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Innovation
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An interview with economist Tyler Cowen on why American progress has seemed to stall and how we can get it back on track.
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WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explains why progress often looks like dystopia to the untrained eye.
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Futurist Ari Wallach asks, "how do we want to be remembered?"
When you don’t know what you’re looking for, it’s easier to miss it.
Who will lead humanity in the Metaverse? Roblox and Minecraft gamers.
These dissolvable pills aren’t meant to be swallowed, though.
The East India Company issued stocks to minimize the risk on their unpredictable but highly lucrative voyages. The rest is history.
Million Stories
The Industrial Revolution changed music forever, thanks to a combination of technological advances and clever entrepreneurs.
Anything, good or bad, about Henry Ford can be contradicted — except his ambition and his work.
The spray uses snippets of DNA to gum up virus replication.
Who should be compensated?
Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Holmes – are these celebrity CEOs good for their business?
Kublai Khan wasn’t the first ruler in history to issue paper money, but his Yuan dynasty did take unprecedented action to ensure this revolutionary form of currency retained its value.
Million Stories
Venus Life Finder could launch as early as 2023.
Should you blast the A/C even when you're not at home?
The new material may make marine uranium extraction economically feasible.
By creating a type O kidney, they hope to make more organs available for transplant.
Oxygen isn't strictly necessary for combustion, but it is ideal. Any advanced (alien) civilization probably uses oxygen to burn things.
When constructed well, post-training survey questions can provide a wealth of information that helps guide future design decisions.
The Rubbee X requires almost no setup and is far cheaper than a brand new e-bike.
Anyone up for a crisp, blonde ale?
Argentina's black market for cash is embracing crypto — but it's not what crypto proponents expected.
New stamp-sized ultrasound adhesives produce clear images of heart, lungs, and other internal organs.
When scientists tested this hydrogel on mice, they had cleaner teeth than most humans.
Research shows how temperature can be used to manipulate circadian rhythms.
Not too hot, not too cold...
A two-dimensional material made entirely of carbon called graphene won the Nobel Prize in 2010. Graphyne might be even better.
What we call "basic research" is actually the most cutting-edge. It underpins knowledge, and without it, technology does not come into being.
"You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it."