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This international surveillance project aims to protect wheat from deadly diseases

December 26, 2024
When Dave Hodson walked through wheat fields in Ethiopia in 2010, it seemed as if everything had been painted yellow. A rust fungus was in the process of infecting about one-third of the country’s wheat, and winds had carried its spores far and wide, coating everything in their path. “The fields were completely yellow. You’d…

These stunning images trace ships’ routes as they move

December 25, 2024
As we run, drive, bike, and fly, we leave behind telltale marks of our movements on Earth—if you know where to look. Physical tracks, thermal signatures, and chemical traces can reveal where we’ve been. But another type of trail we leave comes from the radio signals emitted by the cars, planes, trains, and boats we…

Revisiting a year of Roundtables, MIT Technology Review’s subscriber-only events

December 25, 2024
The worst technologies of 2024. The future of mixed reality. AI’s impact on the climate. These are just a few of the topics we covered this year in MIT Technology Review’s monthly event series, Roundtables.  The series offers a unique opportunity to hear straight from our reporters and editors about what’s next for emerging technologies.…