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As the global economy moves beyond oil, the strategic importance of the world’s most critical hydrocarbon chokepoint is likely to decline rapidly.
The ozone hole was going to destroy life as we know it, but an unprecedented global effort fixed the problem.
Every generation has faced a version of this moment — the question has never been what our tools can do, but what we choose to do with them.
A growing movement shows that protecting the world’s forests — and the people who have safeguarded them for centuries — is one of the most powerful, and overlooked, tools in the fight against climate change.
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The idea that it’s “too late” to reduce emissions fuels cynicism and despair, putting us on an even worse trajectory.
New biotech tools could clean up everything from construction to agriculture.
Robotaxis can transform cities by improving mobile efficiency, equity, and safety — if cities adopt policies that prioritize the public good.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Decades before COVID imposed remote work on the world, Jack Nilles pioneered WFH and championed its many benefits.
The case for robotaxis on the water.
An introduction to "The Engine of Progress" from Jason Crawford, founder of the Roots of Progress Institute.
Bold megaprojects could turn dry depressions into thriving new hubs of life.
Solar power has the disadvantage that there's no Sun at night. Satellite startup Reflect Orbital wants to change that, but at what cost?
If AI is modeled only on human intelligence, will it inherit only human ways of seeing the world?
The Juno spacecraft, orbiting and imaging Jupiter since 2016, is still succeeding. Without a further extension, the mission now faces death.
Across planet Earth, dark and pristine night skies are an increasingly rare resource. These photos showcase the best of what we still have.
“Climate analog mapping” finds the place that is currently as warm as your city might be in 60 years.
A conversation with the legendary VC on his latest book, his work at Techstars, and why “give first” is more than a motto — it’s a mindset.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
By inviting players to tackle real scientific problems, games can offer a hand in solving medicine’s toughest challenges.
In "After the Spike," Dean Spears and Michael Geruso show why policy, rather than high population density, has the most significant impact on the environment.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
The platform is a digital Royal Society for today's greatest minds — and it could play an essential role in shaping the next civilization.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Tech expert Peter Leyden argues that we have a historic opportunity to harness AI and other transformative technologies in order to make a much better world over the next 25 years.
“I want to change the way we think about the past altogether,” says Dr. Betül Kaçar, an astrobiologist who studies the origin of life.
The primary causes of global climate change are all due to human activity. Adding aerosols to our atmosphere only exacerbates the problem.
Retrofitting America's aging dams for hydropower — while removing ecologically harmful ones — may be a productive path forward.
We need to fully acknowledge problems, while vigorously pursuing solutions. Call it “solutionism.”