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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From Maldives to the Democratic Republic of Congo, there has been stunning progress in tackling diseases.
Our reality could have a mirror image — and it has some serious risks and benefits.
If you believe there’s a soul trapped inside ChatGPT, I have good news for you.
More cities are finally choosing bikes over cars.
This technology could feed a world of 10 billion. We’re squandering it, and the trade war with China could make it worse.
Why A House of Dynamite is so damn scary.
It’s not millennial cringe to wonder if you can enjoy the work of problematic artists.
We’ve made tremendous progress against famine — but hunger hasn’t disappeared.
Everyone needs help on GoFundMe. So how do we give?
A lot of animal abuse is falling through the cracks.
Vaccines delivered by Gavi saved the lives of 1.7 million people in poor countries
What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.
The conservationist used her stature to advocate for one of the most important, yet most unpopular, causes in the world.
It depends on who you ask.
The major decline in city fires, explained in two charts.
Informal recycling is deadly — and relatively simple to fix.
We’re the feds and we’re here to help (with your rent).
New genetic testing offers us the chance to create superbabies. It can come with unintended consequences.
The most life-changing feature on your phone is hiding in “Accessibility.”
Why current AI usage data might mislead us about the future.
How to prevent one hour of animal suffering for just one penny.
How rational is Eliezer Yudkowsky’s prophecy?
Climate change is rewriting America’s map of disease — through bug bites.
While the rest of the country turned a blind eye to ancient disease threats, these scientists leaned in.
The year child malnutrition flipped, in one chart.
A century ago, cars remade America. Autonomous vehicles could do it again.
The paradox of moral perfectionism — and how to escape it.
How MAHA gets American history wrong.
Raising the retirement age does more to hurt poorer people who live less long.
If we can help these creatures flourish in NYC, we can help them anywhere.
Killing two people is worse than killing one. What about 440 billion crustaceans?
270 million kids won’t be in class this fall. Why?
Emergency response’s newfound sluggishness, explained by earthquakes and landslides.
This small Texas city is leading the country’s response.
There are more than 200 mosquito species in the country — but just a few to worry about.
The US eradicated screwworm. Its return could cost America billions.
Few countries better exemplify how life has actually improved.
Everyone underestimated AI progress. Now what?
The hidden reasons behind America’s organ donation crisis.