
Bryan Walsh
Senior Editorial Director, Future Perfect, Climate, Unexplainable and The Gray Area
Latest articles by Bryan Walsh


A new study on “nuclear winter” estimates that as many as 5 billion people could die from starvation.


Got a protein? This AI will tell you what it looks like.


Germany’s decision to restart old coal plants rather than extend the life of its nuclear power facilities reflects a failure of environmental priorities.


The assassination of Abe, who was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, shocks a peaceful country.


Still sad, no longer young, kind of literary.


Receiving signals from extraterrestrial civilizations could pose an existential risk. Really.


Births went up by 1 percent last year, but don’t think of it as a baby boom.


But political barriers will hobble our ability to deal with the shifting patterns of global population.
Bluey opened up my imagination and made the most boring part of parenting fun.


Civil defense and other “right of boom” approaches could help mitigate the toll of a nuclear war — at least somewhat.