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Linking brains to machines has gone from science fiction to reality in the past two decades. When patient T5 suffered a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed, his dream of flying a drone seemed forever out of reach. Now, thanks to a brain implant, he’s experienced the thrill in a simulation.

These were our favorite articles in science and tech this week. OpenAI Has Created an AI Model for Longevity Science Antonio Regalado | MIT Technology Review “When you think of AI’s contributions to science, you probably think of AlphaFold, the Google DeepMind protein-folding program that earned

The bot does acrobatic double flips faster than a fruit fly and stays aloft 100 times longer than other robots. Rapid declines in insect populations are leading to concerns that the pollination of important crops could soon come under threat. Tiny flying robots designed by MIT researchers could one

It’s accurate and nearly as fast as expert human interpreters. The dream of a universal AI interpreter just got a bit closer. This week, tech giant Meta released a new AI that can almost instantaneously translate speech in 101 languages as soon as the words tumble out of your mouth. AI translators

Medog Hydropower Station, as it will be called, will blow other hydropower dams out of the water. China’s electricity use over the last 30 years is a hockey-stick curve, climbing steeply as the country industrialized, built dozens of mega-cities, and became the world’s manufacturing center. Though