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1	Jul 7, '23	Covid-19 continues to cause infections, disease and death—and long covid.	49.4×	6.7M	11k	4.4k	844
2	Jun 7, '19	YouTube is deleting thousands of channels with videos of Nazi history. But now multiple teachers are complaining that videos uploaded to educate people have been deleted.	23.6×	0	11k	5.3k	212
3	Mar 7, '23	Exclusive: A geothermal startup showed its wells can be used like a giant underground battery. If these field results work at commercial scale, it could become cheaper and easier t	17.9×	2.4M	15k	5k	559
4	Apr 7, '23	The first images of the distant cosmos captured by the James Webb Space Telescope inspired a collective sense of awe and wonder. And this thing's just getting started.	17.6×	2.4M	14k	3.3k	393
5	Feb 2, '23	Goodbye pesticides, hello gene-edited insects?	16.3×	2.2M	3.4k	1.3k	227
6	Oct 23, '23	This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI	14.5×	2M	4.5k	1.2k	1.4k
7	May 3, '20	This new workplace monitoring tool issues an alert when anyone is less than six feet apart. Amazon is also using similar software to monitor the distances between their warehouse s	13.9×	0	2.4k	2.3k	155
8	Jun 2, '23	Tiny particles of plastic turn up in our drinking water, blood, and even regions of the Earth thought to be pristine—so it’s vital we learn what they’re doing to us.	13.4×	1.8M	6.9k	2.8k	463
9	Apr 22, '20	This new workplace monitoring tool issues an alert when anyone is less than six feet apart. Amazon is also using similar software to monitor the distances between their warehouse s	13.3×	0	2.6k	2k	303
10	May 9, '20	Millions of Indians are being forced to download the country’s coronavirus tracking app. It’s a line no other democracy has yet crossed in the fight against covid-19.	11.5×	0	5.8k	3.1k	130
11	Feb 2, '23	Let's bust some myths about mining and climate change.	10.7×	1.4M	1.9k	715	219
12	Jun 26, '23	EXCLUSIVE: People are using AI chatbots to fill junk websites with AI-generated text that attracts paying advertisers, according to a new report shared with MIT Technology Review.	10.7×	1.4M	1.6k	417	346
13	Feb 10, '20	A recently discovered fast radio burst turns out to be pulsing on a steady 16-day cycle, marking the first time scientists have been able to see a specific tempo from one of these	10.7×	0	6.3k	2.5k	231
14	Apr 17, '19	Look at the size of this absolute unit.	10.6×	0	11k	963	85
15	Apr 4, '23	After it invaded Ukraine, Russia saw a mass exodus of IT workers—at least 10% of its tech workforce left the country. The war supercharged the decline of Russia's already strugglin	10.4×	1.4M	8.2k	2.9k	253
16	Jul 14, '21	The problem is that solar panels generate lots of electricity in the middle of sunny days, frequently more than what’s required, driving down prices—sometimes even into negative te	9.8×	0	2k	312	485
17	Jun 7, '23	DeepMind’s run of discoveries in fundamental computer science continues.	8.9×	1.2M	1.2k	293	212
18	Aug 13, '23	By some estimates, nations may have to collectively pull down some 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year by midcentury to have a good shot at keeping the planet from warming bey	8.6×	1.2M	855	328	83
19	Apr 6, '23	Battery materials dot the ocean floor. Should we go get them?	8.5×	1.1M	2k	638	94
20	Apr 7, '23	Synthetic embryos made without eggs and sperm are looking increasingly like the real thing—raising thorny ethical questions.	7.8×	1.1M	3.6k	1.6k	415
21	Jan 25, '19	Boeing’s electric autonomous passenger air vehicle just had its first flight	7.7×	0	6.8k	1.2k	56
22	Jan 12, '23	Mass-market military drones, such as the Bayraktar TB2, have dramatically expanded the role of drones in warfare. Our reporters and editors named these types of drones to this year	7.5×	1M	824	200	30
23	Apr 13, '19	These researchers are forcing physicists to reconsider the nature and objectivity of reality. 🤯	7.1×	0	5.8k	970	295
24	Mar 31, '23	Exposomics is on the case.	7.0×	948k	2.4k	1k	169
25	Oct 7, '20	President Trump's antibody treatment was tested using cells originally collected from an abortion.	6.9×	0	3.6k	1.7k	86
26	Mar 7, '23	CRISPR is being tested in people, and a treatment using the gene-editing tool could be approved for sale this year.	6.9×	930k	2.7k	1.3k	310
