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Innovation chief says “pressure test” your pet hypothesis. It’s guaranteed to be wrong.

His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities – not destroy them. Today, Astro Teller is on a mission to harness innovation for good. Here’s how he’s doing it.

Ian Scheffler

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Series| Hard Reset

How can a water bottle cost negative 10 cents?

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27 million likes on TikTok. A $0.00 product. How does the “FreeWater” company work?

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Leadership

What are “meta-skills” and how can they supercharge your life?

There are many meta-skills out there, but feeling, seeing, dreaming, making, and learning are likely the most important in the modern world.

Matt Davis

Clean Energy

This battery may solve renewables’ energy storage problem

Flow batteries are a type of liquid battery that has the potential for large-scale, long-term energy storage. Researchers have found a new material for flow batteries and it looks a lot like molasses.

Teresa Carey

Robotics

These robotic suits supercharge human workers

This new wearable robotic suit from German Bionic, can boost human strength, and it is powered by artificial intelligence

Teresa Carey

Inventions

How should we measure innovation?

Researchers have come up with a new method for measuring the impact of an innovation.

Scotty Hendricks

Fashion

Denim is a dirty business, but biotech bacteria are cleaning it up

The indigo dye in denim is problematic because it is derived from petroleum. But a new startup is cultivating bacteria that generate the same iconic blue, without the need for hazardous chemicals.

Teresa Carey

Employment

Package free store offers work for neurodiverse employees

Opening in North Carolina, Part & Parcel is a package free grocery store that strives to decrease single-use packaging waste and offer inclusive employment.

Teresa Carey

Blockchain

Billionaire plans to build a block-chain Facebook alternative

Billionaire entrepreneur Frank McCourt is funding Project Liberty, a new blockchain-based technology that decentralizes users’ social media data.

Teresa Carey

Entrepreneurs

Resume-bot goes viral. Lands multiple job offers

A marketing professional decided to think creatively and create a resume-bot. It helped him land 14 interviews and 11 job offers.

Teresa Carey

Transportation

Here’s what is really going wrong at our ports — and one simple, fast solution

There's a myriad of disruptions along the entire chain. Solving this crisis before the global economy spins out of control is going to take many different and innovative approaches.

Amanda Winkler

Series| Challengers

This Gen-Z CEO is taking on the $20 billion tampon industry

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Rehab, re-centering, and rebirth: it’s the true story of a Gen Z CEO who wanted to spearhead a movement for better period care.

Entrepreneurs

Could Gen Z close the racial wealth gap through entrepreneurship?

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In partnership with Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

This American city was ranked one of the worst for the success of black-owned businesses. Can these young entrepreneurs change that?

Stephen Johnson

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