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Giving optimism for Christmas. Artificial bones. Smart concrete. Utopias. A telescope on the Moon. Debris removal in space. And more!
Solar trillions, an 89-year-old reinventing the train, AlphaFold, Peak performance & the first space-NIMBY.
Solar, wind and batteries are enough to cover 100% of our energy needs in most parts of the world. This will lead to an abundance of cheap energy, which will create new opportunities and businesses. Four takeaways from Tony Seba's energy report.
Faster-than-light travel with a warp bubble, ten global trends every smart person should know and the last pandemic (in a good way.)
Record-breaking reach and strongest premium supporter growth month ever.
Our current means of transport are improving at a rapid pace. But there will also be several new ways of traveling that will make us travel more than ever in the future.
Ken Follett's new book, interactive maps that show the world's progress, food out of thin air, why people are so pessimistic about the future - and finally a way to know if the ice cream at McDonald's is broken.
Within a couple of weeks, three companies have announced important steps in the quest for self-driving cars. Tesla launched a beta test of their autonomous technology. Waymo opens up its driverless taxi service to the public in Phoenix, Arizona. And Cruise is doing the same thing in San Francisco.
Daniel Yergin's latest book, Wright's Law, first videos of Tesla's Full-Self Driving beta, Musk's latest Mars update, Andrew McAfee on growth and the environment plus you campaign slogan for 2020.