Elon Musk

Reading this column may entrap you in an Artificial Intelligence conspiracy to doom humanity. It might also be entertaining. Up to you.

A Q&A with Adam Keating, co-lead of a startup leading the way in the conceptual high-speed transit. His group came second at a competition sponsored by Musk.

In the industrialized world, Trump, the Republicans and other North American conservatives are among the final holdouts in taking seriously the fight against climate change

Our 2016 Newsmakers: Have Elon Musk’s visionary ideas gotten ahead of his ability to deliver? Don’t bet on it.

What are the consequences of the possibility that our world is the product of millions of computer simulations? Can it get us out of chores?

They’re extremely expensive. Some are destined to fail. But the benefits of so-called ‘moonshots’ outweigh the risk.

The challenge is now to go faster, higher and cheaper than ever before. Here are the three visionaries leading the way.

Tesla’s Powerwall battery pack could help homes go off-grid. Just don’t toast bread and make coffee at the same time.

Can Elon Musk’s new product, the Powerwall, fundamentally disrupt the fossil fuel industry?

A better battery would be sweet relief for smartphone users. But there’s another industry that might benefit even more from it.

The two winners have won contracts to deliver U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station starting in 2017

Virgin Galactic’s rides aren’t cheap. But 700 people have already bought in.