World-Changing Ideas

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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)
World-Changing Ideas
Why we need better sea defences
By Richard Gray
A batch of zinnia flowers grown on the ISS this year (Credit: Nasa)
World-Changing Ideas
How to make other planets habitable
By Richard Gray
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World-Changing Ideas
Highlights of a world-changing summit
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World-Changing Ideas
The benefits of understanding our minds
By Richard Gray
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World-Changing Ideas
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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World-Changing Ideas
The growing gap between us and animals
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World-Changing Ideas
Why we should send politicians to space
The India-Pakistan border from space (Credit: Nasa)
World-Changing Ideas
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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World-Changing Ideas
11 world-changing ideas - on a postcard
By Richard Fisher
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World-Changing Ideas
The rise of miniature ‘microfactories’
By Bianca Nogrady
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World-Changing Ideas
Hawking: We should embrace fusion power
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