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A West Texas lab’s mission to make cryptocurrency mining sustainable

In partnership with Coinbase

Bitcoin mining consumes a massive amount of energy. But, a smarter data center could make the process carbon negative.

Freethink Team

Building the world’s greenest Bitcoin mine

5:34

In partnership with Coinbase

Meet the digital currency disruptors who are making Bitcoin mining carbon negative for a greener future.

How Fishcoin is using blockchain to combat seafood fraud

In partnership with Coinbase

Are you buying black-market fish? Fishcoin is waging a war against fraud.

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Medicine

The next cancer breakthrough could come from space

2:46

In partnership with Intel

What do astronauts, AI, and mice have in common? According to research, quite a lot.

Going to space to find the cure for cancer

5:01

In partnership with Intel

Space cancer is a leading threat to astronauts. Now, a way to prevent it could help everyone on Earth.

Healthcare

How low-cost surgical training programs could save lives in low-resource countries

In partnership with Intuitive

Lack of access to surgery leads to millions of deaths every year around the world. Meet the innovators who are working to reduce this toll.

Ross Pomeroy

Rethinking education: This tech builds stronger teacher-student connections

5:26

In partnership with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

This tool uses research-based questions and prompts to foster strong connections between teachers and students.

An incubator for world-changing entrepreneurs

7:36

In partnership with Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Want to solve the world’s hardest problems? Join GEN, a network supporting the next generation of the world’s most innovative entrepreneurs.

These are the next big breakthroughs in medicine

In partnership with Intuitive

These companies are working to change the future of health care.

Ross Pomeroy

Global Development

How to bring the entire world online

8:15

In partnership with Cisco

500 billion devices will be online by 2030. Here’s how that connectivity can power a sustainable future.

Surgery

A look at innovative, single-incision procedures

In partnership with Intuitive

With a single incision, some surgeons can now accomplish just as much as they previously did with four.

Can schools teach antifragility with spirituality?

8:28

In partnership with the Fetzer Institute

Kids want to know the meaning of life. Should schools help them find it?

An open source tool to unlock cures

6:01

In partnership with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

There are 37 trillion cells in your body. This discovery platform lets scientists map them.

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