MIT proposes Brazil-sized fleet of “space bubbles” to cool the Earth
A raft of “space bubbles” could be used to reverse global warming, according to an MIT group’s solar geoengineering proposal.
Series | Ramen Profitable
The story of Toybox: Designing a 3D printer so simple, a kid could use it7:26Printing toys, burning cash, and selling out on SharkTank – this is the perilous story of Toyox Labs, building 3D printers for kids.
Series | Heretics
“I work on dog lifespan extension”4:05Are you ready for drugs that make you live longer?
Series | Ramen Profitable
How a poker prodigy accidentally created a booming vertical farm 7:36“Everybody says that 9 out of 10 startups fail. So my mind translates that to as, ‘I just have to start 10 companies.’”
Series | Challengers
Hacking evolution to grow super coralWatchCoral reefs sustain life for 1 billion people around the world, but 90% will be extinct by 2050 if we don’t find a solution now.
Series | Catalysts
Reinventing your career in just 4 monthsWatch“How do you help give people a very understandable way to take 1, 2, 3, steps to be the change that they want to be in their own lives.”
Series | Heretics
“I believe nicotine is good,” John Coogan for Heretics5:29Is nicotine the stimulant of the future?
Facial recognition ID’s missing kids with 99.85% accuracy 7:04
This tech is identifying missing children in minutes, not weeks.
Series | Just Might Work
Cow burps are dangerous. Let’s hack them.WatchCows belch a greenhouse gas called methane, which is 30x more potent than carbon dioxide.
Series | Heretics
The rogue geoengineer fertilizing the ocean with iron5:39This eco-pirate scientist says the solution to climate change is easy & cheap – so why are governments trying to stop him?
Series | Hard Reset
This slime is 10x more fireproof than water8:59A one-armed surfer invented this fireproof slime when a disaster tried to take his town.
Series | Heretics
Should we grow babies in artificial wombs?5:55Giving birth is dangerous. Are artificial wombs a solution?
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We recently sat down with John Coogan, founder of the controversial nicotine brand, Lucy, where he posits "nicotine is good," and may even be a better stimulant than coffee. Our…
Manual animal cloning is a tedious, time-consuming process with a 10% success rate. Researchers at Nankai University have now built a robot that can autonomously perform somatic cell nuclear transfer…
Can you hack your gut to cure aging? Let's explore that, with Future Explored host @the.tom.carroll.
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We now know the big bang theory is (probably) not how the universe began
The Big Bang still happened a very long time ago, but it wasn’t the beginning we once supposed it to be.
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