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The future of ultrafast materials and devices
Engineer Aaron Lindenberg is an expert in the ways atoms and electrons move through materials. He uses X-ray “flash photography” to make movies of at…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Best of: The future of computer-aided education
Commencement season is here and, as many students are closing one chapter and stepping into the next, it's a nice moment to ask: what did learning re…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The future of farming
Food security expert David Lobell is immersed in the data of agriculture. He uses satellite imagery, yield data, and advanced computational modeling …
5 months ago
The future of fungi
Fungi are “nature’s biological recycling machines,” says guest Vayu Hill-Maini, a former chef turned bioengineer. That is, they take waste and turn i…
5 months, 1 week ago
The future of influencers
In the dotcom era, communication professor Angèle Christin embedded herself in newsrooms, where she witnessed how audience metrics tilted journalism …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Best of: The future of the universe
Earlier this year, we got to witness the incredible launch and return of Artemis II, a NASA mission meant to lay the groundwork for a future lunar la…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The future of cell-free biotechnology
Michael Jewett is a pioneer of cell-free biotechnology. Instead of using living microbes as factories, he uses their internal molecular machinery to …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
The future of education
Education researcher Susanna Loeb studies the broad spectrum of learning experience, including ways to recruit and retain expert teachers, how to opt…
6 months ago
The future of networking technology
Computer scientist Keith Winstein is an expert in how computers communicate. Computer networks create what he calls shared fictions – abstract realit…
6 months, 1 week ago
Best of: The future of plant chemistry
April is Earth Month, and in appreciation of the plant life all around us, we’re re-running a conversation we had with Beth Sattely last year on the …
6 months, 2 weeks ago