How to power the world 24/7 — without oil | Cindy Taff

How to power the world 24/7 — without oil | Cindy Taff

Deep beneath the Earth sits 50,000 times more energy than all the world's fossil fuel reserves, but accessing it requires using the same controversial technology that oil companies spent trillions to develop: fracking. Cindy Taff left Shell to prove that drilling for geothermal heat instead of hydrocarbons can deliver what solar, wind and fossil fuels can't — clean, renewable power at all times, regardless of weather. Could this be the breakthrough that finally solves our energy challenges?

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An electrifying acoustic guitar performance |  Rodrigo y Gabriela

An electrifying acoustic guitar performance | Rodrigo y Gabriela

Guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela combine furiously fast riffs and dazzling rhythms to create a style that draws on both flamenco guitar and heavy metal in this live performance of their song, "The Soundm...

14 Feb 20174min

New nanotech to detect cancer early | Joshua Smith

New nanotech to detect cancer early | Joshua Smith

What if every home had an early-warning cancer detection system? Researcher Joshua Smith is developing a nanobiotechnology "cancer alarm" that scans for traces of disease in the form of special biomar...

8 Feb 201712min

The incredible inventions of intuitive AI | Maurice Conti

The incredible inventions of intuitive AI | Maurice Conti

What do you get when you give a design tool a digital nervous system? Computers that improve our ability to think and imagine, and robotic systems that come up with (and build) radical new designs for...

6 Feb 201715min

What time is it on Mars? | Nagin Cox

What time is it on Mars? | Nagin Cox

Nagin Cox is a first-generation Martian. As a spacecraft engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cox works on the team that manages the United States' rovers on Mars. But working a 9-to-5 on ano...

3 Feb 201713min

How to get better at the things you care about | Eduardo Briceño

How to get better at the things you care about | Eduardo Briceño

Working hard but not improving? You're not alone. Eduardo Briceño reveals a simple way to think about getting better at the things you do, whether that's work, parenting or creative hobbies. And he sh...

1 Feb 201711min

Why you should love statistics | Alan Smith

Why you should love statistics | Alan Smith

Think you're good at guessing stats? Guess again. Whether we consider ourselves math people or not, our ability to understand and work with numbers is terribly limited, says data visualization expert ...

31 Jan 201712min

A young scientist's quest for clean water | Deepika Kurup

A young scientist's quest for clean water | Deepika Kurup

Deepika Kurup has been determined to solve the global water crisis since she was 14 years old, after she saw kids outside her grandparents' house in India drinking water that looked too dirty even to ...

27 Jan 20178min

The ethical dilemma of designer babies | Paul Knoepfler

The ethical dilemma of designer babies | Paul Knoepfler

Creating genetically modified people is no longer a science fiction fantasy; it's a likely future scenario. Biologist Paul Knoepfler estimates that within fifteen years, scientists could use the gene ...

23 Jan 201718min

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