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Welcome to the innovation feast

Welcome to the innovation feast

Nov 10, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

We’re at the start of what could be the greatest burst of innovation in human history.

The radical change college needs

The radical change college needs

Nov 3, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

My visit to the new University of Austin (UATX) filled me with hope for the future of college in America.

The awesome near-future of solar

The awesome near-future of solar

Oct 25, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

People are vastly underestimating the stunning pace of innovation in solar

Biotech’s breakout moment

Biotech’s breakout moment

Oct 20, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

The biotech revolution is unfolding right under our noses

Nuclear cheat code

Nuclear cheat code

Oct 10, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Let’s help make atomic energy cool again.

Welcome to the new space economy

Welcome to the new space economy

Oct 3, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Right now, 250 miles above our heads, innovation specialists at Airbus are growing mini hearts, livers, and kidneys in space.

Oh, the places we’ll go!

Oh, the places we’ll go!

Sep 29, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

If you could be anywhere in just a few hours, where would you go?

The revolution begins

The revolution begins

Sep 22, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

The future can be brighter than we imagine, if we build it.

The beginning of the end of wheelchairs

The beginning of the end of wheelchairs

Jul 17, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Sarah de Lagarde had her right arm amputated after getting run over by a train. Thanks to her newly fitted artificial intelligence (AI)...

A huge win for rational optimists everywhere

A huge win for rational optimists everywhere

Jul 15, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

America’s largest solar farm would’ve produced enough energy to power 80,000 homes near Las Vegas. But construction was halted when...

How to identify an environmental wingnut

How to identify an environmental wingnut

Jul 2, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

The Irish government had me write a postcard to Britain’s prime minister when I was in elementary school. They used “the children” to...

Grandpa, what was cancer?

Grandpa, what was cancer?

Jun 27, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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...

Neuralink transformed his life

Neuralink transformed his life

Jun 25, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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

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