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Just Might Work
Morocco has a doomsday seed vault. We stepped inside.
Deep in the drylands of Morocco, a hidden vault holds the seeds that could save humanity.
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Operation: Reimagine Surgery
The visionaries bringing you the future of surgery
Here’s what it’s like to use a robotic surgical system.
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Challengers
Can this invention fix dirty transportation?
Rather than replacing all semi-trucks on the road, this clip-on device filters 80% of each trucks’ CO2.
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Heretics
Hereticon explained by founder Mike Solana
“The future we want to build is impossible if important ideas are deemed too heretical.”
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Just Might Work
“Art exoskeleton” lets you feel opera
This Philadelphia theater puts robotic suits on guests before they watch Opera.
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Heretics
I was in America’s most hated church. Here’s how to stop extremism
Twitter saved her from Westboro Baptist Church. Now she has a message for how we bridge the divide of modern America.
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Hard Reset
The future of energy starts with rebuilding the battery
Millions of tons of batteries are headed to landfills. Here’s the plan to save them.
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Heretics
This hacker built a TSA-proof gun to show why “security” fails us
White hat hacker Evan Booth found an unconventional way to expose the TSA’s failing “security.”
Hacking DNA to beat climate change
Nature already has a secret way to combat climate change. What if we could harness it?
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Heretics
97% of your thoughts are hidden. Hypnosis can unlock them
This hypnotherapist claims he can replicate the feeling of cocaine, alcohol, and even sex within anyone’s mind.
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Catalysts
Finding peace after gang violence with restorative justice
This ex-gang member sat down with his victim. What happened next changed his life.
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Heretics
You should be able to start a country
“I spent 10 years at Google… I think we should be able to start new countries as easily as we start companies today.”
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Just Might Work
Inside the lab creating human eggs from scratch
“In a 50 year timeframe this could become the default way that people choose to have children.”
Can this school change the world?
“What if we had this education growing up? How much better would we be? Not only at our work but at life.”
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Heretics
“I believe consciousness can influence reality”
This consciousness researcher claims people can influence the physical world with their minds. If he’s right, it would upend our notion of reality.
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Hard Reset
Engineering oleophilic sponges to save the oceans
“A new wave of material sciences could help us start cleaning the environment instead of just, well, using it as a trash can.”
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Catalysts
Applying Silicon Valley thinking to the fight against poverty
“Change happens from the bottom up.”
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Heretics
Polyamory is great. Monogamists can learn from it.
Why monogamous relationships can be unsustainable, according to an evolutionary biologist.
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Ramen Profitable
The crowdfunded personal wind turbine that sold out in 5 days
This clean energy startup hit their fundraising goal in 1 hour. Here’s how crowdfunding brought Shine to life.
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Challengers
The new vehicle challenging cars, bikes and Uber
This scooter is taking cities back from cars. The crazy part? You unlock it with an NFT.