Scientists have pushed back LUCA’s origin by hundreds of millions of years.

About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as “the hobbit” thanks to its small stature). The cause of its disappearance, after more ...

In the heart of Michigan’s southern tier sits a time capsule disguised as a simple white building with green trim – the Coldwater Antique Mall, where yesterday’s discards become today’s discoveries ...

Here’s how pinning a utopian vision for AI on LLMs kicked off the hype cycle that’s causing fears of a bubble today.

Well, 2025 has been a year of reckoning. This story is part of MIT Technology Review’s Hype Correction package, a series that ...

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...