October 2025 - IEEE Spectrum

Radia’s building an aircraft longer than a football field
The strongest robotic arm, the fastest brain typist, and more
The Earth BioGenome Project is a bioinformatics blockbuster
Billions of daily queries are reshaping energy and infrastructure
In some orbits, the Kessler syndrome is already underway
Robot missions to nearby stars could take decades, not centuries
Atomic sensors could support big science, semiconductors, and more
Three continents, 30,000 kilometers, and 2,000-degree reactors
The Turing Test is defunct. We need a new IQ test for AI
Chile’s dark skies remind us of what billions have already lost
Nine gigatonnes down, 746 gigatonnes to go
The obstacles to scaling up humanoids that nobody is talking about
Europe and North America are rapidly adopting dynamic line rating
Gallium nitride transistors reach 800 °C
The tool defeats leading AI watermarks
The country’s size and terrain make it an ambitious testbed
Japan’s SoftBank is developing airship-based 4G and 5G cell masts
Snap judgments can help make for better robot risk assessment
Ambitious projects showcase engineering at scales big and small
Read Steven Searcy’s poem from our October 2025 issue
You can do it with free software and just a few dollars in parts
To scale up the workforce, start small with short courses
How RCA’s failed VideoDisc launched a scanning microscope
Common training techniques loosen AI’s commitment to the truth