Future Perfect Archive
Archives for April 2024
For the last 100 years, we’ve only had one TB vaccine — and it leaves a lot to be desired.
The internet is far less secure than it ought to be.
What lead-tainted Lunchables reveal about the persistent threat of lead exposure.
Converting malls could create hundreds of thousands of badly needed homes.
Even the most poetic words can’t capture the full richness of our minds. So scientists are turning to numbers.
They’re great for the fast food industry — but not so great for us.
Cancer used to be a disease of the old. Not anymore.
Honeybees are too valuable to go extinct. Not every species will be so fortunate.
From Taiwan to South Korea to Silicon Valley, some of the most important nodes in the global tech economy are in disaster-prone places.
When so much of the world is backsliding on democratic norms, Senegal’s election reveals a trend toward democracy in Africa.
Millions of Medicare patients could soon be prescribed Wegovy — and it’s going to cost taxpayers a lot of money.