NASA is sending a robot surgeon to the ISS
A MIRA surgical robot is heading to the ISS in 2024 so developers can test its potential to help astronauts survive medical emergencies.
Yale team partially revives dead pig organs an hour after death
Yale’s OrganEx technology has been used to partially revive the organs of dead pigs an hour after their hearts stopped beating.
Can this school change the world?5:30
“What if we had this education growing up? How much better would we be? Not only at our work but at life.”
Series | Heretics
“I believe consciousness can influence reality”4:12This consciousness researcher claims people can influence the physical world with their minds. If he’s right, it would upend our notion of reality.
Series | Hard Reset
Engineering oleophilic sponges to save the oceans 9:27“A new wave of material sciences could help us start cleaning the environment instead of just, well, using it as a trash can.”
Series | Catalysts
Applying Silicon Valley thinking to the fight against povertyWatch“Change happens from the bottom up.”
Series | Heretics
Polyamory is great. Monogamists can learn from it.WatchWhy monogamous relationships can be unsustainable, according to an evolutionary biologist.
Series | Ramen Profitable
The crowdfunded personal wind turbine that sold out in 5 daysWatchThis clean energy startup hit their fundraising goal in 1 hour. Here’s how crowdfunding brought Shine to life.
Series | Challengers
The new vehicle challenging cars, bikes and Uber WatchThis scooter is taking cities back from cars. The crazy part? You unlock it with an NFT.
Series | Catalysts
33% of women experience sexual trauma in their lifetime. 100% of women at Thistle farms survived. WatchFrom sexual exploitation and addiction to leading independent lives, see how Thistle Farms is empowering women survivors.
Series | Heretics
Should extreme biohacking be a human right? 6:28“I want to genetically modify humans. I want to create a coronavirus vaccine in my kitchen. Because I can. Because it’s beautiful and cool. But like, you can’t say that shit.”
Series | Ramen Profitable
The bootstrap entrepreneur taking on Google & Apple6:22He spent his life savings to launch a tech company rivaling Apple. Although 200 investors told him to give up, here’s why he didn’t.
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Their new perovskite-on-silicon solar cells do what’s theoretically impossible.
We can each change the world for the better.
“In a 50 year timeframe this could become the default way that people choose to have children.”
It involves large spinning cones and a “space train” component.
“What if we had this education growing up? How much better would we be? Not only at our work but at life.” We created this story in partnership with @higherground_education.
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