Innovations: Goodbye potato chips, hello jicama chips? These six start-ups want to change how you eat.

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The 12 threats to human civilization, ranked Earlier this month researchers at the Global Challenges Foundation released a thorough and unsettling look at what threatens human civilization. They define a civilization collapse as a “drastic decrease in human population size and political/economic/social complexity, globally and for an extended time.” The bad news is this is a long list. I’ve broken down what the …  Read full article »

Mark Zuckerberg is obsessed with making China his Facebook friend

Attention China, Mark Zuckerberg just lobbed another friend request across the Pacific Ocean. Zuckerberg’s latest attempt to woo the nation came in a 31-second video in which the Facebook chief executive wished everyone a happy Chinese New Year. He mentioned that the social network would be having a big party to celebrate, complete with a …  Read full article »

6 innovations to cope with the threat of a megadrought

NASA is now predicting a “megadrought” as early as 2050 that might last 30 or more years and transform a broad swath of the United States into an arid Dust Bowl. If greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase along current trajectories, say NASA researchers, there is a staggering 80 percent likelihood of the Southwest and …  Read full article »

Goodbye potato chips, hello jicama chips? These six start-ups want to change how you eat.

If you want a sneak peak at what might be the next big thing in food, AccelFoods is a good place to start. The early-stage investors identify and fund start-ups with an eye for the future. AccelFoods looks for growing markets and popular trends among millennials, such as healthy desserts, super foods, unique proteins and ethnic …  Read full article »

Here’s what drone advocates love and hate about the FAA’s proposed rules

On Sunday morning, the long wait for proposed drone rules from the FAA came to an end. The rules (summary here) were generally greeted warmly by drone enthusiasts. “For the FAA to turn this around and be innovative was a real surprise to a lot of us,” said Gretchen West, vice president of business development … Read full article »