Articles by Technology Review from November 2015

A climate scientist argues that it should no longer be acceptable to dump carbon dioxide in the sky.Many years ago, I protested at the gates of a nuclear power plant. For a long time, I believed it wo...

Take some of the stress out of holiday shopping with our guide to some of the coolest tech gifts you can buy (even if youre feeling cheap).For many of us, the holiday season means fun parties, eggnog,...

A global meeting in Washington, D.C., isnt just about whether or not we should alter our species with gene editing. Its about how we can pull it off.How would you engineer a baby? I mean really, actua...

A global meeting in Washington, D.C., isnt just about whether or not we should alter our species with gene editing. Its about how we can pull it off.How would you engineer a baby? I mean really, actua...

Designers of a selfish gene able to spread among mosquitoes say it could wipe out malaria, but the scientific community is at odds over whether or not we should do it.The students in Anthony Jamess ba...

New funding methods claim to democratize investment in innovation, but important technologies still struggle.Today there are more ways to fund a new company than everfrom crowdfunding platforms to ear...

New funding methods claim to democratize investment in innovation, but important technologies still struggle.Today there are more ways to fund a new company than everfrom crowdfunding platforms to ear...

Chinas first-generation Internet entrepreneurs are now venture investors in the next generation, placing big, sometimes risky bets on early-stage startups.In 1999, when Chinas per capita income was ju...

A prominent Silicon Valley VC argues that tech startups are overvalued, profits are underrated, and a bust is coming.Since last year, Bill Gurleya partner at the venture capital firm Benchmark, known ...

Heading into the latest round of international climate negotiations, renewed optimism around country emissions pledges is clouded by still-gloomy warming forecasts.With diplomats and policymakers set ...

Startup Pavegen has already installed floor tiles to harness the power of footsteps; now it wants to put that technology inside your shoes.Children have been harnessing energy from their steps ever si...

Even as computer models grow more powerful and more precise, they remain uncertain as to regional effects.Writing in Science last week, a group of researchers headed by Jeremie Mouginot of the Univers...

It may take hours for a robot to figure out how to grasp a new object. But hundreds of robots could accelerate the process by sharing knowledge.Grabbing a pen or pair of sunglasses might be effortless...

A new biocompatible device will make it easier for researchers to determine the neurological basis of pain.Chronic pain is often tough to understand, much less treat. But a new flexible, implantable e...

Wladimir Palant, Adblock Plus, and the (profitable) war against unacceptable ads.The very foundation of the free Web is at risk, and Wladimir Palant is partly to blame. Now he thinks he can fix it....

A smartphone may be able to measure your heart and breathing rates, even if youre not directly touching it, researchers say.If youre tired of wearable fitness trackers fighting for space on your wrist...

A smartphone may be able to measure your heart and breathing rates, even if youre not directly touching it, researchers say.If youre tired of wearable fitness trackers fighting for space on your wrist...

Researchers in Germany have developed technology for an armband that lets you feel impact from virtual interactions.Imagine playing a virtual-reality boxing game, complete with a menacing opponent aim...

A shelf-scanning bot called Tally will help make sure everything is in its place in supermarkets and other retail outlets.When customers cant find a product on a shelf its an inconvenience. But by som...

There are four northern white rhinoceroses left in the world. Will a 360-degree documentary help us preserve them?In the basement of the San Diego Zoos laboratory complex sits a four-foot-tall, liquid...

How one of the inventors of brain-computer interfaces ended up getting one himself.Phil Kennedy no longer saw any other way to get the data. That was how one day he came to lie blissfully unconscious ...

Instead of being programmed, a robot uses brain-inspired algorithms to imagine doing tasks before trying them in the real world.Like many toddlers, Darwin sometimes looks a bit unsteady on its feet. B...

A biotechnology company says it will test advanced gene-engineering methods to treat blindness.The biotechnology startup Editas Medicine intends to begin tests of a powerful new form of gene-repair in...

Sepsis affects more than a million people every year in the U.S. alone, and diagnosis can take five days. A new tool cuts the time to five hours.Hospitals are beginning to use a new, more potent weapo...

Smartphones have sidelined digital cameras and other special-purpose devices. Now Google thinks mobile phones will shove virtual-reality headsets like the Oculus Rift into the shadows, too.The bright ...

Nobel laureate Robert Shiller sees economic benefits to todays technology-driven economy, but worries that automation poses the challenge of our time.Nobel-winning economist Robert Shiller is famous f...