top of page
5 days ago
Lasers, hot rocks, and endless energy
The energy revolution lies under our feet…
Dec 8
The new Air Force
Human fighter pilots will barely exist in a few years...
Dec 1
Bring back the blimp
Meet the startup set to revolutionize world trade
Nov 21
Mr. President, tear down these regulations
We must defeat The Blight
Nov 14
This machine turns air into jet fuel
It’s roughly the size of two shipping containers and works like a reverse power plant.
Nov 10
Welcome to the innovation feast
We’re at the start of what could be the greatest burst of innovation in human history.
Nov 3
The radical change college needs
My visit to the new University of Austin (UATX) filled me with hope for the future of college in America.
Oct 25
The awesome near-future of solar
People are vastly underestimating the stunning pace of innovation in solar
Oct 20
Biotech’s breakout moment
The biotech revolution is unfolding right under our noses
Oct 10
Nuclear cheat code
Let’s help make atomic energy cool again.
Oct 3
Welcome to the new space economy
Right now, 250 miles above our heads, innovation specialists at Airbus are growing mini hearts, livers, and kidneys in space.
Sep 29
Oh, the places we’ll go!
If you could be anywhere in just a few hours, where would you go?
Sep 22
The revolution begins
The future can be brighter than we imagine, if we build it.
Jul 16
The beginning of the end of wheelchairs
Sarah de Lagarde had her right arm amputated after getting run over by a train. Thanks to her newly fitted artificial intelligence (AI)...
Jul 15
A huge win for rational optimists everywhere
America’s largest solar farm would’ve produced enough energy to power 80,000 homes near Las Vegas. But construction was halted when...
Jul 2
How to identify an environmental wingnut
The Irish government had me write a postcard to Britain’s prime minister when I was in elementary school. They used “the children” to...
Jun 27
Grandpa, what was cancer?
Can you imagine how difficult it is to be deaf? Put yourself in the shoes of a mom or dad with a deaf child. They might struggle to make...
Jun 25
Neuralink transformed his life
Nobody is opening my skull. But I’m not paralyzed from the neck down, like Noland Arbaugh has been ever since suffering a freak spinal cord
bottom of page