MIT Technology Review Narrated
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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 144
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The second wave of AI coding is here
A string of startups are racing to build models that can produce better and better software. They claim it’s the shortest path to AGI.
This story was written by Will Douglas Heaven and narrated by N…
00:20:54 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Quantum computing is taking on its biggest challenge: noise
For a while researchers thought they’d have to make do with noisy, error-prone systems, at least in the near term. That’s starting to change.
This story was written by Michael Brooks and narrated by…
00:24:07 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Will we ever trust robots?
If most robots still need remote human operators to be safe and effective, why should we welcome them into our homes?
This story was written by James O'Donnell and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.co…
00:24:27 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Exosomes are touted as a trendy cure-all. We don’t know if they work.
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…
00:26:26 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
The quest to figure out farming on Mars
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.
00:29:01 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
How tracking animal movement may save the planet
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 Po…
00:29:45 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Happy birthday, baby! What the future holds for those born today
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.
00:30:03 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
How the Ukraine-Russia war is reshaping the tech sector in Eastern Europe
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 …
00:32:43 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
AI search could break the web
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…
00:13:07 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
The messy quest to replace drugs with electricity
“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 b…
00:40:51 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
The weeds are winning
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.co…
00:20:37 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Why AI could eat quantum computing’s lunch
Tech companies have been funneling billions of dollars into quantum computers for years. The hope is that they’ll be a game changer for fields as diverse as finance, drug discovery, and logistics.
Th…
00:19:23 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
The race to save our online lives from a digital dark age
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.
00:27:40 |
Thu 06 Feb 2025
Is this the end of animal testing?
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…
00:22:42 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Meet the divers trying to figure out how deep humans can go
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 writte…
00:26:21 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Palmer Luckey on the Pentagon’s future of mixed reality
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…
00:19:16 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
How covid conspiracy theories led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism
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 t…
00:36:11 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
How to fine-tune AI for prosperity
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 t…
00:34:46 |
Wed 01 Jan 2025
Meet the radio-obsessed civilian shaping Ukraine’s drone defense
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 t…
00:25:31 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
ChatGPT is about to revolutionize the economy. We need to decide what that looks like.
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 r…
00:29:39 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
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