27	Jan 21, '19	CERN wants to go super-sized.	6.8×	0	6.1k	884	55
28	Mar 31, '20	Watch our visualization to see how confirmed coronavirus cases in the US, Italy, and Spain have exploded in recent weeks.	6.6×	0	3.7k	1.7k	160
29	Jul 14, '21	🧵 A few lonely academics have been warning for years that solar power faces a fundamental challenge that could halt the industry’s breakneck growth. Simply put: the more solar you	5.6×	0	1.6k	408	594
30	Mar 3, '23	Discover the inside story of ChatGPT in this exclusive conversation with four of the people who helped build what has become the most popular internet app ever.	5.4×	729k	1.1k	368	336
31	Apr 14, '20	One Indian state is flattening the coronavirus curve through epic levels of contact tracing and social assistance. Here’s what the rest of the world can learn from this success sto	5.2×	0	2.7k	1.5k	92
32	May 1, '23	BREAKING: Hinton is leaving Google. He will be speaking at our AI event, EmTech Digital, on Wednesday, where he will give his first post-resignation interview.	5.2×	700k	1.8k	558	153
33	Jul 6, '23	Once a manufacturing hub, the city of Syracuse, New York is now one of the poorest in the US. A massive investment by chipmaker Micron has the potential to transform its economy. I	5.1×	693k	3.9k	971	106
34	Feb 20, '20	It’s the first time a political party anywhere has used a deepfake for campaigning purposes.	5.0×	0	2.5k	1.5k	82
35	Sep 9, '22	The field of immunology long thought sex differences didn’t matter. Research showing how and why male and female immune systems respond differently to the same therapies has challe	4.8×	0	2.7k	906	355
36	Sep 4, '20	This is a thread about how the world’s largest democracy shuts down its internet, the subject of our newest Deep Tech podcast episode. Hint: A 135-year-old law gives India the lega	4.4×	0	2.4k	1.2k	203
37	Apr 10, '19	Chinese scientists say they’ve created several monkeys with extra copies of a human gene suspected of playing a role in shaping human intelligence.	4.4×	0	3k	658	100
38	May 3, '23	The moon, private space travel, and the wider solar system will all have major missions over the next year.	4.3×	582k	2.3k	557	78
39	Apr 9, '19	Now Amazon plans to launch a massive constellation of more than 3,000 internet satellites	4.3×	0	3.7k	605	29
40	Apr 10, '19	After their brains were zapped with electricity, older people performed as good on memory tasks as 20-year-olds.	4.3×	0	2.9k	805	109
41	May 14, '21	Don't panic, “breakthrough infections” —in this case, of vaccinated people still getting covid—are entirely expected with any mass vaccine rollout. In fact, tracking them helps res	4.0×	0	1.7k	917	161
42	Jun 26, '23	"Forest bathing," or immersing oneself and relaxing in nature, has long been acclaimed for its supposed health benefits. Visiting a forest in VR might yield the same results.	3.9×	520k	1.7k	342	90
43	Jan 23, '23	The first images of the distant cosmos captured by the James Webb Space Telescope inspired a collective sense of awe and wonder. And this thing's just getting started.	3.8×	512k	1.7k	430	52
44	Mar 6, '23	The EU's big tech bill is coming to fruition. Here's what you need to know.	3.5×	477k	760	325	87
45	May 19, '23	Biotech companies are getting creative with how they deliver DNA fixes into people's bodies. This newly approved gene therapy, which treats a skin disease that causes chronic wound	3.3×	441k	2.7k	635	80
46	Sep 9, '19	India says its orbiter has spotted the Vikram lunar lander on the moon's surface and is now trying to make contact with it.	3.3×	0	2.7k	517	12
47	Sep 7, '20	Easy-to-make deepfake memes are showing up on Twitter, Instagram, and especially TikTok. So our photo editor decided to make one of one of our AI writers. The rapidly increasing ac	3.0×	0	2k	535	139
48	Jan 24, '19	Yes, the moon has oxygen, water, and helium-3, all of which can be used to create fuel and life support systems in space.	2.9×	0	2.2k	550	34
49	May 3, '23	“I think it’s quite conceivable that humanity is just a passing phase in the evolution of intelligence.” Geoffrey Hinton discussed his fears about the future of AI at #EmTechDigita	2.9×	385k	622	222	161
