What do you want to dream about? Soon, you may be able to choose.
Dream engineering harnesses virtual reality and sensory cues — and could have helpful effects while we’re awake, too.
By Hannah Thomasy
Chickpeas are in peril. Gene editing could save them.
By Stav Dimitropoulos
The pandemic saved the fast food industry
By Kara Baskin
Biometrics will get sports fans back in stadiums
Facial recognition and fingerprint scans could become as common as hot dogs and beer.
By Kade Krichko
Your workouts could charge your smartwatch
New biofuel cell technology can use sweat — and maybe more — to power small electronics.
By Eoin O’Carroll
Energy justice is the next civil rights issue
By Erick Trickey
The Experience Playlist: Together
By Ceci Menchetti
Future Tense
The new life of a dying mall
By Erick Trickey
Is this the end of the eye chart?
By Megan Johnson
The future of urban commuting has one wheel
By Glenn McDonald
Home
Afraid your toaster is spying on you? Call on this digital gatekeeper.
A new kind of advocate AI could protect our privacy against smart devices' cameras and microphones.
By Glenn McDonald
As sea levels rise, a Dutch neighborhood floats up
By Stav Dimitropoulos
My lockdown smelled like lavender
By Alix Strauss
Soon we’ll be in crowds again. Are we ready?
Gathering again will be a joyous step in collective healing — and it may come more naturally than we think.
By Schuyler Velasco
Stories in Society
Mom and dad aren’t in the car, but they’re still watching
By Glenn McDonald
After COVID, will the flu make a comeback?
By Veronique Greenwood
We’re all moving in together
By Jenni Gritters
Getting out the vote — from out of town
By Schuyler Velasco
It looks like a saxophone but plays 512 notes — many you’ve never heard before
How a jazz musician created the Infinitone to challenge Western musical ideas.
By Tony Rehagen
Stories in Humans+Robots
One of Japan’s most beloved pop stars is a hologram
Hatsune Miku has released 100,000 songs — all created by her fans.
By Tony Rehagen
A quantum-computing app led me on an adventure in my own town
By Glenn McDonald
Try a Quiz
Your brain vs. artificial intelligence
To understand how AI works, you have to understand human cognition, and recognize the processes we take for granted.
What would you do? Take an immigrant’s journey.
Here are eight immigrant stories, told through composite characters but based on real laws and historically documented scenarios. Follow their paths, and see how you would respond to the choices they faced.
See how your choices add up for the climate
When planning a wedding, taking a trip, or hosting a dinner party, which trade-offs are you willing to make to reduce your carbon footprint?