If individual treatments already work to a degree, what happens when you combine them?
Towards a Scalable, Efficient Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin’s New Low-Energy Competitor
The idea behind Bitcoin—creating a decentralized currency that allows for secure peer-to-peer transactions without the use of banks—may well be a good one. But it’s not working out in practice. The cryptocurrency has generated far more hype and wild investment speculation than practical use.
The idea behind Bitcoin—creating a decentralized currency that allows for secure peer-to-peer transactions without the use of banks—may well be a good one. But it’s not working out in practice. The cryptocurrency has generated far more hype and wild investment speculation than practical use.
New Tech Is Helping Nuclear Power Make a Comeback
Nuclear power has a lot going for it. It’s carbon-free, can produce huge amounts of power from relatively small amounts of fuel, and once plants are built, they’re cheap to run. But containing the powerful nuclear processes at its heart is incredibly complex, which means building plants is expensive and catastrophic failure is always a possibility.
Nuclear power has a lot going for it. It’s carbon-free, can produce huge amounts of power from relatively small amounts of fuel, and once plants are built, they’re cheap to run. But containing the powerful nuclear processes at its heart is incredibly complex, which means building plants is expensive and catastrophic failure is always a possibility.
Why Principles Over Practices Are the Key to Timeless Success
Why do some leaders and teams achieve great success in complex, uncertain, and fast-changing environments, while others who are equally capable struggle?
Why do some leaders and teams achieve great success in complex, uncertain, and fast-changing environments, while others who are equally capable struggle?
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 19)
Alphabet’s Wing Starts Drone Deliveries to US Homes
Alphabet’s Wing Starts Drone Deliveries to US Homes
How 3D Printing, Vertical Farming, and Materials Science Are Overhauling Food
Food. What we eat, and how we grow it, will be fundamentally transformed in the next decade.
Food. What we eat, and how we grow it, will be fundamentally transformed in the next decade.
With These 4 Breakthroughs, We’ll Be Able to Write Whole Genomes From Scratch
The ability to read genomes has transformed our understanding of biology. Being able to write them would give us unprecedented control over the fabric of life.
The ability to read genomes has transformed our understanding of biology. Being able to write them would give us unprecedented control over the fabric of life.
We Have the Tools and Technology to Work Less and Live Better
In 1930, a year into the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes sat down to write about the economic possibilities of his grandchildren.
In 1930, a year into the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes sat down to write about the economic possibilities of his grandchildren.
The Internet Is a Force of Nature. It’s Our Job to Civilize It
Asking how to make the internet safe is like asking how to make gravity safe.
Asking how to make the internet safe is like asking how to make gravity safe.
Driverless and Electric, or Car-Free? The Cities Cutting Out Cars, and Why
Do the anti-car folks have it right—is the brighter future one that forgoes cars in favor of even more sustainable and healthy modes of transportation?
Do the anti-car folks have it right—is the brighter future one that forgoes cars in favor of even more sustainable and healthy modes of transportation?
This Light-Based Nervous System Helps Robots ‘Feel’
What if we could give robots an artificial nervous system?
What if we could give robots an artificial nervous system?
The Internet Will Never Be Safe—And That’s Just Fine
We’re a long way from the halcyon days of the early internet, when the promise of a decentralized digital communications network meant anyone could talk to anyone without appealing to the gatekeepers.
We’re a long way from the halcyon days of the early internet, when the promise of a decentralized digital communications network meant anyone could talk to anyone without appealing to the gatekeepers.
Science Fiction’s Greatest Inspiring Us to Build the Future
Although sci-fi isn’t always right, it does something more important than mere prediction—it inspires the people who can build the future to go out there and get to work.
Although sci-fi isn’t always right, it does something more important than mere prediction—it inspires the people who can build the future to go out there and get to work.
These Are the Meta-Trends Shaping the Future (at Breakneck Speed)
A lot of these trends are unstoppable—but they’re also pretty predictable.
A lot of these trends are unstoppable—but they’re also pretty predictable.
Driverless Electric Trucks are Coming, and They’ll Affect You More Than You Think
The future of driving, it would appear, is upon us.
The future of driving, it would appear, is upon us.
How Neuroscience Is Beginning To Rewire the Brain from the Inside Out
“We are beginning to rewire the brain from the inside out. We’re cutting out things that don’t work at the level of the nucleus. We’re actually correcting diseases before they even express themselves.” - Dr. Divya Chander
“We are beginning to rewire the brain from the inside out. We’re cutting out things that don’t work at the level of the nucleus. We’re actually correcting diseases before they even express themselves.” – Dr. Divya Chander