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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The first Martians are going to need somewhere to live that can protect them from…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Heating and cooling buildings is energy intensive and is a primary contributor to climate change…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Space agencies are eyeing up colonies on Mars – and they’re going to need awesome…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printing and printers let us change the materials we use to build buildings –…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The technologies we will use on other planets to construct buildings are also disrupting the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Digital twins of buildings, cities, and even the Earth let people analyse problems and find…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today solar panels only generate electricity when there’s sunlight, wind farms when there’s wind, so…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Climate change and rising sea levels will displace billions of people, and the Maldives government…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printing houses for a fraction of the cost of building a traditional house will…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are inventing new materials all the time, and we’re also re-inventing old ones ……

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Agriculture and forestry account for over 20 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, but what…

WHY THIS MATTERS INN BRIEF Buying into floating islands is becoming increasingly popular as sea levels rise and as the…