Worksinprogress

Economic growth gives us cleaner air, healthier rivers, and safer workplaces. Happier animals could be next.

Few people know how much medicine has progressed in their lifetimes. Fewer know how much faster it could be progressing.

Few people know how much medicine has progressed in their lifetimes. Fewer know how much faster it could be progressing.

The limits of breeding for speed

Selective breeding has pushed horses to the limits of biology. But at what cost?

And how beauty could help get more homes built

Is it really plausible that children survived the hardship of medieval life without devoted parents?

Is it really plausible that children survived the hardship of medieval life without devoted parents?

Modernity has meant fewer children in virtually every culture around the world. Holdouts like Orthodox Jews might have lessons for the rest of us.

A synthetic cell made via chemistry, laser phase plate electron microscopy, the first base-edited human embryo, lab-grown eggs and sperm, and more.