Research

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

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Building bridges to the crypto space

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Generation Alpha

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Zeroing in on 0.0% beers

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The rise of the Asian Aerotropolis

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Online language is better language

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Natural elements become critical resources

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The dominance of movie franchises

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Apple’s silent transition into the next computing paradigm

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The European Stack is taking shape

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The plant-based protein transition

What fundamental factors are causing and fueling the transition?

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Will climate engineering save the planet?

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Multilateralism and the decline of the U.S. hegemony

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Worker rights, a new frontier for reducing U.S. inequality?

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The quest for autonomy in the digital age

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Gen Z in the generational cycle

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Japan, Korea and the global semiconductor industry

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Reality is holding back self-driving cars

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The depth of deep ecology

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The internet of thoughts

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A phronetic approach to healthcare

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Healthcare in the 2020 U.S. elections

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The ambiguity of self-tracking for health

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Precautionary screening for the masses?

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The French Renaissance

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Will China become a sustainability leader?

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New hope for the liberal world order?

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Our cities as AR gaming arenas

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High hopes for holiness

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Libra’s next hurdle: financial regulators and governments

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The rising costs of carbon emissions

Apple’s enduring quest for the disappearing computer

The next step into the era of spatial computing

What would it take for us to believe in aliens?

Believing the unbelievable in times of disinformation and deepfakes

The Indian Stack goes global

Is a decentralized, open-source Indian-European Stack emerging?

Another piece on Barbenheimer

On the cultural significance of summer blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer

Will generative AI bring the productivity increases we need?

Information technology and the lack of corresponding increases in productivity

The hottest farmers' debate

On the power of Big Food over farmers

Breaking the bottleneck

Can state-led initiatives relying on market mechanisms help us achieve our decarbonization goals?

Are we heading towards post-human intelligence?

Rethinking being human in a more-than-human world

Beyond planetary boundaries: towards Earth systems justice

Linking new developments in Earth systems research to the Deep Transitions Framework

The future of inflation and interest rates

A long-term view on the drivers of inflation and monetary policy