Science and Technology

Jennifer Doudna speaks with Walter Isaacson about the latest technological developments in gene editing and the unthinkable power to control evolution.

Researcher Joanna Bryson talks about the potential pitfalls as artificial intelligence gets more human-like.

Science writer Carl Zimmer explains CRISPR and what our new understanding of genetics means for fighting disease.

Governments are trying to fight extremism while still protecting freedom of speech on the Internet.

Christina Agapakis answers questions about modifying DNA, medical ethics, GMO foods, and more.

In February, the Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series invited Joichi Ito for a conversation about his new book, Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future. Institute CEO Walter Isaacson spoke with Ito—the director of the MIT Media Lab as well as an online activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist—about democracy and internet freedom in the wake of the contentious 2016 presidential election.