It is probably wise to take Thiel’s idea of an end to aging (or at least its radical postponement) seriously. It does not seem that long ago that the Beatles could plausibly portray geriatri... Read more
We’re one step closer to making it socially acceptable to be a college dropout without a real job. At the beginning of September, Stanford announced a fundamentally new type of financial arr... Read more
Storing electricity in spinning wheels isn’t new, but a new design may make it cheap enough to compete with other technologies Renewables could be the world’s primary source of e... Read more
The idea that innovation and new technology have stopped driving growth is getting increasing attention. But it is not well founded BOOM times are back in Silicon Valley. Office parks along... Read more
The eccentric PayPal billionaire doesn’t just invest in Silicon Valley tech companies. He’s giving money for projects that do everything from get power from the weather to find ways to progr... Read more
The cost of energy generated could potentially be as low as US$0.03 per kilowatt hour Tornadoes generally evoke the destructive force of nature at its most awesome. However, what if all that... Read more
Modern Meadow–a lab-grown meat startup–is getting closer and closer to growing leather in a test tube. But that’s just the beginning. Why grow regular leather when you can use yo... Read more
The legendary VC’s investment means factory-assembled, cruelty-free, 100% natural-feeling leather may be coming as soon as next year. After that: Get ready for your first test-tube steak. A... Read more
Right now, someone is tinkering with a billion dollar secret — they just don’t know it yet. “What people aren’t telling you,” Peter Thiel taught his class at Stanford, “can very often give y... Read more
Only half of recent college grads are employed full-time While Congress dukes it out over the federal interest rates on student loans, venture capitalist Peter Thiel has a solution fo... Read more
She could teach Kenyan children how to construct and fix the device if it breaks Eden Full, a 19-year-old Princeton University mechanical engineering student has developed a non-toxic, cheap... Read more
LET the rest of the country worry about a double-dip recession. Tech land, stretching from San Jose to San Francisco, is in a time warp, and times here are still flush. Even now, technology... Read more
Peter Thiel says the United States no longer cares much about science or technology One of the Internet’s most influential investors and entrepreneurs is offering a dire prediction: th... Read more
Fair warning: This article will piss off a lot of you. I can say that with confidence because it’s about Peter Thiel. And Thiel – the PayPal co-founder, hedge fund manager and venture capita... Read more