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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
The sandstone of Barangaroo - a short distance from BBC Future's World-Changing Ideas Summit venue - is an example of smart seawall design (Credit: Alamy)
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Why we need better sea defences

By Richard Gray
A batch of zinnia flowers grown on the ISS this year (Credit: Nasa)
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How to make other planets habitable

By Richard Gray
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Highlights of a world-changing summit

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The benefits of understanding our minds

By Richard Gray
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The artist making music with her brain

By Richard Gray
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World-Changing Ideas

Will artificial intelligence judge us?

The scramjet will primarily be used to launch satellites, but it may also take tourists into space (Credit: University of Queensland)
World-Changing Ideas

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

The India-Pakistan border from space (Credit: Nasa)
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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

By Richard Fisher
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The rise of miniature ‘microfactories’

By Bianca Nogrady
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Hawking: We should embrace fusion power