50	Aug 30, '21	What’s in the Afghan biometric databases left to the Taliban? Almost everything, according to the insiders @eileenguo and @noori1st spoke to for this story.	2.8×	0	975	757	207
51	Nov 30, '18	Take a trip into the magical, terrifying world of generative adversarial networks, or GANs. Read today's The Algorithm AI newsletter to go on this journey, guided by @_KarenHao.	2.8×	0	2.2k	437	105
52	Apr 16, '19	Luckily, an exact digital replica of the 850-year-old cathedral was captured in 2015. #NotreDameCathedralFire #NotreDame	2.7×	0	1.7k	677	33
53	Jan 23, '19	@ryansaavedra She isn't wrong.	2.7×	0	2.5k	330	16
54	Apr 7, '19	Hackers sent a Tesla Model S careening into the oncoming traffic lane.	2.6×	0	2.4k	275	29
55	Jul 26, '17	EXCLUSIVE: First known attempt to genetically modify human embryos in U.S. carried out in Portland, OR using CRISPR.	2.6×	0	764	843	2
56	Aug 16, '21	A new paper suggests Saturn’s core is more like a fluid than a solid, and makes up more of the planet’s interior than we thought.	2.5×	0	1.3k	395	124
57	May 25, '23	The idea is that the quantum computer will work alongside the best "classical" supercomputers to achieve new breakthroughs in things like drug discovery, fertilizer production, and	2.4×	324k	1.6k	481	82
58	Apr 4, '23	Large language models are full of security vulnerabilities, yet they’re being embedded into tech products on a vast scale.	2.4×	323k	1k	491	144
59	Jan 24, '21	Covid-19 immunity likely lasts for years, according to a new study. That should alleviate fears that the covid-19 vaccine would require repeated booster shoots.	2.4×	0	1.3k	566	91
60	Jun 15, '23	Chancey Fleet dreams of a day when checking out a street map, perusing tattoo designs, or making a seating chart are just as convenient and commonplace for blind folks as for sight	2.4×	317k	844	170	19
61	Apr 3, '23	It's ridiculously easy to misuse AI chatbots like ChatGPT as phishing or scamming tools. That's a problem.	2.2×	293k	796	381	80
62	Apr 10, '19	This is our first ever picture of a black hole, allowing us to see something previously thought to be invisible. #EHTblackhole	2.2×	0	1.1k	607	14
63	Nov 30, '18	Sunday's ride-sharing mission is dedicated to the little guys. by @erinwinick	2.1×	0	2.1k	218	9
64	Aug 12, '21	THREAD: The 2020 Census data release is today—and mathematicians have been preparing by sharpening new algorithms that detect and counter any gerrymandering that might come out of	2.1×	0	990	507	109
65	Jan 13, '19	Without being told, this AI algorithm had somehow grasped certain unspoken truths about the world.	2.0×	0	1.4k	442	69
66	Apr 14, '23	In an attempt to protect its forests and famous wildlife, Virunga has become the first national park to run a Bitcoin mine. But some are wondering what crypto has to do with conser	⚡ 1.9×	2.2M	1k	340	101
67	Aug 30, '20	An Israeli company’s phone hacking tech has been used to break into at least 4,000 phones of Hong Kong citizens under the city’s new National Security Law. Human rights lawyers, wo	1.9×	0	744	748	5
68	Feb 26, '20	Every year, we pick 10 recent technological breakthroughs that we predict will have a big impact in the years to come. We're proud to release this year’s list of the technologies t	1.8×	0	864	490	93
69	Aug 26, '20	An Israeli company’s phone hacking tech has been used to break into at least 4,000 phones of Hong Kong citizens under the city’s new National Security Law. Human rights lawyers, wo	1.8×	0	719	699	3
70	Dec 25, '19	China's censors are turning their attention to the rest of the world.	1.7×	0	696	657	8
71	Jan 8, '21	“Buddhism proposes a way of thinking about ethics based on the assumption that all sentient beings want to avoid pain … The implication of this teaching for artificial intelligence	1.7×	0	1.3k	223	131
72	Apr 1, '20	Watch our visualization to see how confirmed coronavirus cases in the US, Italy, and Spain have exploded in recent weeks.	1.7×	0	899	462	50
73	Mar 31, '20	Watch our visualization to see how confirmed coronavirus cases in the US, Italy, and Spain have exploded in recent weeks.	1.7×	0	863	448	50
