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Bryan Walsh

Bryan Walsh

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

    Latest articles by Bryan Walsh

    Kevin Esvelt wants to make the world safe from — and for — biotechnology
    The 2022 Future Perfect 50

    Employing cryptography to ensure that CRISPR is used for good.

    By Bryan Walsh
    The novelist Kim Stanley Robinson’s vision roves from the deep past to the distant future
    The 2022 Future Perfect 50

    Robinson gives readers grounded sci-fi with a soaring spirit.

    By Bryan Walsh
    How Ted Nordhaus brought realpolitik to climate politics
    The 2022 Future Perfect 50

    The Breakthrough Institute co-founder helped lay the intellectual foundation for a more effective approach to fighting climate change.

    By Bryan Walsh
    DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis is AI’s grandmaster
    The 2022 Future Perfect 50

    From mastering games to decoding proteins, Hassabis is shepherding the next generation of artificial intelligence.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Jennifer Doudna helped rewrite life with CRISPR
    The 2022 Future Perfect 50

    Now the Nobel-winning biochemist wants to ensure her invention is used ethically.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Technology
    This year’s physics Nobel Prize went to pioneers in quantum tech. Here’s how their work could change the world.This year’s physics Nobel Prize went to pioneers in quantum tech. Here’s how their work could change the world.
    Technology

    A brief guide to the weird and revolutionary world of quantum computers.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    The universe is a dangerous place. NASA just showed it’s possible to defend Earth against it.The universe is a dangerous place. NASA just showed it’s possible to defend Earth against it.
    Future Perfect

    Humanity now has the beginnings of a true defense against asteroids.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    Progressives have welcomed migrants. Now they need to house themProgressives have welcomed migrants. Now they need to house them
    Future Perfect

    YIMBYism for migrant policy.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    Queen Elizabeth II and the long 20th centuryQueen Elizabeth II and the long 20th century
    Future Perfect

    Why the queen was history’s greatest spectator.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    Americans keep moving to where the water isn’tAmericans keep moving to where the water isn’t
    Future Perfect

    People are still flocking to Sunbelt regions where the housing is cheaper and plentiful — but climate change and extreme weather are worsening.

    By Bryan Walsh