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Techno-optimist Vinod Khosla believes in the world-changing power of "foolish ideas." He offers 12 bold predictions for the future of technology — from preventative medicine to car-free cities to…

Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts are from the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub, the world’s first social science research centre…

Twenty years after the introduction of the theory, we revisit what it does—and doesn’t—explain.

…the secret of Backcasting

‘The Ideal City’ collects the most successful urban ideas from around the world, to serve as a sort of cookbook of best practices for city leaders.

Learn about the untapped power of biomimicry to transform business and the planet.

Best known as a leader in nursing, Nightingale was also a disruptive innovator and data cruncher.

As new targets designed to help the EU economy work towards autonomy are unveiled, Europe’s “old growth” model and its R&D multinationals’ reliance on foreign markets come under review.

«Until the efforts to create a single market truly pave the way for sound economic foundations, Europe’s multinationals will remain highly globalised and exposed.»

Discover how AI is transforming marketing and why CMOs must lead the charge. Learn to align teams, drive innovation, and turn AI into a competitive advantage.

Learn how one employee's DIY AI solution serves as a blueprint for our business's mission to automate repetitive tasks and empower human creativity.

The art of paper folding dates back centuries. Through the design of elegant three-dimensional shapes, origami artists developed ways of creating objects that are light yet incredibly strong and…

«Facilitating innovation, Ottino says, means striking a careful balance between two contrasting ways of thinking—exploratory and systematic»

Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow cellulose in aligned patterns, resulting in sheets with the strength of…

A screwdriver works because the handle is bigger than the screw. You can twist the handle with leverage, causing the screw to turn. The bigger the handle, the more leverage you have. We’ve sp…

Sign up for The Nightcrawler Newsletter A weekly collection of thought-provoking articles on tech, innovation, and long-term investing from Nightview Capital’s Eric Markowitz. This is an installment…

«Catastrophe, as painful as it is, forces a choice: rebuild exactly as before or embrace the chance to create something stronger, more resilient, and prepared for the future.”»

New research indicates anxiety is connected to generating a higher quantity of ideas, especially negative ones. However, originality may be lower, and optimism could play a balancing role.

Coach Pete Carroll has said that another disappointing season with the New England Patriots—some 15 years into his career—it struck him that he didn’t actually have a coaching philosophy. He was…

Sign up for the Smarter Faster newsletter A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people In our data-driven age, everything seems designed to hand us solutions. Every day,…

OR: the ideas your mother warned you about

Sign up for the Smarter Faster newsletter A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people You’re in Paris on the evening of December 28, 1895. It’s cold and windy, and this…

These startups have fascinating new technologies, business models, founder stories or are pushing an industry forward in exciting ways.