Hertz Foundation

Hertz Foundation Fellow Dr. Christopher Loose sold his first startup for $80 million. His advice is probably the kind you want to hear.

Get ready for a decade of scientific revelations. Thanks to gravity waves, we have a completely new way to explore the universe.

Even our most imaginative expectations of AI are only primitive — but as neuroscience understands the brain more deeply, it will unlock the full potential of hybrid intelligence.

For our future’s sake, let’s demand government funding for ‘little science’, says Hertz fellow Avideh Zakhor.

1.5 million children die each year from preventable diseases arising from poor sanitation systems. That’s why some of the world’s top scientists are working to make a 21st-century toilet without links to water, energy, or sewer lines, and which costs users under $0.05 a day.

So you think you’re “not a math person”? International Mathematical Olympiad coach Po-Shen Loh strongly disagrees.

The ‘Project Wing’ drone system is going to change life as we know it—and inadvertently fix all your storage problems. rn

What happens up there directly affects life down here. From star-gazing to quantum mechanics, astronomy is one of humanity’s great thruster engines of innovation.

Here are two cutting-edge neuroscience technologies that may enable us to treat conditions like blindness, epilepsy and Alzheimer’s.

Despite decades of research, there is no reliable vaccine for malaria. Dr. Philip Eckhoff lays out the strategies and collaborations required to eradicate this disease and the half a million lives it takes each year.

Exterior mapping – like GPS maps – is part of daily life, but in the coming decades prepare to have your private, interior spaces mapped to assist with future technologies.

Mathematics professor Po-Shen Loh has created Expii, a free education tool that democratizes learning by turning your smartphone into a tutor.

Astro Teller’s innovation tip? Fail fast. Here’s how he cultivates and rewards intellectually honest failures, and helps his team get comfortable with the idea.