In his new book, neuroscientist Steve Ramirez delves in the fast-growing field of memory manipulation, which is being explored as a treatment for depression and other mental health conditions.

Young children have a lot of trust in scientists, and watching superhero TV shows with villainous researchers has little ...

California-based tech company, 1X, is taking orders for the NEO home robot, which the company is billing as "the world's ...

Lab-grown seafood, a new treatment for Parkinson's disease and a kid-safe power saw are among the genius ideas from UC ...

The implant is a microelectronic chip placed under the retina. Using signals from a camera mounted on a pair of glasses, the ...

Computers make our lives easier… most of the time. But when they don’t, frustration, confusion, and comedy usually follow. These cartoons take a lighthearted look at our ongoing battle with technology ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there's a Monster Mash and you can meet the “Ghosts of Somerville,” visit the ThotBot, hear poet Phillis Wheatley, see the Cirque of the ...

Steven Lisberger's 1982 sci-fi classic 'Tron' was a major innovator in visual effects for its revolutionary use of computer-generated imagery (CGI).

The Trump Administration’s newly released Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Research and Development Budget Priorities and Cross-Cutting Actions memorandum represents a fundamental realignment of federal science ...

At the EmTech China 2025 Global Technology Summit last Friday, MIT Technology Review unveiled its annual list of the “50 Smartest Companies,” with Deepseek, Game Science, and Unitree Robotics earning ...

Some of Julie York’s high school computer science students are worried about what generative artificial intelligence will mean for future careers in the tech industry. If generative AI can code, then ...

Few diagnoses carry the devastating weight of dementia, which heralds loss, decline and inevitable death. The condition is the biggest killer in the UK, and cases are set to soar. “One in three people ...