain

From the exam room to the classroom, artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool—it's infrastructure. An introduction to our special report on life in the age of AI.

Digital forensics pioneer Hany Farid explains what it will take to rebuild trust in the deepfake era

When alerts misfire or can’t explain themselves, nurses still carry the risk

Joseph McMullen uses AI to sort through terabytes of evidence, freeing him to focus on what the machines can’t find: the human story