In celebration of Earth Day 2023, Inverse looks ahead to the future of our home planet and some of the most ambitious and exciting ideas and innovations driving our lives on Earth forward.
By Inverse Staff
Profile
Ariel Ekblaw Wants To Go to Space So We Can Save Earth
By Claire Cameron
The 30-year-old founder of MIT’s Space Exploration Initiative is engineering small wonders with a big goal: making sure Earth remains our home.
Feature
What If You Could Become a Tree?
By Lindsay Lee Wallace
Funerary startup Transcend is on a quest to rebrand death for the good of life on Earth.
Nature
Inside the Controversial Strategy To Make the World More Wild
By Abe Musselman
What does “nature” mean to you?
Astronomy
Why the Greatest Threat To Star-Gazing Isn’t Light Pollution
By Doris Elín Urrutia
It’s the weather.
Science
Is There a Best Way to Think About the Future of Earth?
By Becca Caddy
The optimal way to think about the future may not be as long-term as you think.
Reel Science
The Wildest Gerard Butler Sci-Fi Movie on HBO Max Barely Understands Its Own Science
By Tara Yarlagadda
Geostorm has a ludicrous premise — and even more ludicrous technology.
Archaeology
Scientists Are Fighting To Save Ancient Human History From a Rising Threat
By Kiona Smith
Climate change threatens to destroy humanity’s past, but archaeologists are fighting to preserve our story.
Review
'Suzume' is Makoto Shinkai's Most Daring, Caring, and Personal Movie Yet
By Rafael Motamayor
This is the movie Makoto Shinkai has been preparing to make for the past eight years.
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