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Speculative finance is supplanting conventional aid funding, enabling investors to determine the terms and conditions of new aid financing schemes.

For years, wealthy countries drove too much of the agenda. Now we have an opportunity to re-imagine foreign aid.

My fear is that the public will forget the U.S. used to be seen as a nation that expressed care for others.

From colonial plantations to modern supply chains, palm oil’s rise has come at a hidden human and environmental cost.

The public now has immediate, free access to all federally funded scientific research. How can we make the most of it?

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SpaceX and Blue Origin offer two different visions for the future: create Planet B, or preserve Earth. Which will it be?

Introducing a new column on the existential risks and opportunities that will shape humanity’s future.

The world’s new high ground is not just physical terrain but the ability to build and maintain alliances.

To address health disparities, scientists need data from people across all ages, races, and social classes.

Invisible links between long COVID, AI, and social media signal an emerging trend of mass disability in the post-pandemic U.S.