Technology

3 Biotech Stocks to Jumpstart Your Portfolio Gains

March 14, 2024
The biotech industry is poised for robust growth due to increasing demand for personalized treatments, rising prevalence of chronic diseases, heightened investments in R&D, and advancements in technology. Therefore, investors…

Why methane emissions are still a mystery

March 14, 2024
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. If you follow papers in climate and energy for long enough, you’re bound to recognize some patterns.  There are a few things I’ll basically always see when I’m sifting through the latest…

Decarbonizing production of energy is a quick win 

March 14, 2024
Debate around the pace and nature of decarbonization continues to dominate the global news agenda, from the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change warning that the EU must double annual emissions cuts, to forecasts that it could cost more than $1 trillion to decarbonize the global shipping industry. Despite differing opinions on the right…

Methane leaks in the US are worse than we thought

March 13, 2024
Methane emissions in the US are worse than scientists previously estimated, a new study has found. The study, published today in Nature, represents one of the most comprehensive surveys yet of methane emissions from US oil- and gas-producing regions. Using measurements taken from planes, the researchers found that emissions from many of the targeted areas…

An AI that can play Goat Simulator is a step towards more useful AI

March 13, 2024
Fly, goat, fly! A new AI agent from Google DeepMind can play different games, including ones it has never seen before such as Goat Simulator 3, a fun action game with exaggerated physics. Researchers were able to get it to follow text commands to play seven different games and move around in three different 3D…

The Download: what social media can teach us about AI

March 13, 2024
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Let’s not make the same mistakes with AI that we made with social media —Nathan E. Sanders is a data scientist and an affiliate with the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University. Bruce…