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MIT Technology Review Narrated

MIT Technology Review

Welcome to MIT Technology Review Narrated, the home for the very best of our journalism in audio. Each week we will share one of our most ambitious stories, from print and online, narrated for us by real voice actors. Expect big themes, thought-provoking topics, and sharp analysis, all backed by our trusted reporting.

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All Episodes

24:41

Exosomes are touted as a trendy cure-all. We don’t...

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/04/09

People are spending thousands of dollars on unproven exosome therapies for hair loss, skin aging, and acne, as well as more serious conditions like long covid and Alzheimer’s.This story was written by Jessica Hamzelou and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.

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27:16

The quest to figure out farming on Mars

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/04/02

If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way.This story was written by David W. Brown and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.

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28:00

How tracking animal movement may save the planet

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/03/26

Researchers have been dreaming of an Internet of Animals. They’re getting closer to monitoring 100,000 creatures—and revealing hidden facets of our shared world.This story was written by Matthew Ponsford and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.

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28:18

Happy birthday, baby! What the future holds for those...

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/03/19

An intelligent digital agent could be a companion for life—and other predictions for the next 125 years.This story was written by Kara Platoni and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.

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30:58

How the Ukraine-Russia war is reshaping the tech...

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/03/12

Startups in Latvia and other nearby countries see the mobilization of Ukraine as a warning and as inspiration. They are now changing consumer products—from scooters to recreational drones—for use on the battlefield. This story was written by Peter Guest and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.

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11:22

AI search could break the web

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/03/05

At its best, AI search can better infer a user’s intent, amplify quality content, and synthesize information from diverse sources. But if AI search becomes our primary portal to the web, it threatens to disrupt an already precarious digital economy. Today, the production of content online depends on a fragile set of incentives tied to virtual foot traffic: ads, subscriptions, donations, sales, or brand exposure. By shielding the web behind an all-knowing chatbot, AI search could deprive creators of

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39:06

The messy quest to replace drugs with electricity

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/02/26

“Electroceuticals” promised the post-pharma future for medicine. But the exclusive focus on the nervous system is seeming less and less warranted.This story was written by Sally Adee and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.

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18:52

The weeds are winning

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/02/19

As the climate changes, genetic engineering will be essential for growing food. But is it creating a race of superweeds?This story was written by Douglas Main and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.

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17:38

Why AI could eat quantum computing’s lunch

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/02/12

We’re making more data than ever. What can—and should—we save for future generations? And will they be able to understand it?This story was written by Edd Gent and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.

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25:55

The race to save our online lives from a digital dark...

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/02/06

We’re making more data than ever. What can—and should—we save for future generations? And will they be able to understand it?This story was written by Niall Firth and narrated by Noa.

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20:57

Is this the end of animal testing?

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/01/29

More than 60 companies now produce organs on chips commercially, focusing on five major organs: liver, kidney, lung, intestines, and brain. They’re already being used to understand diseases, discover and test new drugs, and explore personalized approaches to treatment. Could this be the end of animal testing?This story was written by Harriet Brown and narrated by Noa.

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24:36

Meet the divers trying to figure out how deep humans...

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/01/22

Figuring out how the human body can withstand underwater pressure has been a problem for over a century, but a ragtag band of divers is experimenting with hydrogen to find out.This story was written by Samantha Schuyler and narrated by Noa.

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17:31

Palmer Luckey on the Pentagon’s future of mixed reality

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/01/15

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, has set his sights on a new mixed-reality headset customer: the Pentagon.His company Anduril Industries, which focuses on drones, cruise missiles, and other AI-enhanced technologies for the US Department of Defense, announced it would partner with Microsoft on the US Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), arguably the military’s largest effort to develop a headset for use on the battlefield. Anduril’s contribution to the project will be

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34:26

How covid conspiracy theories led to an alarming...

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/01/08

Podcaster Joe Rogan, former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and football quarterback Aaron Rodgers are all helping revive AIDS denialism—a false collection of theories arguing either that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS or that there’s no such thing as HIV at all. These ideas were initially promoted back in the 1980s and ’90s by a cadre of scientists from unrelated fields, as well as many science-adjacent figures and self-proclaimed investigative journalists. But as more and more evidence

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33:01

How to fine-tune AI for prosperity

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2025/01/01

The newest versions of generative AI are bedazzling, with lifelike videos, seemingly expert-sounding prose, and other all too humanlike behaviors. Business leaders are fretting over how to reinvent their companies as billions flow into startups, and the big AI companies are creating ever more powerful models. Predictions abound on how ChatGPT and the growing list of large language models will transform the way we work and organize our lives, providing instant advice on everything from financial

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23:46

Meet the radio-obsessed civilian shaping Ukraine’s...

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2024/12/18

Despite it being over 100 years old, radio technology is still critical in almost all aspects of modern warfare—including in the drones that have come to dominate the Russia-Ukraine war. But before the war, there was a frightening vacuum of expertise. Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, who has been obsessed with radios since childhood, stepped in to fill it. Now, the unlikely hero is sharing expert advice and intel on the ever-evolving technology that’s taken over the skies. His work may determine the

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27:54

ChatGPT is about to revolutionize the economy. We...

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2024/12/11

You can practically hear the shrieks from corner offices around the world: “What is our ChatGPT play? How do we make money off this?”Whether it’s based on hallucinatory beliefs or not, an AI gold rush has started to mine the anticipated business opportunities from generative AI models like ChatGPT. But while companies and executives see a clear chance to cash in, the likely impact of the technology on workers and the economy on the whole is far less obvious. This story was written by editor at

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30:43

Beyond gene-edited babies: the possible paths for...

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2024/12/04

In the future, CRISPR will get easier and easier to administer, potentially opening up paths for tinkering with human evolution. What will that mean for our species?This story was written by senior biomedicine editor Antonio Regalado and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com

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41:45

The great commercial takeover of low Earth orbit

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2024/11/27

Did you know that NASA intends to destroy the International Space Station by around 2030? Once it's gone, private companies will likely swoop in with their own replacements. Get ready for the great commercial takeover of low Earth orbit.This story was written by David W. Brown and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com

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26:02

The world’s on the verge of a carbon storage boom

MIT Technology Review Narrated ·

2024/11/21

Pump jacks and pipelines clutter the Elk Hills oil field of California, a scrubby stretch of land in the southern Central Valley that rests above one of the nation’s richest deposits of fossil fuels. Oil production has been steadily declining in the state for decades, as tech jobs have boomed and legislators have enacted rigorous environmental and climate rules. Companies, towns, and residents across Kern County, where the poverty rate hovers around 18%, have grown increasingly desperate for new

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