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What universal healthcare should look like
It's not just Medicare For All. We're going to have to remake the entire system — and Silicon Valley has a role to play.
By Chris Taylor
At last, we can build a Space Elevator — sort of
A long-held dream of science fiction could be constructed today, if we don't put the ground floor on the ground.
By Chris Taylor
How a coin for carbon could save the planet
Science fiction legend Kim Stanley Robinson wants to see cryptocurrency that will make us suck CO2 from the air.
By Chris Taylor
Where's your jetpack and flying car? Not in your future.
Recent setbacks have left the next century looking a lot more pedestrian than we once imagined.
By Chris Taylor
Why we can still end poverty, even after coronavirus made it worse
Decades of progress on poverty reduction have ended, thanks to 2020. But a historic success story isn't over yet.
By Chris Taylor
