Future Perfect Archive
Archives for January 2019
A new book from veteran energy analyst Hal Harvey simplifies decarbonization.
The EAT-Lancet Commission’s “planetary health diet” is bold and controversial.
The money is actually the less important stuff.
It’s complicated!
Particle accelerators have taught us so much about physics that the new one might have nothing to find.
With at least 680 cases, it’s already the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history.
A Chinese government investigation found He Jiankui violated state law in pursuit of “personal fame and fortune.”
This is a deeply, deeply silly question.
We’ve come a long way in the past decade.
We might be better off funding scientific research by choosing projects at random. Here’s why.
The astronomical mysteries that have people wondering if we’re alone in the universe, explained.
A new book makes the case that alternatives to animal products can end the atrocities involved in farming animals.
The opioid epidemic is now a bigger public health and safety threat than car crashes.
Studies have shown it hasn’t really lifted people out of poverty. But it’s still made a difference in the lives of the poor.
The staff of Future Perfect forecasts the year ahead.