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Future Perfect Archive

Archives for December 2024

The world’s most mysterious psychedelic is already inside your brain
The Highlight

DMT, “the nuclear bomb of the psychedelic family,” explained.

By Oshan Jarow
Future Perfect
Mexico just put animal welfare into its national constitutionMexico just put animal welfare into its national constitution
Future Perfect

These reforms are a big win for advocates, but what happens next will be crucial for animals’ rights.

By Sam Delgado
Future Perfect
How to think about the public backlash to the killing of a health care CEOHow to think about the public backlash to the killing of a health care CEO
Future Perfect

Why Brian Thompson’s death has provoked such complicated reactions from the public.

By Aja Romano and Sigal Samuel
The deep roots of Americans’ hatred of their health care system
Future Perfect

The industry’s blame game will not end the US national health care nightmare.

By Dylan Scott
Future Perfect
Is AI progress slowing down?Is AI progress slowing down?
Future Perfect

Maybe — but it matters much less than you think.

By Kelsey Piper
Future Perfect
Why 597 million chickens go missing from America’s food supply each yearWhy 597 million chickens go missing from America’s food supply each year
Future Perfect

Chicken giants are pushing birds to their biological limits. A staggering number die but never make it to consumers’ plates.

By Kenny Torrella
The Highlight
What in the world is pink cocaine?What in the world is pink cocaine?
The Highlight

It’s not cocaine, but it can be just about anything else — except a good idea.

By Celia Ford
Explain It to Me
Why do so many young people suddenly have cancer?Why do so many young people suddenly have cancer?
Explain It to Me

When you were born is actually an important risk factor for cancer.

By Dylan Scott
Policy
The housing movement is divided against itselfThe housing movement is divided against itself
Policy

What 3 new books reveal about where the housing movement goes next.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Future Perfect
I got malaria on purpose and so can youI got malaria on purpose and so can you
Future Perfect

We need new malaria drugs — so I spent a year as a guinea pig.

By Dylan Matthews
Men are struggling. Here’s how your philanthropy can help.
Future Perfect

We can invest in men’s well-being without undermining women.

By Celia Ford
Future Perfect
Don’t wait: The case for giving sooner rather than laterDon’t wait: The case for giving sooner rather than later
Future Perfect

If you want to do good this Giving Tuesday, it’s probably a good idea to donate regularly.

By Kelsey Piper
Future Perfect
A surprise solar boom reveals a fatal flaw in our climate change projectionsA surprise solar boom reveals a fatal flaw in our climate change projections
Future Perfect

Solar is surging, but so is humanity’s energy appetite. We need better models.

By Noah Gordon and Daevan Mangalmurti