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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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