The Best of CES 2022

These are the products, prototypes, and ideas that did the best job of signaling the future at this year’s consumer tech showcase.

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CES 2022 Liveblog: Even More Gadgets From Tech’s Big Show

Day three of CES is underway in Las Vegas as more ebikes, drones, and metaverse machines roll out onto the (virtual) stage.

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Natural History, Not Technology, Will Dictate Our Destiny

Humans—convinced of our own power and control—tend to ignore the laws of nature. But that is a mistake.

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How Explosives, a Robot, and a Sled Expose a Doomsday Glacier

Thwaites Glacier is crumbling, and fast—if it melts entirely, it could add 10 feet to sea levels. Now Antarctic scientists are racing to survey the damage.

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This Is the Year of the Shadow Pandemic

The long-tail consequences of fighting Covid-19 must be mitigated—in education, women’s rights, climate, and more.

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CES 2022 Liveblog: The Gadgets Keep Coming at Tech’s Big Show

Day two of CES is underway in Las Vegas as more headphones, smartwatches, and wacky concept EVs roll out onto the (virtual) stage.

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How Do You Practice Responsible Astrology?

For millennia, rulers and ordinary people alike have used the method to predict the future. Translating celestial movements requires great care—and compassion.

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How Do You Design a Better Hospital? Start With the Light

A new trend in patient-centered design focuses on making environments more comfortable and less scary.

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Hackers Are Exploiting a Flaw Microsoft Fixed 9 Years Ago

Unless you go out of your way to install the patch, your system could be exposed.

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The Best Apps for Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolutions

New year, new chance to get off the emotional roller coaster of the past two years.

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To Study the Next Earth, NASA May Need to Throw Some Shade

The agency wants to hunt exoplanets, so it’s designing star shades and coronagraphs that block out starlight and give telescopes a clear view.

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The End of BlackBerry Phones Is Finally, Truly Here

The company is pulling support for its devices, meaning that at some point they will no longer be able to connect to cellular networks.

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The Global Economy Ignores Developing Nations at Its Own Peril

Rebooting after two years of the pandemic is difficult—but leaving emerging economies behind only makes things worse.

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Gravity Could Solve Clean Energy’s One Major Drawback

Finding green energy when the winds are calm and the skies are cloudy has been a challenge. Storing it in giant concrete blocks could be the answer.

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The Danger of Leaving Weather Prediction to AI

When it comes to forecasting the elements, many seem ready to welcome the machine. But humans still outperform the algorithms—especially in bad conditions.

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The Best Movies You Missed in 2021—and Where to Stream Them

From Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar to Test Pattern, now is the perfect time to catch up on these indie darlings you probably didn't see last year.

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Wildfires Are Digging Carbon-Spewing Holes in the Arctic

Soaring temperatures are rapidly thawing permafrost, leading to huge sinkholes called thermokarst. Northern fires are making the situation even worse.

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To Fight Climate Change, First You Need to Measure It

Scientists at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory are using monitoring equipment to track our impact on the planet more accurately than ever before.

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The Creepy TikTok Algorithm Doesn’t Know You

The uncanny, addictive AI has turned math into a mystical force—and flattened humanity into a series of codes.

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At the Dawn of Life, Heat May Have Driven Cell Division

A mathematical model shows how a thermodynamic mechanism could have made protocells split in two.

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