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The danger of generational labelling
Civility, trash talking and more sociable cities
Frozen frogs, tissues and cells — the health and environmental benefits of keeping it chill
Building a new social contract
Whatever happened to...?
A Future Tense retrospective
Is AI really taking over the internet?
A tale of two futuristic cities
Ancient viruses, new threats
Microplastic removal and decarbonising cement
Learning how to learn in the age of generative AI
Disinformation, digital tech and democracy
Getting up to speed with autonomous vehicles
Technology and language — a dynamic relationship
Are we turning the housing crisis into a living crisis?
Reviving the past and digital mapping for the future
Are we kidding ourselves about decarbonisation?
Is globalisation dying?
Taxing carbon on the border and at sea
Existential hope vs Existential Fear
Cooperation, not conflict on the High Seas
Convenience culture's inconvenient truth
Perspectives on the potential of AI-powered policing
The truth about AI and productivity
Sinking Cities
How to balance the population needs on our planet
Lessons from South Korea's security dilemma
A turning point for the United Nations
The potential benefits and risks of developing "mirror life"
The world after us!
How to start your own golden age
Australia and Canada — Strategic partners, but near total strangers?
Reassessing the laws of war; and why progress isn't always a straight line
Beyond the cloud — storing data in space
Forgetting, not memory, moves us forward
Bitcoin boom or digital deception?
Can the oceans solve our carbon removal problems?
YouTube turns 20; and the interesting side of boredom
Remember the Jevons Paradox!
The power and peril of the optimistic mind
AI's "hidden labour" and the move toward a linkless internet
The roots of techno-authoritarianism
Some challenges to conventional economic thinking
Civility, trash talking and more sociable cities
Limitarianism — could a cap on wealth reduce inequality?
Understanding attention and a craving for certainty
Flow Batteries, windships, and a new approach to off-grid solar
Modern museums, accountability, and openness
Nuclear tombs and the distant discourse of danger
The danger of generational labelling
Could Utopian thinking save democracy?
How to ensure privatisation serves the public good
The vicious cycle of fear and anger — and how it traps society
Algorithms create a dull conformity — off and online
The must-have skill for the future: Untangling unintended consequences
Nostalgia can make you vulnerable to manipulation
The artificial secret behind "natural food"
The role genetics could play in bringing down Methane levels
The cities that create rain; AI in warfare; and do carbon offsets really work?
Do we need new rules of war as conflict takes on a cyber dimension?
Whatever happened to...?
A declaration on future generations
Robots in the home – friend or foe?
Melting brains and climate anxiety
Frozen frogs, tissues and cells — the health and environmental benefits of keeping it chill
Sex tech, AI and the centrality of consent
Wolf Warrior diplomacy — Have we finally seen an end to undiplomatic diplomacy?
Why China has tightened its belt and road
The year of the poll — democracy's mega test
Saying goodbye to ageism — the last “acceptable” prejudice
AI snake oil — its limits, risks, and its thirst for resources
The "disruption nexus" and the power of a good crisis
Rediscovering the essence of Liberalism could help in the battle against authoritarianism
Why in the 21st century are we still talking about the political Left and Right?
"Anthropocene" — why the fight about a name has real world consequences
We're losing the dark sky and you can already feel the consequences
Can we afford to continue to keep pets — environmentally and financially?
Technology is revolutionising sport performance
Are the big US media platforms swallowing our culture?
A new push in the search for alien life
Technology and language — a dynamic relationship
Rethinking productivity and the pushback to shareholder capitalism
Limitarianism — could a cap on wealth reduce inequality?
Sucking CO2 from the air — a "Mammoth task"
The truth about AI – garbage in, garbage out
The best response to disasters: centralised strength or community mitigation?
The greatest demographic shift in a century is being ignored: single living
It's time to take the Influencer economy seriously
When good intentions fuel further environmental problems
Big corporations are taking over as landlords and it's further fuelling the global housing crisis
The great distribution dilemma – can public interest journalism survive?
Dark sky at night, everyone's delight
Nobel-Prize laureate Abhijit Banerjee on the world's largest UBI experiment
The manufacturing of "natural food" and how tech can demystify what we eat
Self-destructive behaviour — the enemy within
Fear and anger – the complicated emotions that govern our world
Algorithmic homogeny – why everything looks and feels the same
The weaponisation of nostalgia; and has culture come to a standstill?
Are we really becoming more isolated and less community minded?
TikTok's superstar economy – how live-streaming is turning social media into a game played for money