Future Perfect
Finding the best ways to do good. Check out our 2025 Future Perfect 25 list, which presents 25 changemakers who are innovating and implementing ways to keep making progress on global health and development.
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Resistance to exploitative AI starts with building a movement.
New data shows foreign PhD enrollment remains steady, but the risks to America’s foreign talent pipeline are growing.
If you don’t want a synthesized AI voice outliving you, get a lawyer now.
The particular cruelty behind farming America’s favorite fish.
Four questions about the Sudanese civil war, answered.
We’ve forgotten how radical household appliances are.
The end of pandemics is within reach. Why aren’t we acting like it?
Space dogs paved the way for human astronauts. Was it worth it?
An obscure health insurance alternative is seeing tremendous growth. But there’s a catch.
How to change your mind on the climate’s future, according to data scientist Hannah Ritchie.
The secretive dog experimentation industry is starting to crumble.
The decline of one of America’s biggest health crises, in two charts.
Lab-grown brains don’t have to inspire horror.
You are not going to like where our ancestors got their protein.
That déjà vu you’re feeling? Blame the chicken meat industry.
People in the Caribbean need help now — and for years to come.
AI can help create bioweapons. So can we use AI to create safeguards?
The sports gambling reckoning is finally here.
The overlooked impact of Trump’s tariffs, explained.
The panic over lead in protein powder got the risk totally wrong.
From Maldives to the Democratic Republic of Congo, there has been stunning progress in tackling diseases.
Our reality could have a mirror image — and it has some serious risks and benefits.
If you believe there’s a soul trapped inside ChatGPT, I have good news for you.
More cities are finally choosing bikes over cars.
This technology could feed a world of 10 billion. We’re squandering it, and the trade war with China could make it worse.
Why A House of Dynamite is so damn scary.
It’s not millennial cringe to wonder if you can enjoy the work of problematic artists.
We’ve made tremendous progress against famine — but hunger hasn’t disappeared.
Everyone needs help on GoFundMe. So how do we give?
A lot of animal abuse is falling through the cracks.
Vaccines delivered by Gavi saved the lives of 1.7 million people in poor countries
What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.
The conservationist used her stature to advocate for one of the most important, yet most unpopular, causes in the world.
It depends on who you ask.
The major decline in city fires, explained in two charts.
Informal recycling is deadly — and relatively simple to fix.
We’re the feds and we’re here to help (with your rent).
New genetic testing offers us the chance to create superbabies. It can come with unintended consequences.
The most life-changing feature on your phone is hiding in “Accessibility.”