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Dec. 8, 2015 Eleven Madison Park Owners Plan a Fast-Casual Restaurant
The acclaimed restaurateurs are the latest in a long line of fine-dining chefs to embrace the reach—and rewards—of fast food.
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Dec. 8, 2015 UFC Star Conor McGregor Says He’s Lost His Mind
The outspoken mixed martial artist has been waging Muhammad Ali-like mental warfare in advance of the biggest fight of his life
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Dec. 7, 2015 Is the Future of Music a Chip in Your Brain?
Stephen Witt, author of “How Music Got Free,” imagines a future where algorithms replace albums, Frank Sinatra has new hits, and the DJ always plays your favorite song
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Nov. 30, 2015 The Race to Create Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Heats Up
Two years after the Tesla CEO crowdsourced the idea for the Hyperloop, his dream of a ‘fifth mode’ of transportation is quickly and quietly becoming a reality, but what’s his endgame?
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Dec. 1, 2015 Could Self-Driving Cars Spell the End of Ownership?
When companies like Apple and Tesla roll out their autonomous vehicles, the need for a personal car might be a thing of the past.
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Dec. 1, 2015 Artificial Wave Pools: A Landlocked Surfer’s Solution?
Wavegarden, a Spanish engineering company, is making waves that could land the sport in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Dec. 3, 2015 A SpaceX Veteran Puts High Tech in High Heels
Dolly Singh of Thesis Couture is leading a team of rocket scientists, engineers, and astronauts to create a better stiletto.
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Dec. 2, 2015 Please Eat the Artwork: The Rise of the Multisensory Museum
Curators are using everything from virtual reality to custom confections to engage audiences.
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Dec. 2, 2015 The Hindsight Report: 5 Ideas That Seemed Like the Future
From selfie sticks to Sriracha, innovations that have overstayed their welcome.
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Dec. 8, 2015 Can Grown-Up Putting Courses Fix the Crisis Facing Golf?
Legendary resorts like Bandon Dunes and Pinehurst are hoping that sophisticated putting-only courses will lure more golfers to the links.
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Dec. 10, 2015 The Sound, Look, and Flavor of the Future
From 3-D audio to Wells Fargo’s biometric banking, three reasons the coming year will be easy on the senses.
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Dec. 9, 2015 6 Reasons Why the Future of Wine is Looking Bright
Climate change could spell trouble, but the best vintages may lie ahead.
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Dec. 9, 2015 Summers in Sudan? Afghan Adventures? Your Guide to Risky Travel
Experienced guides and ex-military outfitters are taking travelers further and further off the beaten path. Here’s who to call to go where few have gone before.
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Dec. 4, 2015 How Tech and Textiles Are Transforming Fashion
From 3-D printed sneaker soles to yarn made from trash, a look at the future of fabric.
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Dec. 3, 2015 How Smart Should Watches Be?
The smartwatch market is exploding with everything from tech-enhanced swiss luxury to phones for your wrist. But just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
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Dec. 4, 2015 Predict the Future: How to Improve the Accuracy of Forecasts
Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner, the authors of ‘Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction,’ explain why precision precedes accuracy.
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Dec. 4, 2015 A Yale Economist Wants to Make You a Better Philanthropist
Dean Karlan’s ImpactMatters hopes to help prospective donors give smarter, better and more often.
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Dec. 10, 2015 The Future of Television: More Choices and Greater Quality
Veteran culture critic Logan Hill asks the biggest names in TV—including “Empire” co-creator Lee Daniels and AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan—what’s on next.
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Dec. 4, 2015 Is Africa Hiding the Next Mark Zuckerberg?
The founders of the education and staffing company Andela hope to level the playing field for software engineers in Africa.
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Dec. 10, 2015 Autonomous Weaponized Robots: Not Just Science Fiction
Robotics expert Noel Sharkey describes a confluence of developing technologies that could endanger our lives and our rights.
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Dec. 8, 2015 The New U.S. Military Recruit: ‘A Ph.D Who Could Win a Bar Fight’
For the U.S. Military, the challenges of the 21st century require a literal changing of the guard. And according to Adm. Eric Olson (ret.), a former Navy SEAL, the blueprint for the future comes straight from our past.
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Dec. 9, 2015 A Vision of Money’s Digital Future, From Cash to Code
Sebastian Mallaby, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, on currency’s coming transition.
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Nov. 30, 2015 The Positive Prognosis for Modern Health Care
From high-tech house calls to self-actualizing organ transplants, medicine is getting better soon.
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Dec. 2, 2015 Justice Stephen Breyer on the Future of the Supreme Court
The case for a judiciary better suited to our interconnected world.
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Dec. 7, 2015 Chef Massimo Bottura on Why the Future of Food is in Our Trash
For the legendary Italian restaurateur, the key to ending hunger is rethinking what we throw away.
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Nov. 30, 2015 Netflix’s Former Top Recruiter on the Workplace of the Future
Patty McCord, the one-time chief talent officer of the video-streaming service, on how social media will transform what we do and how we do it.
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Dec. 1, 2015 Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch on the Future of Publishing
How an invention from the 1400s will fare in the years ahead.
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Dec. 3, 2015 Forget Old Age, It’s Time to Live Long and (Really) Prosper
Advances in health care have added years to our life. According to Laura Carstensen, the founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, it’s time we added life to our years.
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Dec. 10, 2015 Tadao Ando Reveals a New Sketch for His First New York City Project
A sketch of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s latest work shows his mastery of past and present—and a blueprint for the 21st century.
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Dec. 10, 2015 Editor’s Note: The Future of Everything
From the end of auto ownership to America’s changing battlefields to a revolution in fast food to the next sports superstar, a special Wall Street Journal magazine asks a team of experts and reporters to tell us what lies ahead.