Future Perfect
Finding the best ways to do good. Check out our 2025 Future Perfect 25 list, which presents 25 changemakers who are innovating and implementing ways to keep making progress on global health and development.
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The New York Times painted a misleading picture. Less than 0.2 percent of US charity is ruthlessly optimized.
Everybody loves MAHA — because nobody knows what it really is.
DMT, “the nuclear bomb of the psychedelic family,” explained.
These reforms are a big win for advocates, but what happens next will be crucial for animals’ rights.
Why Brian Thompson’s death has provoked such complicated reactions from the public.
The industry’s blame game will not end the US national health care nightmare.
Maybe — but it matters much less than you think.
Chicken giants are pushing birds to their biological limits. A staggering number die but never make it to consumers’ plates.
It’s not cocaine, but it can be just about anything else — except a good idea.
When you were born is actually an important risk factor for cancer.
What 3 new books reveal about where the housing movement goes next.
We need new malaria drugs — so I spent a year as a guinea pig.
We can invest in men’s well-being without undermining women.
If you want to do good this Giving Tuesday, it’s probably a good idea to donate regularly.
Solar is surging, but so is humanity’s energy appetite. We need better models.
The treatment of animals in the real world is far stranger — and crueler — than in Wicked.
Xenotransplantation raises major moral questions — and not just about the pigs.
America, before and after vaccines.
Optimism, not despair, is the way to inspire kids to help the future.
Neuroscience is revealing a fascinating link between gratitude and generosity.
How “earn to give” harnesses the engine of capitalism to altruistic ends.
The world’s worst air pollution is getting worse, but there are concrete ways to fix it.
The growing chasm in American meat consumption, explained.
Tuberculosis is still the world’s top killer. The author has a plan to fight back.
From Gaza to Asheville to Valencia, the celebrity chef understands
Welcome to our third annual celebration of the thinkers, innovators, and changemakers who are working to make the future a better place.
The “How Infrastructure Works” author wants us to envision achievable utopias.
Whatever you do, don’t call the Black in Neuro founder “resilient.”
Your brain needs new rights. He’s fighting to secure them.
AI is not a “stochastic parrot,” It’s a mirror, says the philosopher.
How Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl got the country to launch an impressive vegetarian experiment.
The What If We Get It Right? author rises to the challenge.
The “Oppenheimer” director built his career on making audiences confront humanity’s darkest possibilities.
That’s what makes her so refreshing.
Charitable giving in the US is down. But generosity goes beyond dollars.
What Trump’s return could mean for the global poor.
Regular giving, even in small amounts, can save lives.
I want to make the world better, but donating feels out of reach.
Volunteers, not FEMA, are the bedrock of disaster response. How do we best support them?
Science should be bipartisan. Why is our confidence split down party lines?