Is It Possible to Predict the Next Pandemic?
Large initiatives are underway to pinpoint the next big viral threats—but some virologists believe the task is too hard.
Ideas 2017
Dispatches from the Aspen Ideas Festival/Spotlight Health
Why Young Americans Are Questioning Democracy
In a poll, less than one-third of millennial Americans said they thought it was essential to live in a democracy. Why?
Does Technology Need to Be Ethical?
The entrepreneur Anil Dash believes that the tech world has an obligation to be more humane.
How Just Six Words Can Spark Conversation About Race in America
Michele Norris has created an archive of more than 50,000 stories about race and identity.
When In-Person Conversation Is Better Than Texting
Sherry Turkle, the Director of the MIT “Initiative on Technology and Self,” discusses the relationship between talking in real life and cultivating empathy.
Astro Teller on Why Artificial Intelligence Is Not Scary
How worried should we be about robots taking over the world?
Khizr Khan on the Constitution
The lawyer and Gold Star father believes that Americans should look to its oldest documents for guidance.
Genetic Testing Is Recreating Bonds Broken by Slavery
Alondra Nelson discusses how ancestry tests can empower African Americans.
Dolores Huerta's Life of Activism
The 87-year-old labor leader who fought with Cesar Chavez says grassroots organizing is still effective.
Hate Groups Are Growing Under Trump
The director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project discusses an alarming new trend.