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Why happiness is not the best indicator of well-being
Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.
T-Minus: 10 space startups to watch
Today’s aerospace industry includes hundreds of startups, all vying to be the next SpaceX. Here are 10 that could actually do it.
Will AI supercharge hacking — if it hasn’t already?
The future of hacking is coming at us fast, and it isn’t clear yet whether AI will help attackers and defenders more.
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Why happiness is not the best indicator of well-being
Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.
T-Minus: 10 space startups to watch
Today’s aerospace industry includes hundreds of startups, all vying to be the next SpaceX. Here are 10 that could actually do it.
Will AI supercharge hacking — if it hasn’t already?
The future of hacking is coming at us fast, and it isn’t clear yet whether AI will help attackers and defenders more.
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In The Arena with Evan Baehr
Why does everything look the same? The key to a new type of building
Should we be building our cities like we build our iPhones? This new type of building could help us build more efficiently and tackle the housing crisis.
Ian Brooke wants to revolutionize flight as we know it
This Y Combinator-backed startup has invented a new kind of jet engine, radically more efficient and versatile than anything before it.
No, LLMs still can’t reason like humans. This simple test reveals why.
Most AI models are incredible at taking tests but easily bamboozled by basic reasoning. “Simple Bench” shows us why.
The startup using balloons to cool the planet
A look at the history of stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), the arguments against it, and the startup putting it into action right now.
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In The Arena with Evan Baehr
The marketing of suburbia was a lie. Here’s how we can fix it.
The suburbs are unaffordable. Parking lots are sitting empty. There’s a housing crisis. What if we turned empty buildings into affordable housing?
The rise of the semi-autonomous car
A look back at the history of driving automation and the kinds of tech we can expect to see hitting the road in the coming years.
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In The Arena with Evan Baehr
How solving energy storage would solve one of Earth’s biggest problems
Fossil fuels supply about 80% of the world’s energy. This renewable energy could be a “silver bullet” solution for climate change.
The future of fertility, from artificial wombs to AI-assisted IVF
A look back at the history of infertility treatments and ahead to the tech that could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.
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Hard Reset
How the DIY engineering boom will change the world
$20,000, 100 days, no job, 1 garage. This family built a self-driving car during the pandemic. Now, they’re starting a company.
Beyond screen time: Rethinking kids’ tech use with the “Goldilocks hypothesis”
The “Goldilocks hypothesis” asks parents to think beyond screen time and consider the habits that teens build around technology use.
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In The Arena with Evan Baehr
How food and pharma are destroying American competitiveness, one human at a time
Processed foods are wreaking metabolic havoc in your body. To diffuse today’s food confusion, Dr. Casey Means unravels nutritional myths.
Indigenous Peoples standing up to corporate greed
Indigenous Peoples’ lands are key to combating climate change, but corporate greed puts them at risk. Meet the land and environmental defenders fighting to hold them accountable.
“Model collapse” threatens to kill progress on generative AIs
Generative AIs start churning out nonsense when trained on synthetic data — a problem that could put a ceiling on their ability to improve.
T-Minus: 10 space stations of the future
The International Space Station may be nearing retirement, but 10 new space stations are just preparing for launch.
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The Freethink Interview
The solar revolution turning sunlight into synthetic fuel
“10 years ago, my colleagues and I looked at the prognosis for Climate Change, and it looked pretty hopeless. There really was no way out.” But something happened – something good.
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In The Arena with Evan Baehr
Are psychedelics as effective as SSRIs in treating depression?
For the first time in history, US life expectancy is declining. These experts believe that psychedelic medicine could offer a solution.
Meet the guardians of Earth’s last untouched lands
This group makes up just 6% of the global population, but protects up to 80% of our remaining biodiversity. Meet the most committed keepers of planet Earth.
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