
Kelsey Piper
Contributing editor
Latest articles by Kelsey Piper


As tech giants like Microsoft and Google compete to capture the AI market, safety could be an afterthought.


New rules around gain-of-function research make progress in striking a balance between reward — and catastrophic risk.


To reach sustainable progress on climate and health issues, we need to focus on what’s easy — not what’s hard.


A determination to remain slow on Covid and future pandemics.


Science is the engine of society, and the decline of truly disruptive research is a warning sign for all of us.

New UN data shows that 99 percent of ozone-destroying chemicals have been phased out, underscoring a hopeful environmental story.


Artificial intelligence experts foresee another year of breakthroughs. Is the world ready?

Plus a couple that are halfway in between.


The results are impressive — and a little bit scary.


EA faces a reckoning after the fall of a major donor, but its rank-and-file members haven’t given up.