XPRIZE: Making the Impossible Possible
Innovations and breakthroughs that can change the world.
- Former Chief Spokesperson for the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on how educating children coming from war zones can stop the cycle of violence and lead to a future of peace.
- An infographic of the current state of our Google Lunar XPRIZE competition.
- These new medicine-delivery systems had trouble with power; but now, they could just use your stomach.
- The wreck of U-581 had been missing for years, before being found on the Atlantic floor.
- Is lab grown meat the future of food? We examine a post-animal bio-economy in this episode of Future First w/ Popular Science.
- "Our 1958 Space Act says we are for the benefit of humankind, for the general welfare of humanity." Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, talks about the importance of cooperation in space in …
- “A Chinese group has become the first to inject a person with cells that contain genes edited using the revolutionary CRISPR–Cas9 technique.”
- "By 2021, everyday software will be vastly more intelligent and powerful, replacing humans in more and more tasks. How will we keep up?"
- The next stage of humanity will be shared digital memories. Watch episode 9 of Future First with Popular Science.
- Can we be surrounded by invisible technology? Astro Teller says yes. Watch episode 8 of Future First with Popular Science.
