Future 50

Fifty innovators who are making a positive change in the 2020s: An ongoing series from Inverse.

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Canan Dagdeviren wants more women in STEM to “not give up”

ByGrace Browne

“That’s one thing I always tell my female students.”

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Epidemiologist Adam Kucharski says 2021 is going to be better. Here's why.

ByGrace Browne

"We are in very different shape than we were before."

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Katharina Volz is using A.I. to solve the biggest problem in science

ByGrace Browne

“The way we solved disease before ... that just won't work anymore.”

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Birder Corina Newsome: I want to see a scientist who looks like me.

ByGrace Browne

“The most important thing is getting young people of color to actually see me doing it.”

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Kate Marvel: “With science plus action, things can get better.”

ByGrace Browne

“We can shape the future that we want.”

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Charlotte McCurdy wants you to forget everything you know about climate change

ByClaire Cameron

“The future will not be the past. It is going to be different.”

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Gene drives could stop the world's oldest problems. Kevin Esvelt wants to make sure they don't start any.

ByChloe Williams

Esvelt's career has gone from straight science into ethics and safety.

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How Anthony Boyle learned to be Jewish

ByJake Kleinman

The Plot Against America Star on growing up in Northern Ireland, Harry Potter, and matzo ball soup.

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Spencer Grammer reflects on the wild ride to Rick and Morty Season 4 and beyond

ByCorey Plante

Rick and Morty forever. Summer Smith forever.

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Rick and Morty voice actor Spencer Grammer wants the industry to keep changing for the better

ByCorey Plante

Spencer Grammer is every bit the feminist as the character she voices on Rick and Morty.