The Technologies Changing How We Grow, Distribute, and Consume Food . Food. What we eat, and how we grow it, will be fundamentally transformed in the next decade. Already, indoor farming is projected to be a US$40.25 billion industry by 2022, with a com

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. Already, indoor farming is projected to be a US$40.25 billion industry by 2022,

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? Earlier this year, I found myself i

Algorithms Are Designed to Addict Us, and the Consequences Go Beyond Wasted Time . Goethe’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is a classic example of many stories in a similar theme. The young apprentice enchants a broom to mop the floor, avoiding some work in th

Animals Are Out, Alt Protein Is In—and It's Cooking Up Some Unbelievable Creations . A new food economy is taking root. It’s showing up in the dairy section of grocery stores and in the drive-thrus of Burger King. Plant-based milk, meat, and even sushi ar

Animals Are Out, Alt Protein Is in—and It's Cooking Up Some Unbelievable Creations . A new food economy is taking root. It’s showing up in the dairy section of grocery stores and in the drive-thrus of Burger King. Plant-based milk, meat, and even sushi ar

This Strange Rule Is What Makes the Human Brain So Powerful . Run a supercomputer every second of every day, and eventually its storage will fill up, its speed decrease, and its components burn out. Yet our brains run with astonishing efficacy nearly ev

Investment in Quantum Computing Is Booming—But Will a Quantum Winter Follow? . Quantum computing is red hot right now, not least after Google’s recent announcement that it had achieved quantum supremacy. An analysis by Nature shows the quantum hype is tra

This Startup Wants to Store Grid Energy by Lifting Concrete Blocks . The energy transition is underway. It’s not just crucial for climate change that we kick our fossil fuel habit—it will soon be more expensive not to. In the UK, for example, it’ll soon b

We Can't Even Comprehend the Massive Data Haul We'll Soon Get From Sensors . “Hey Google, how’s my health this morning?” “One moment,” says your digital assistant. It takes thirty seconds for the full diagnostic to run, as the system deploys dozens of