We'll Soon Be Able to Prosper and Save the Earth at the Same Time. Here's How . Technology is changing everything. Smartphones and the internet have changed the way we do business, interact socially, and spend our free time. As tech continues to advance,

We'll Soon Be Able to Prosper and Save the Earth at the Same Time. Here's How . Life is pretty different today than it was 20 or even 10 years ago. Smartphones and the internet have changed the way we do business, interact socially, and spend our free tim

How Can We Protect Alien Life From Us—and Us From It? . Is Earth the only known planetary body with life on it? Nope. In fact, there are 96 bags of human waste on the lunar surface. These were left over by the Apollo astronauts and contain literally billi

The Origin of Consciousness in the Brain Is About to Be Tested . Here’s something you don’t hear every day: two theories of consciousness are about to face off in the scientific fight of the century. Backed by top neuroscientist theorists of today, incl

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 powe..

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 wo

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 wo

In 2030, Our Protein Will Come From a Lab—and We'll All Be Better Off For It . Could a hamburger grown in a lab from Kobe beef stem cells be cheaper, better tasting, and healthier for you? Can you imagine a future where millions of square miles of pastora

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. Despite widespread gloom as the global economic order f

CRISPR Just Created a Hornless Bull, and It's A Step Forward for Gene-Edited Food . There’s a practice in farming not often talked about. To prevent accidental harm to human handlers and other cattle, bulls generally have their horn-producing cells surgic