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The Download: cutting AC emissions, and nature’s drug designer

The Download: cutting AC emissions, and nature’s drug designer

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These new solid-state ACs promise a cool future. Scientists aren’t so sure. After three years of record-­breaking heat and another scorcher underway,...

The Download: “reprogramming” aging, and the hidden sense of interoception

The Download: “reprogramming” aging, and the hidden sense of interoception

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now Earlier this week, Life Biosciences, a biotech company focused on reversing...

Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now

Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now

Earlier this week, Life Biosciences, a biotech company focused on reversing age-related diseases, announced that it had dosed its first volunteer. A person with glaucoma has had an experimental treatment injected straight into their eyeball. The idea is to try to treat the disease—which can cause...

The “steroid olympics” were a circus—and a window into our culture

The “steroid olympics” were a circus—and a window into our culture

Testosterone. Methenolone. Nandrolone. Human growth hormone and EPO. Meldonium, modafinil, and mixed amphetamine salts. Clomiphene, anastrozole, levothyroxine, and liothyronine. Patches and capsules, creams and pills. A whole galaxy of steroids, metabolic modulators, and synthetic hormones coursing...

The Download: AI hacking beyond Mythos, and chatbots’ impact on our brains

The Download: AI hacking beyond Mythos, and chatbots’ impact on our brains

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The Meta hack shows there’s more to AI security than Mythos On Monday, reports emerged that attackers had used Meta’s AI customer support agent to...

Are AI chatbots making us lose control of our brains?

Are AI chatbots making us lose control of our brains?

This week I’ve been at SXSW London. There’s been music, film, and a lot—and I mean a lot—of talk about AI. I also had the opportunity to sit down with Gloria Mark, a psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, who has spent the last 30 years studying how people interact with digital...

The deadly Ebola outbreak is proving difficult to control

The deadly Ebola outbreak is proving difficult to control

The alert was raised on May 5. Four health-care workers in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo had died from an unknown illness within four days. Rapid response teams were sent to investigate, and tests at a research center in Kinshasa revealed the culprit: the Bundibugyo...

The Download: coding’s future, the ‘Steroid Olympics,’ and AI-driven science

The Download: coding’s future, the ‘Steroid Olympics,’ and AI-driven science

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Anthropic’s Code with Claude showed off coding’s future—whether you like it or not At Anthropic’s developer event in London this week, Code with...

The Download: fully artificial chicken eggs and why Musk lost

The Download: fully artificial chicken eggs and why Musk lost

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Colossal Biosciences is growing chickens in a 3D-printed artificial eggshell The baby chicks were shifting and starting to pip—or trying to hatch....

Colossal Biosciences is growing chickens in a 3D-printed container

Colossal Biosciences is growing chickens in a 3D-printed container

The baby chicks were shifting and starting to pip—or trying to hatch. But not from an egg.  Instead, these chickens were growing inside transparent 3D-printed plastic cups at the Dallas headquarters of Colossal Biosciences. The biotech company today claimed it has developed a “fully artificial...

The world is on track to miss its health targets

The world is on track to miss its health targets

Every year the World Health Organization publishes a global health statistics report. It features the numbers behind world health trends and, importantly, assesses whether we’re on track to reach ambitious goals set in 2015. It’s a bit like a health grade. The 2026 report was published on...

The Download: AI malaise and babymaking tech

The Download: AI malaise and babymaking tech

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. We’ve entered the era of AI malaise AI is spreading everywhere, and it is not going away. But what will it do? What effect will it have on our...