Inequality
Inequality squashes innovation and entrepreneurship
Research suggests that the theory of having only a few people with most of the wealth, motivates others, is wrong.
Global Issue
Industry
Economy
System Initiative
Global Issue
Industry
Economy
System Initiative
Innovation
Innovation
How Europe can build a Silicon Valley
The European Union is lagging behind the United States and Asia in innovation and entrepreneurship. How can this trend be reversed?
Science & Technology
As Apple kills off the iPod ... here are 5 other pieces of beloved tech we’ve said goodbye to in the past 20 years
Five iconic technologies that have fallen away over the past 20 years, replaced by successors that are either smaller, smarter, cheaper, or all three.
Supply Chain and Transport
Hyperloop One has just gone faster than ever before
In the latest round of tests, Hyperloop One has gone faster than further than before.
Leadership
These 8 people are changing how you work
These executives are changing the way we work today — and breaking ground for the way we'll work tomorrow.
Humanitarian Action
This Japanese artist designs homes for refugees
A minimalist Japanese architect is designing homes for refugees that they can build themselves.
Leadership
5 ways successful people use the summer to get ahead
Avery Blank shares her tips for getting ahead in business over the summer.
India
A startup is looking to rule India’s cow economy with dung soap and urine toothpaste
A Mumbai-based company is making consumer products said to have high medicinal value and completely based on the cow.
Innovation
This man has created a car that is powered by whisky
Alcohol and automobiles famously do not mix - but one Scottish scientist has disproved that maxim by driving a car powered by biofuel derived from making whisky.
Innovation
This new 'vertical bike' allows people to scale buildings
In our increasingly vertical and densely populated cities, space saving is vital; there's not always room to install full-size elevator shafts in apartment blocks. Meet the Vycle.
Science & Technology
Scientists think they might soon be able to edit human memories
Researchers have recently discovered two different types of memory, which could be a new solution for treating anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Arts and Culture
Your ears could go back in time, thanks to this tool
A new tool lets researchers model the sound of an archaeological landscape, called a “soundscape,” to better explore how people may have experienced their surroundings in the past.
France
A Frenchman in Silicon Valley: France needs an innovation revolution
Emmanuel Macron should bring radical change to France's approach to innovation, writes a French management expert based in the Unites States.
European Union
These are the 17 most dynamic cities in Europe
Theses 17 European cities offer a perfect balance of innovation, inspiration and inclusivity.
Innovation
These farms are shaping Africa's agricultural future
Farms that are used to teach agricultural techniques and technologies are a smart investment that can help accelerate the adoption of game-changing innovations.