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It could happen. Sometime in the future. Data centres use an incredible amount of electricity and water. Towns that incentivise these...

It's September 2082, and we mark the 50th anniversary of the official start of what has become The Great 50-Year Global Drought. Cities...

Breaking news in 2037: the thawing of Arctic ice releases a 40,000 year old virus that doctors have never seen before. Another unintended...

Imagine a world where a government bans energy drinks if they are proven to be bad for public health, and people are abusing their impact...

All plants extract minerals and nutrients from the soil they're growing in, but some appear to be able to extract metals as well, or at...

As the world gets more and more water stressed, those who control water supplies in rivers, lakes and dams, will exercise more power and...

We have to do this! In our lifetimes we have to find a way to end the use of plastic as we use it now, so that we stop adding more toxins...

Imagine a world in which Rogue Waves made the oceans too dangerous for ships to sail, and we had to stop cruise liners and container...

We decided to publish this edition on Monday, 15 January 2024 - welcome to the first "full on" week of the year and welcome to another...

A Texas based company, Cemvita, has proposed using microbes that eat oil and excrete Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide as a solution for both...

We need new ways to generate energy - methods that don't damage and deplete the resources of our planet. In this episode we look at two...

Come to the future with me, where the current frustrations about the size, range, weight and cost of batteries have all been resolved....

In our mini-series on the high impact, hugely disruptive but often overlooked forces shaping our world (we call them the "Grey Elephants"...

Here is a very short summary of some of the research our team has been doing on the seven most significant disruptive forces shaping the...

In last week's episode, we highlighted the Japan Airlines experiment of providing rented clothes to tourists. Today, we look at the...

Japan Airlines are starting an experiment where holiday makers going to Japan do not take any luggage with them, but instead rent their...

For our special 100th episode of ThrowForward Thursday, we jump forward a century and imagine 21 scenarios of what life might be like. ...

What we can learn from the Ocean Cleanup Project about innovation through ridiculous ideas, experimentation and being a force for good....

Our waterways and oceans are being polluted at unprecedented rates. But there are some glimmers of hope - one of those is The Ocean...

In 2021, a Dutch supermarket chain, Jumbo, created a special checkout line - it was designed to be slower and give people the opportunity...