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The quest to keep organs alive outside the body

Date
Friday, July 24, 2026 - 9:03 PM
Description
This week, I covered a fascinating effort to preserve organs outside the body. There’s a huge shortage of donor organs, and one of the main reasons is time—they survive only a matter of hours outside the body, even when they’re kept on ice. Doctors

The Download: energy transmission and US threats against Chinese AI

Date
Thursday, July 23, 2026 - 4:10 PM
Description
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The power line that could reshape New York’s grid is hitting snags  During a heat wave on July 3, New York State

The power line that could reshape New York’s grid is hitting snags

Date
Thursday, July 23, 2026 - 1:00 PM
Description
On July 3, as a heat wave swept the region, New York State’s grid imported 52 gigawatt-hours of electricity from Canada—enough to meet about 9% of its total electricity demand that day. Some of that power shuttled in on a 339-mile power line

The Download: NASA’s new space telescope and OpenAI’s autonomous hacker

Date
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 - 4:10 PM
Description
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own When NASA’s Nancy Grace

The Download: AI hiring biases, and weather data sabotage

Date
Monday, July 20, 2026 - 4:10 PM
Description
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your