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World-Changing Ideas

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World-Changing Ideas

Why bionic eyes could transform sight

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World-Changing Ideas

The scientist ‘mining’ mobile phones

By Richard Gray
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Why we need better sea defences

By Richard Gray
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How to make other planets habitable

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Highlights of a world-changing summit

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The benefits of understanding our minds

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The artist making music with her brain

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Will artificial intelligence judge us?

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Will hypersonic planes fly us to space?

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The growing gap between us and animals

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Why we should send politicians to space

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Why we need a new definition for ‘home’

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Why so-called ‘superfoods’ don’t exist

By Bianca Nogrady
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11 world-changing ideas - on a postcard

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The rise of miniature ‘microfactories’

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Hawking: We should embrace fusion power

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