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Bryan Walsh

Bryan Walsh

Senior Editorial Director, Future Perfect, Climate, Unexplainable and The Gray Area

    Latest articles by Bryan Walsh

    Future Perfect
    Governments once imagined a future without extreme poverty. What happened?Governments once imagined a future without extreme poverty. What happened?
    Future Perfect

    As the UN meets in New York, progress and energy around the Sustainable Development Goals is dwindling at the worst possible time.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    Rethinking the war on invasive speciesRethinking the war on invasive species
    Future Perfect

    Invasive species cost hundreds of billions each year. But the division between “alien” and “native” isn’t so clear.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    What America can learn from baseball (yes, baseball)What America can learn from baseball (yes, baseball)
    Future Perfect

    Baseball fixed itself by changing its rules. The country should pay attention.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
    How should we remember Trinity Site, where the first nuclear bomb was tested?How should we remember Trinity Site, where the first nuclear bomb was tested?
    Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

    Oppenheimer’s Trinity Site is where the end began.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    New York’s long and winding road to congestion pricingNew York’s long and winding road to congestion pricing
    Future Perfect

    A plan starting in the spring will toll cars driving downtown. It’s a great idea — so why did it take so long?

    By Bryan Walsh
    2023’s big summer movie season, explained
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is somehow the best animal rights movie of the yearGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is somehow the best animal rights movie of the year
    2023’s big summer movie season, explained

    You will cry at Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    Will having the world’s biggest population make this the “Indian Century”?Will having the world’s biggest population make this the “Indian Century”?
    Future Perfect

    Why numbers can only go so far for the world’s new most populous nation.

    By Bryan Walsh
    The 100-year-old mistake that’s reshaping the American West
    The Highlight

    What happens if the Colorado River keeps drying up?

    By Brian Resnick, Adam Clark Estes and 2 more
    Are 8 billion people too many — or too few?
    The Highlight

    Welcome to the population paradox of the 21st century.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    Why we should run elite college admissions like a lotteryWhy we should run elite college admissions like a lottery
    Future Perfect

    The case for leaving some top college applications to chance.

    By Bryan Walsh