The New New

As marijuana becomes legal across the U.S., small growers will need to innovate to survive

Half of kids get phones before they’re 12. We need better options.

Companies spent billions crafting powerful stories around their consumer products. Then came Alexa.

Self-destructing tweets highlight how the internet has failed us

‘Food porn’ has more of an impact than you realize

The next generation of phones will have to feel a lot more special to get me to spend another dime on a new one

Researchers in Australia are using autonomous technology to combat a notoriously hard-to-kill pest

The five latest swindles — and how to avoid them

Each year brings new additions outdated tech can barely support

Is this misery normal, and for that matter, inevitable?

Elevated radiation could cause higher mutation rates, speeding up the evolutionary process on the red planet

Innovation has its drawbacks

Ivan Cash cleverly critiques large corporations — and they love him for it

We’re finally close to charging without any cords

Most social robots today are white, feminine, and subservient. But a few are bucking the trend.

British cosmologist Martin Rees argues that new technologies can save us — as long as they don’t destroy us first

From turning pigs into organ donors to changing the color of flowers, the future of gene-editing tech is wacky and wonderful

The dark future of neighborhood watch has arrived

Companions in life, sex dolls can become embarrassing detritus when we die

Welcome to the Sci-Fi industrial complex

But is Smartwater CSI Just ‘Scientific Hogwash’?