big ideas

Planetary wins $1 million XPRIZE for ocean carbon capture.

“The XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, launched in 2021, set out to tackle one of humanity’s biggest challenges: how to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ocean at meaningful, scalable levels. … Planetary’s approach restores the ocean’s natural ability to […]

tech, startups, internet

A new XPRIZE for increasing healthspan.

The original prize was designed to promote space tourism with a $10 million bounty. Now here comes another: “XPRIZE Healthspan is a 7-year, $101 million global competition to revolutionize the way we approach human aging.” ~ learn more