The World as You'll Know It
Newsletter / Issue No. 39
Death by A Thousand Cuts: The US Science Brain Drain
Federal cuts to funding for scientific research have sparked a job-hunting spree among US researchers, but a massive talent exodus doesn’t yet look likely. Experts worry that longer-term harm will come from the impact of fewer people entering the profession and the narrowing of the kind of research that’s pursued.
Plus
Is Open AI's GPT-5 a dud, or an unflashy but critical step forward? • We might soon be able to grow new teeth from scratch, making dentures obsolete. • And would more problems be solved or created if AI makes the world's economic growth explode?
Technology / Feature
A $10-Billion Plan to Sell Africa's Wind and Sun to Countries 7,000 Miles Away
A deep look at how green hydrogen could capitalize on remote areas of renewable resources and redraw the world's energy map.
Artificial Intelligence / Feature
One Company's Decision to Put AI Into the Ground
What does it mean to adopt AI? For John Deere it meant hundreds of millions of dollars, a new corporate culture and forever changing the relationship between a farmer and the land.
By Gideon Lewis-Kraus
Podcast / Podcast
A Podcast Series about the Future of Aging
Podcast / Podcast
A Podcast Series about the Future of Aging
Robotics / Feature
Small, Flexible and Sometimes Weird. The Next Generation of Robots is Here.
By Clive Thompson
Robotics / Feature
Small, Flexible and Sometimes Weird. The Next Generation of Robots is Here.
By Clive Thompson
Robotics / Timeline
13 Milestones in the History of Robots
People have been making machines that replicate human abilities for centuries. These are the breakthroughs that got robots to where they are today. Photo: NMAH
By Clive Thompson
Robotics / Feature
Robots' final frontier? Taking care of us.
To understand how far robots are from replacing humans, just look at the everyday task of using a fork.
By Clive Thompson