Research

Explore over 500 articles on prevailing megatrends in tech, politics and society.

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Facebook’s strategy for a decentralized future

Will Facebook orchestrate its own disruption?

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Slowing down fast fashion

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Sports wearables: When the amateur goes pro

The widespread use of performance-tracking technologies has changed the practice of sports

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Feeding the dragon

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Inequality in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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Netflix’s Bandersnatch: the beginning of embedded content interfaces

Netflix's interactive film 'Bandersnatch' could set the trend for embedded content interfaces in films and shows.

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Farming in the Anthropocene by improving photosynthesis

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Managing your digital identity

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Volatility in the Tech Stack

A closer look at the fundamental trajectories and interdependent nature of new technologies

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Signs of a next green revolution

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Retroscope 2018: Disruption in the making

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Retroscope 2018: Socio-cultural

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Retroscope 2018: Hegemonic cycle

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Retroscope 2018: Technological cycle

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Open-source software is eating the world

Open-source software is crucial in our daily lives, and recent acquisitions of GitHub and Red Hat highlight its importance.

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The protein folding revolution

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Accounting for natural capital

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Open data empowerment

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Our polygenic scores tell us who we are

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City region foodscapes

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Fighting terrorism has been a recurring issue in the history of Europe

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From bits to atoms

Will platforms like Uber and Airbnb continue to succeed without physical assets?

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Our diverging responses to climate change

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A return to utopian thinking

In the last decade, pragmatic utopian thinking has gained considerable popularity in different domains.

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Divided Brazil will be urged to look inwards

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The age of genetic information

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Google predicts a rising Chinese internet

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In search of a narrative for Europe

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Food is the key to achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Can digital technology save humanity?

How the Digital Revolution will change the rules of the game

Religion and spirituality after the death of God

Secularism could lead to moral and spiritual nihilism that Nietzsche and Dostoevsky warn of. What are the socio-cultural consequences of this?

How the cyborg deconstructed the modern worldview

The evolution of the cyborg in science and popular culture

The chemical industry is out of control

We have no idea about the long-term impacts of chemical production on our planet. Is it time for a 'guilty until proven innocent' approach?

The sour aftertaste of the Glasgow COP26

The developing intrinsic value of nature

Feel-good philanthropy

Stimulating sustainable consumer practices

Will the metaverse be a “pornoverse”?

The greening of green financial products