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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Pope Leo’s unusual crusade should be a model for every religion.
Yes, protein builds muscle. No, you don’t need as much as lifting influencers say.
How to get parents and friends to get serious about doing good.
Your summer won’t be as good as you think it will be. It never is.
Non-combatants bear the brunt of modern war’s toll, but we don’t know how to memorialize them.
Americans remained scared of violent crime. The numbers tell a different story.
Why millions of chickens never make it to the slaughterhouse.
Rapid changes from AI may be coming far faster than you imagine.
Why billionaires need to give more — and give faster.
Now is a good time to think about tech training wheels.
Social media gives the illusion of connection. Here’s what happened when I ditched my iPhone for a month.
The record drop in drug overdose deaths, briefly explained.
We’re still good at preventing plane crashes. We just have to actually do it.
The mass killing of tiny creatures, explained.
Hearing aids are cool now.
One company dominated the competition: Impossible Foods.
We can keep saving lives when foreign aid is dying.
Is Trump doing the right thing on animal research for the wrong reasons?
What if we measured success in terms of how much good we do?
From image generation to writing, ranking the best — and worst — of AI.
How to live longer — and healthier.
Don’t let polarization distract you from one of the most important issues the world faces.
Like it or not, the billionaire gets to decide how half the world uses technology.
More contagious than Covid-19 and with a 30 percent mortality rate, smallpox was one of history’s biggest killers. Now, it’s gone.
How to block the next Covid in mid-air.
AI is the future. It just can’t predict it.
Sorry, a robot is probably a safer driver than most humans.
OpenAI released a model that tells users they’re right — no matter what. That’s more dangerous than it seems.
A federal program killed nearly 2 million wild animals last year. The reason might surprise you.
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has moved to roll back food safety measures, endanger slaughterhouse workers, and more.
The good news about global warming.
How the company’s transition to for-profit will affect everyone.
I want to believe I can make a positive impact from the inside, but maybe I’m deluding myself.
The surprising truth about milk is hiding in plain sight.
Lab-grown blood could save tens of thousands of lives. Is it possible?
Computing has a big energy appetite. What does that mean for our climate goals?
A star-studded film explains the hope and hype behind regenerative agriculture.
It can feel tempting to cocoon yourself in relaxing hobbies to spare your mental health.
Biden got immigration wrong. But there’s something both parties can agree on.
Some of your feelings about meat are just in your head.