In 2021 we saw images from the depths of geological time, visionaries working on today’s most pressing issues, to a glimpse into a transhuman future.
In the machine that saved Moore’s LawCHRISTOPHER PAYNE
How technology could finally start telling farmers things they didn’t already knowLUCAS LEAF
The pandemic could turn public transport for the betterCHONA KASINGER
Why Covid-19 could finally usher in the age of healthcare based on patient data
She risked everything to expose Facebook. Now she’s telling her story.
The beauty of TikTok’s secret, surprising, and incredibly accurate recommendation algorithmsSIERRA & LENNY
“He put QR-coded wristbands on each of the chickens”
The next act for messenger RNA could be bigger than Covid vaccines
The world’s largest collection of malformed brainsADAM VOORHES & ROBIN FINLAY
MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators at 35 for 2021 : Kayla Lee
MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators at 35 for 2021 : Emma Pierson
Very close to the transhumanistsDAVID WINTINER
This collaboration between photographers and scientists shows the speed of climate changeIAN VAN COLLER
These drone photos show urban inequality around the worldJOHNNY MILLER
The factory where sweets get their colors
The factory where sweets get their colors
How to fix what the innovation economy ruined in AmericaNICK HAGEN