The ozone hole was going to destroy life as we know it, but an unprecedented global effort fixed the problem.

What a fragile flower can teach us about resilience, death, and becoming someone new.

A day in the Sierra Nevada with Tommy Caldwell reveals how pain, trauma, and “elective hardship” became the foundation of his fortitude.

Instead of hauling heavy building materials across space, future astronauts may grow fungal shelters from spores, waste, and local regolith.

When applied blindly, resilience can do real harm to our health and our ability to change broken systems.

The idea that it’s “too late” to reduce emissions fuels cynicism and despair, putting us on an even worse trajectory.

“How can all the diversity and, sort of, seeming order that's out there in the world emerge from a process dependent upon chance?”

“Chance invents and natural selection propagates that chance invention.”

Natural navigator Tristan Gooley joins us to discuss the philosophy of reading nature’s hidden clues — and how relearning this ancient skill can help us see the world, and ourselves, with greater awareness.

Getting drunk might be bad for you but good for us.

Michael Watkins likens today's AI moment to choosing between being a dinosaur facing extinction or a surfer embracing change, inviting you to join a class that enhances your skills in crafting prompts, designing human-AI systems, and inspiring others to adapt.

The ocean is evolving, and it’s not based on the ‘survival of the fittest.’ Astrobiologist Betül Kaçar explains how it’s not competition that has kept the ocean alive, but collaboration.

As Beijing encroaches on the territory of the Himalayan kingdom, its ultimate aim is leverage over India.

The cofounders of think tank RethinkX are convinced that humanity is undergoing civilizational phase change.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

“I think the key point is that doesn't mean game over. That doesn't mean we're flipped into a world, and to a point of no return.”

The history of catastrophe shows that true resilience comes not from restoration, but from reinvention.

Many expect AI to follow a familiar pattern — technological disruption followed by adaptation — but what are we losing in return?

Embedding any leadership philosophy in sports demands a selective and multi-disciplinary approach.

"There is so much more uncertainty and volatility in a world that is moving fast with big countries that are more at odds with each other and with fewer rules of the road that leaders, companies, and societies are adhering to."

Why the advertising legend — and author of Alchemy — believes that inefficiency can be genius and insects can unlock innovation.

The nation-state had a good run, but its usefulness may have come to an end.

“We've engineered a volatile world where Starbucks is completely unchanging from year to year, but democracies are collapsing and rivers are drying up.”

A member of a species that kills trees, this mushroom is not the first to be called the Humongous Fungus — and perhaps not the last.

“Part of what's happening now in the world is tension between organic animals and an inorganic digital system which is increasingly controlling and shaping the entire world.”

Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.

Scientists might be looking for Martian life in the wrong place.

Some biologists believe natural selection produces animals that are just good enough. Dawkins disagrees.

From hunter-gathers to desk jockeys, we work best when short, intense sessions are followed by lighter fare.

Like ultra-hardy plants that thrive in harsh conditions, businesses that see crises as opportunities are likely to win in the long run.