Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana requiring more than twice as much electricity as New Orleans.

In 2021 a survey asked 10,000 young people in ten countries how they felt about climate change. 75% said the future was frightening and 55% thought humanity was doomed. "People are not excited about the future any more," notes design futurist Sarah Housley, and that has consequences. Without a vision for the future, it's hard to summon the will to change what's broken and create anything better.

Rumours of the metaverse's demise are greatly exaggerated – particularly when it comes to designing virtual buildings, writes Sarah Housley.

Solarpunk began as a sci-fi vision of a beautiful, sustainable planet. Now it inspires Hollywood movies and real-life tech. Can it change the world?

New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023

OpenAI released the first detailed public study on who uses its chatbot and what they most often ask it to do.

Though over half of us think humanity is doomed, if we can imagine a better future, we can start to move towards it.

Author and campaigner Emily Buchanan and futures expert Sarah Housley blend storytelling and strategy to inspire climate action and resilience. Buchanan’s

In his new book, The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson reflects on the surreal environments created as people destroy nature, yet crave connection to it

Plant-based meats have been viewed at times as ultraprocessed and possibly unhealthy. But some experts believe they deserve a second look.

Bedrock co-founder Geoff Lewis has posted increasingly troubling content on social media, drawing concern from friends in the industry.

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

Trying to understand the planet and its politics on the longest day

The robots are leaving Amazon’s warehouses.

Fiction is becoming an increasingly influential part of futures thinking. By creating ‘ruptures in reality’, we can connect imagination and roleplay to action and systemic change.

Digital twins offer humankind the ability to command virtual replicas of forests, oil fields, cities, supply chains — and even, maybe one day, our very bodies.

Between 80 and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. Let’s tell their stories.