The genetic treatment targeted a particular kind of congenital deafness and will soon be tried in children who are younger.

A.I. tools like ChatGPT did not boost the frequency of cheating in high schools, Stanford researchers say.

After staving off collapse by cutting costs, many young tech companies are out of options, fueling a cash bonfire.

A nationwide shortage of controllers has resulted in an exhausted and demoralized work force that is increasingly prone to making dangerous mistakes.

No talking. No podcasts. No music. Just some time alone with your thoughts.

A team of scientists at NTU has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery, paving the way to possible improved therapies in future.

Who are they and how do they scam us?

What even is the business of the S&P 500, and how does it make so much money?

Six techniques to energize you when you feel sluggish and relax you when you feel stressed. Feel the transformation in 15 minutes or less.

Ten models that exist only in the digital realm have made it to the finals of what's being billed as the world's first beauty pageant involving AI.

Forget names like "Dumbo"—wild elephants appear to have their own unique names that other elephants use while talking to them in low rumbles.

Why do we have leap years, and what are we supposed to do — or not do — with our rare extra day? NPR's Morning Edition spoke with experts in astronomy, history and economics to find out.

A major investigation that involved taking apart salvaged Tesla FSD computers and hacking their chips to extract raw Autopilot data reveals how questionable self-driving system decisions can lead to deadly accidents.

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The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.

Far from making America great again, the Trump regime’s climate denial could enable China to assume the mantle of global economic leadership — a devastating blow to democracy.

It’s only once we’ve re-enchanted ourselves with the possibilities of our own dreams that we can begin to build a better society.

Neoliberals long preached that markets and technology reinforce each other, enabling both to progress. In reality, when one develops, the other tends to stagnate.

What happens when sprawling online communities fracture into politically homogenous, self-governing communities?

Donald Trump’s abandonment of honest economic statistics highlights what’s been true for a while: The way we measure economic activity has long been inadequate for modern political challenges.

How do we reconcile an increasingly fractured order with an increasingly planetary reality?

Today’s most advanced AI models have many flaws, but decades from now, they will be recognized as the first true examples of artificial general intelligence.

Digital twins offer humankind the ability to command virtual replicas of forests, oil fields, cities, supply chains — and even, maybe one day, our very bodies.

This time it arrived right on schedule.

There are many reasons some tech companies and figures are now supporting Trump.

Between new technology and low fertility, our existence as a species is not going to be the same.

Someone has to stop the Mad King.