The US electric grid was built for a one-way world—now it’s being rewired on the fly to handle two-way power, surging demand, and a decentralized future.

From reviving lost ecosystem functions to engineering disease-resistant crops and reimagining industrial production, the science behind second chances is transforming how we interact with life itself and reshaping our biological future at a planetary scale.

The trillion-dollar question is which model of autonomy wins. Waymo’s owned fleet, Uber’s connectivity platform, or Tesla’s distributed ownership model, selling cars to consumers who can deploy them as robotaxis.