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May 18, 2018
Can Blockchain Be Used for Public Good?
A new Stanford study looks beyond the hype to examine how decentralized transactions can solve social ills.
May 8, 2018
PastureMap: Creating a More Sustainable Steak
This app helps ranchers manage their land while improving the environment.
May 8, 2018
Plenty: Towers of Kale Growing Outside Your City
This vertical farming startup plans to reimagine farming.
May 8, 2018
Pure Harvest: A Smarter Greenhouse Brings Fresh Produce to the Desert
Fifty miles outside of Abu Dhabi, startup Pure Harvest plans to grow fresh fruits and vegetables in an inhospitable climate.
April 12, 2018
The Science Behind Cambridge Analytica: Does Psychological Profiling Work?
The researchers who warned about abuses of Facebook data show how psychological profiling gets results.
April 5, 2018
What Makes a Community Resilient?
A Stanford study explores how communities recover — or fail to recover — from disasters.
March 28, 2018
The Case for a Danish-Style Safety Net
Businesses benefit when the government steps in to provide social benefits, a visiting scholar contends.
March 15, 2018
“The Workplace Is Killing People and Nobody Cares”
A new book examines the massive health care toll today’s work culture exacts on employees.
February 2, 2018
The Rebel Behind Africa’s Telecom Revolution
How Strive Masiyiwa used street theater (and lawyers) to dominate a mobile marketplace.
January 22, 2018
How Engineering’s Blind Spot Creates Runaway Monopolies
One of Big Tech’s biggest problems is that designers too often forget to put a soul in the machine.