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.

"It's not that I don't think these problems are big or that they're urgent, but I can start to see that these problems are solvable."

“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.”

An authentic career strategy built around sustainability involves embedding these key principles into all jobs, argues Marilyn Waite.

Dubbed "Valeriana" by researchers, the city of 50,000 peaked around 800 AD before being swallowed by the jungle.

"You’ll be able to fly twice as fast as a Boeing or Airbus, and it’ll be like the cost of flying business today."

A wave of innovation is coursing through the nuclear industry — but ingrained opposition is the biggest roadblock.

Experts answer 10 big questions about the nightmare scenario that could send us back to the pre-Space Age.

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

“While society's been humming along and enjoying all these advances in agriculture and medicine, in the last 50 or 60 years, ecologists have learned a lot about how nature works. I've codified these into a set of rules called the 'Serengeti Rules.'”

The carbon market and offsetting system have created “carbon cowboys” and perpetuated forms of neo-colonialism and other inequities.

And can we run the grid of the future without AI?

A new railway will switch the Baltic region's train gauge from Soviet to standard European — a megaproject with political, economic, and military dimensions.

Behind America's hunt for a superior semiconductor.

Around the world, biofuels, so-called green energy sources, are waving major red flags.

They’re in our brains, hearts, and blood — but what are they doing to us?

Magnificent time-tested buildings are filled with lessons in resilience and stability — and the benefits for investment strategy can be huge.

AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling up the speed of innovation across the economy.

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.

Philosopher Peter Singer argues it's time to examine a morally dubious practice.

A deep dive into missing data and the limitations of disaster databases.

Electric vehicle sales are rising but public charging in cities is still lacking.

Businesses are realizing that rapid disruption without stability can lead to long-term failure. A new era of thoughtful, sustainable growth is emerging.

Great tidal ranges are relatively rare on a global scale — and can be very deadly to the unsuspecting foreshore walker.

The US needs 28 million EV chargers by 2030. Here’s how it can get there.

The co-founder of Wired magazine shares his insights on how a long-term mindset can shape a brighter, more innovative future.