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A cattle supplement that cuts down on cow burps and thus, greenhouse gas emissions. Drugs that make it far easier to prevent AIDS and maybe end the disease altogether. Generative AI upending traditional search engines. These are just some of the advances that made MIT Technology Review’s 2025 list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies. Writers and editors from the magazine join us to talk about how these technologies will progress this year and why they could be so impactful.

Guests:

Mat Honan, editor in chief, MIT Technology Review

Allison Arieff, editorial director of print, MIT Technology Review

Casey Crownhart, climate reporter, MIT Technology Review

James O'Donnell, artificial intelligence reporter, MIT Technology Review

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