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Astronaut Garrett Reisman talks NASA, SpaceX, and where we’re headed next.
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How can we track the spread of COVID-19 where testing is not widely available? How can global health be improved by innovation and cooperation? Over the last few years, Kinsa […]
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While our world is in a period of indefinite stasis, people’s needs aren’t. Now is the time to become positive disruptors, creating the transformations that need to happen to make […]
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Device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, other portable electronics.
How do we make sense of an inflection point as we’re living it? How do we build more resilience into ourselves and our systems moving forward? In this interactive session, […]
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New research on ankle exoskeletons show promising results.
Tech is rising and America’s middle class is vanishing. Here’s what to do.
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Medical researchers put a ring on it to learn more about the onset of COVID-19.
A NASA-sponsored competition asks participants to improve the design of a bucket drum for moon excavation.
Using permanent magnets may help to make nuclear fusion reactors simpler and more affordable.
Through experiencing time in a nonlinear way, can artificial intelligence provide us more perspective?
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We encode our biases into everything we create: books, poems, and AI. What does that means for an increasingly automated future?
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Ever smell a durian fruit? Don’t. Think of it as nature’s stinky battery.
Effort-focused exercises often lead to better, more innovative ideas.
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Technology best serves the user when organic development combines necessity with collective values.
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Despite the hype, these technologies aren’t relevant right now. But they could be in the future.
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A pragmatic approach to fixing an imbalanced system.
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Add some color to the internal structures and you’ve got some eye-popping imagery.
Technological advances in molecular biology could help fix the planet.
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Without regulations, implicit bias could shape artificial intelligence into a nightmare for some.
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Ezra Klein offers good reasons to take a skeptical look at automation apocalypse theories.
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Graphene is insanely useful, but very difficult to produce — until now.
The membership economy is upending how businesses are structured and how they deliver value to customers.
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Scientists envision a new type of organism ready to assist humans.
There’s a lot we can do with current technology to help stem the tide of climate change, but future technology may help even more.
Just point the Nix at your surface of choice and within seconds, this eagle-eyed sensor analyzes the pigment and points you to the closest color matches from all the biggest paint brands.
An astrophysicist proposes new designs for stellar engines that can move a solar system.
The racing plane is hoped to be the fastest electric plane in existence.
Princeton scientists find a new way to control nuclear fusion reactions.
Big Think’s eighth most popular video of the year reveals what the real future of war could look like.
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