A memo from the year 2050
Here’s how we avoided the worst of zoonotic diseases
A memo from the year 2050
Issue #5 Idea Watch Stories
It’s an unsinkable idea
It’s an unsinkable idea
The concept of settling the high seas is back—this time as a sustainable answer to sea-level rise, with an impressive team and UN support.
Greening the last mile of e-commerce
Greening the last mile of e-commerce
Could hubs, nudges, and EV night deliveries crack this surprisingly tough puzzle?
Fly farming is a mini-livestock industry poised to get big
Fly farming is a mini-livestock industry poised to get big
Nascent industrial-scale insect farms are starting to dot the globe, with big livestock-feed and pet-food players such as Cargill, Skretting, Bühler, and Purina getting into the game.
The human population curve is on the move
The human population curve is on the move
Demography teaches an important lesson about population explosions: they are always temporary
The race is on to build an AC unit that doesn’t cook the planet
The race is on to build an AC unit that doesn’t cook the planet
There’s a $1 million prize for anyone that can design a room air conditioner that costs no more than twice what a standard one costs and produces five times less greenhouse gas