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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How to live longer — and healthier.
Don’t let polarization distract you from one of the most important issues the world faces.
Like it or not, the billionaire gets to decide how half the world uses technology.
More contagious than Covid-19 and with a 30 percent mortality rate, smallpox was one of history’s biggest killers. Now, it’s gone.
How to block the next Covid in mid-air.
AI is the future. It just can’t predict it.
Sorry, a robot is probably a safer driver than most humans.
OpenAI released a model that tells users they’re right — no matter what. That’s more dangerous than it seems.
A federal program killed nearly 2 million wild animals last year. The reason might surprise you.
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has moved to roll back food safety measures, endanger slaughterhouse workers, and more.
The good news about global warming.
How the company’s transition to for-profit will affect everyone.
I want to believe I can make a positive impact from the inside, but maybe I’m deluding myself.
The surprising truth about milk is hiding in plain sight.
Lab-grown blood could save tens of thousands of lives. Is it possible?
Computing has a big energy appetite. What does that mean for our climate goals?
A star-studded film explains the hope and hype behind regenerative agriculture.
It can feel tempting to cocoon yourself in relaxing hobbies to spare your mental health.
Biden got immigration wrong. But there’s something both parties can agree on.
Some of your feelings about meat are just in your head.
Putting Americans back to work in factories isn’t just hard. It’s impossible.
The inconvenient truth about trade.
It’s the most invisible — and the hardest to solve.
Everyone likes cheap consumer goods that will get more expensive under Trump’s tariffs.
Don’t buy the hype about “de-extinction.”
Trump’s crackdown on foreign students and scientists will do irreparable harm to the country.
Tariffs aren’t helping globalization’s losers — they’re victimizing them again.
Tech pioneer Jaron Lanier argues for a different way to think about AI.
I value my independence and don’t want my partner to end up controlling me.
Dementia has long resisted treatment. But one answer could be surprisingly simple.
Bright headlights can make it easier for drivers to see the road. But there’s a dark side.
Eating more meat won’t make America healthy again.
The connection between housing and fertility rates has a missing piece.
Want to improve someone’s well-being? These are the “best buys” identified so far.
And no, it’s not Chick-fil-A.
Fewer children are dying than ever — but we can’t let progress stop.
Arizona is delaying its cage-free standards to free up the egg supply. Experts say it won’t help much.
Imagine how much worse things would be if the federal government had even more power than it does now.
The brutal debate over how to rescue foreign aid.
The president’s cruel, reckless plan to speed up slaughterhouse lines, explained in one chart.