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The underdog challenging McDonald’s and Wall Street
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Everytable is scaling access to wealth through a healthy fast food revolution.
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The startup turning human ashes into diamonds
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By turning ashes into diamonds, Eterneva is creating a new way to carry the memory of our loved ones with us long after their death.
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Door-to-door vaccination campaign reaches the most vulnerable
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An equitable door-to-door vaccination campaign might be just what it takes to help the U.S.’s most vulnerable communities fight COVID-19.
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Is DMT the best new treatment for depression?
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Psychedelic therapy could bring the ancient healing powers of drugs like DMT into mental health clinics.
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Hard Reset
Murder-free chicken nuggets: Real meat grown in a lab
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Would you eat lab-grown chicken meat? This Singapore restaurant is the first to serve cell-cultured meat to diners.
Inside the world of a robotic surgeon
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Many of the world’s top surgeons are learning first-hand what they can do with surgical robots — and it’s unlocking a new era in health care.
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Ramen Profitable
‘Liquid Death’ Canned Water — a Thrilling Alternative To Plastic
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Liquid Death is shifting consumer mindsets toward canned water through radically imaginative marketing that is frightening to some, but entertaining to most.
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Just Might Work
Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin
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These biohackers plan to give away their instructions for how to make insulin for free.
The CEO of Axon on building safer weapons
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After a tragic loss, Rick Smith wanted to find a way to help end gun violence, and in 1993 he brought the TASER device to the market. 30 years later, he believes they’re closer than ever to “making the bullet obsolete…”
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Ramen Profitable
A new kind of haptic wearable: GPS for the blind
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A new kind of wristband is about to enter the wearable tech scene — the first haptic GPS for the blind.
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Hard Reset
How mirrors could power the planet… and prevent wars
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If adopted globally, concentrated solar power could make major waves in manufacturing, not to mention prevent wars over oil and mitigate climate change.
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Ramen Profitable
He built an app to send postcards to prison
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Flikshop is on a mission to make it as easy as possible to send postcards to prison. Founded by a formerly incarcerated individual, the company is keeping families connected to help reduce recidivism.
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Door-to-door vaccination campaign reaches the most vulnerable
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An equitable door-to-door vaccination campaign might be just what it takes to help the U.S.’s most vulnerable communities fight COVID-19.
Building a Solarpunk Future
What does a solarpunk future look like?
The writers, artists, and activists of the solarpunk movement envision a future in which we’ve overcome the problems inspiring today’s dystopian sci-fi.
"Doomsday" seed vault now contains over 1 million samples
Norway’s Svalbard Global Seed Vault, also known as the “Doomsday” Vault, now contains more than one million varieties of seeds from across the globe.
Coexisting with AI
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Uprising
Nick Bostrom on superintelligence and the future of AI
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Beyond the brains of even the most intelligent human beings lies artificial superintelligence, which could pose serious threats to the human race. Nick Bostrom is attempting to fathom the unfathomable so we can be ready.
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Uprising
Meet your future caretaker: BUDDY the companion robot
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Meet BUDDY, an advanced robot designed with an expressive face and gentle voice. With human-like emotions and different moods, BUDDY has the ability to care for the elderly and his human companions.
Your new sex ed teacher is a chatbot
This chatbot is filling in gaps in sex education by talking with teens to answer awkward questions about topics like health, sexuality, and identity.
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Building infrastructure on Mars is tricky — these bugs could help
Landing on Mars is just the beginning — to live there, we’ll need to invent Martian concrete.
Building infrastructure on Mars is tricky — these bugs could help
Hacking Biology
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Biohackers
DIY biohacking: Do(n’t) try this at home
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Dr. Josiah Zayner believes scientists are dragging their feet on realizing CRISPR’s potential, so his do-it-yourself CRISPR kit allows people to experiment with gene editing at home.
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Biohackers
I got a chip implanted in a biohacking garage
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Hacker surgeons like Jeffrey Tibbetts implant everything from compasses to wireless routers. Freethink’s own Chase Pipkin decided to try it out.
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Harnessing Psychedelics
Take a trip to Johns Hopkins' new psychedelic research center
Johns Hopkins is throwing its considerable clout behind the fast-growing field of psychedelic research, pouring $17 million into a research center to study the hallucinogenic drugs.
Ketamine explained: Understanding the special k drug
Ketamine, known recreationally as the “Special K” drug, is a trance-inducing anesthetic that researchers believe has more powerful uses off the dance floor.
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Dope Science
Microdosing psychedelics
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Microdosing is the no-flowers-in-your-hair practice of regularly taking minimal amounts of hallucinogenic substances. Although it’s currently illegal, millions of dollars are being poured into further research.
New promise for psychedelics and depression
New findings on psychedelics and depression show the benefits of microdosing, and could present more effective treatment options.
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Previously blacklisted gain-of-function mutation experiments are back, and they’re being used to fight the next major pandemic.
4 people in the world have a mysterious dementia. Could it hold a key to Alzheimer’s?
Alzheimer’s has proved difficult to treat. But solving the mystery of this ultra-rare frontotemporal dementia may unlock new understanding.
The construction robots building space colonies
Sending construction robots into outer space will help pave the way for human exploration, but there are some real challenges that lie ahead.
The next pandemic is out there. Is the private sector ready?
Johns Hopkins’ simulated, international catastrophe is helping business, government, and public health leaders improve global pandemic preparedness.
Should we genetically engineer carbon-hungry trees?
Genetically modified trees that are designed to grow faster and store more carbon could help reverse climate change.
Can seaweed save the planet?
A Maine startup is growing vast quantities of seaweed and then burying them at the bottom of the ocean to sequester carbon for carbon offsets.
