Michael Reilly

Though we’ve called it the “Change” issue, this edition of the magazine is really about two things: reflection and empowerment. For far too many of us, the pandemic has been a study in feeling powerless, and we’ve had little time to reflect as we focus on keeping ourselves and our loved ones safe, …

An accidental discovery brought the initial attack—as well as a feared second wave—grinding to a halt.

Twitter is struggling to grow, its executives are leaving in droves, and now Facebook looks to be muscling in on its turf.

If you’ve ever watched “Shark Week,” you know those weird fish stuck just below sharks’ gaping maws—well, now there’s a robotic version of those little guys. Researchers led by Li Wen at Beihang University in China have built a robot based on the slender sharksucker (yep, that’s its name). The the s…

Slashing prices for people using online transactions is meant to speed up what has been a messy transition away from paper currency.

A new study argues that mining people’s searches could help catch cancer sooner, providing a tantalizing glimpse of how our online habits might be used to improve health.

There’s a race on, of sorts, between two very different methods of curtailing our addiction to animal flesh.

The blood-testing startup adds a flubbed test for the Zika virus to its rap sheet.

Authorities have asked Amazon to turn over data from a suspect’s Echo, raising thorny privacy questions.

The search giant wants to know how online ads translate into offline sales, but says it is taking steps to ensure users’ privacy isn’t breached.

The Trump administration suddenly seems eager to welcome firms that want to build wind farms off the East Coast of the U.S.

As governor, Bush signed a bill that set the state on a path to becoming a leader in generating carbon-free electricity.

The next generation of high-speed Internet is likely to cut the cord.

The social media platform had become one of the largest gun markets in the world, but will now disallow unlicensed gun sales.

Climate change is one of President Obama’s signature issues. But how has he fared over his seven years in office?

In the next industrial revolution, will we manufacture goods, or will they construct themselves? architect and computer scientist Skylar Tibbits talks...