Future Perfect Archive
Archives for July 2019
Where’s the evidence?
A new working paper finds that investing in kids can have huge benefits.
Researchers use mathematical models to estimate extinction from natural causes.
They’re calling for a new Geneva Convention.
NASA tracks big asteroids. Small ones — which can still do damage — are harder to spot.
Rutger Bregman, author of Utopia for Realists, talks to Ezra Klein about the power and purpose of utopian thinking.
John Arnold does what so few of the wealthy are willing to do: Criticize a system that benefits them.
A nuclear war might make crops stop growing, so we need a backup plan.
“The inability of artificial intelligence to reproduce our smiles is teaching us something,” say the tool’s creators.
The Department of Agriculture is cracking down on “categorical eligibility,” a way to make it easier to get help with food costs.
The fast-food chain is running a taste test on its customers.
The real impact of Republican’s rejection of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare.
Animal advocates call it a win — but others argue it’ll make things worse for cats.
How food scientists are working to imitate an egg
Microsoft’s new billion dollar partnership with OpenAI is a big bet on the future of artificial intelligence.