74	Jan 8, '21	Covid-19 immunity likely lasts for years, according to a new study. That should alleviate fears that the covid-19 vaccine would require repeated booster shoots.	1.7×	0	744	388	72
75	Dec 28, '18	Where things actually stand with the artificial intelligence boom, in 9 charts	1.6×	0	1k	380	54
76	Mar 19, '20	It would be a mistake to assume that the coronavirus will meaningfully reduce the dangers of climate change.	1.6×	0	931	385	61
77	Jul 5, '23	Exclusive: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has written for us today about how AI is going to revolutionize every single bit of science—and why that's something to be excited about.	1.6×	212k	938	273	184
78	May 3, '23	Some of this year's Innovators Under 35 are making it possible for familiar materials like glass and steel to have completely new properties.	⚡ 1.6×	2M	991	306	108
79	Mar 12, '19	A quantum experiment suggests there’s no such thing as objective reality	1.5×	0	693	330	51
80	May 31, '23	Longevity enthusiasts want to create an independent state that allows people to experiment with anti-aging drugs outside of a regulatory environment.	1.5×	208k	740	262	60
81	Apr 16, '19	The fact that Notre Dame Cathedral’s interior and exterior have been digitally 3D-mapped means the iconic building could be restored to its former glory. #NotreDameCathedralFire	1.5×	0	981	361	13
82	Jun 30, '23	Scientists are engineering microbes to make healthier compounds with the hope they’ll help treat disease and save the planet.	1.5×	204k	1k	286	51
83	Mar 8, '23	Can anti-aging breakthroughs add 10 healthy years to the human lifespan? Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is paying $180 million to find out.	1.5×	201k	952	299	61
84	Sep 10, '20	Easy-to-make deepfake memes are showing up on Twitter, Instagram, and especially TikTok. So our photo editor decided to make one of one of our AI writers. The rapidly increasing ac	1.5×	0	786	385	52
85	Jan 26, '23	ChatGPT came up with some boring (and potentially risky) training plans, so don't take its fitness advice too seriously.	1.4×	191k	691	185	40
86	Apr 6, '19	There’s probably another planet in our solar system	1.4×	0	908	282	27
87	Mar 14, '20	Singapore is the model for how to handle the coronavirus (and the response in the US has essentially been the opposite).	1.4×	0	768	345	59
88	Apr 6, '23	New: Embryos made from stem cells, rather than an egg and sperm, appear to generate a short-lived pregnancy-like response in monkeys.	1.4×	183k	788	257	50
89	Jan 9, '23	This technique could speed up the process of training AI to generate audio.	1.3×	180k	636	216	68
90	Apr 3, '23	AI is already being used in the legal field. Is it really ready to be a lawyer?	1.3×	180k	632	223	55
91	Mar 4, '21	Even though the Starship prototype blew up, SpaceX is definitely closer to its goal.	1.2×	0	942	202	19
92	Mar 23, '20	A database with over 24,000 research papers related to the coronavirus pandemic is now live. The database not only helps scientists consolidate existing research but also makes the	1.2×	0	665	329	38
93	Sep 21, '21	.@IOHK_Charles, a thought leader on decentralized digital currencies and contracts, on how these technologies are changing the fundamental rules of business.	1.1×	0	902	174	6
94	Apr 6, '23	AI will be in the classroom one way or another. It’s vital that we get it right.	1.1×	149k	649	189	53
95	Jun 4, '19	This robot spent the equivalent of a hundred years learning how to manipulate a cube in its hand.	1.0×	0	732	208	8
96	Jan 30, '23	A group of over 1,000 AI researchers created a multilingual large language model bigger than GPT-3—and they’re giving it out for free.	1.0×	135k	749	238	229
97	Jun 1, '23	The International Energy Agency just released its annual investment report. Here’s where the money is going.	0.9×	126k	1k	367	29
98	Dec 6, '18	The history of the Earth, to the rhythm of the Milankovitch cycles #physics (Sponsored content via @bbvaOpenMind )	0.9×	0	754	135	15
99	Jun 6, '21	A blind man can perceive objects after a gene from algae was added to his eye.	0.8×	0	682	111	37
100	Nov 19, '24	We're on those other social media platforms, too. 🟦☁️: 🧵:	0.8×	111k	98	146	21
101	Sep 28, '21	This is live! #EmTechMIT	0.8×	0	769	95	3

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