Future Perfect Archive
Archives for October 2018


Sex with these condoms felt better, researchers found in a new study. That could be a huge global health win.


The INF Treaty controversy, explained.


Creating new vaccines will cost billions, but it may be worth it to avoid the next Spanish flu.

Here’s what experts in managing risks to human civilization think we should be doing instead.

Obama’s regulation czar makes the case that “the issues that most divide us are fundamentally about facts rather than values.”


The medication used in self-managed abortions is safe for most women less than 10 weeks pregnant.


Apparently, it tastes like hummus.


The stuff that sounds nice isn’t always better.


Harris almost endorses a real basic income, then doesn’t.


An asteroid got the dinosaurs. Here’s what’s most likely to kill us.


And, no, they aren’t the cause of overfishing in Africa.


But he’s still an optimist.


The oil giant wants immunity from lawsuits that would make it pay for the damages of climate change.

These are bleak times — but a lot of things are improving.


A North Dakota prison official tries to take a page from Norway.