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The Futurist

Presents articles offering forecasts and ideas on the future in a variety of fields, including business, economics, and culture.

Predicting jellyfish population growth.(TOMORROW IN BRIEF)
September 01, 2008

Dust storms and hurricanes.(Environment)
September 01, 2008

Majoring in the unusual: "out of the box" college programs for generat...
September 01, 2008

Eat right for a healthy brain; A study shows why losing weight could s...
September 01, 2008

Designer isotopes: rare-isotope research brings supernova processes do...
September 01, 2008

Beaming data across the cosmos.(Brief article)
September 01, 2008

Beating the cyberbullies; Targets of taunting need help turning the ta...
September 01, 2008

The new biology paradigm; In the future, the best will be better than ...
September 01, 2008

Vision: human-level artificial intelligence HAL, meet SAM.(self-aware ...
September 01, 2008

2001: A space Odyssey; MGM, 1968--based on a story.(Brief article)
September 01, 2008

Disrupting the automobile's future; The rise of the global middle clas...
September 01, 2008

Driven by the need for a better future: origins of my interest in the ...
September 01, 2008

Exploring the glocal society.(Brief article)
September 01, 2008

Emerging from a "duck-and-cover" youth.(Brief article)
September 01, 2008

Collectively designing earth's future.(Brief article)
September 01, 2008

Virtual health: Games for Health conference shows the smarter side of ...
September 01, 2008

High-tech cowboys.(TOMORROW IN BRIEF)(using global positioning systems...
September 01, 2008

Religion in china expected to grow.(TOMORROW IN BRIEF)(Brief article)
September 01, 2008

The market for artists.(TOMORROW IN BRIEF)(Brief article)
September 01, 2008

Cars may run on air.(TOMORROW IN BRIEF)(Brief article)
September 01, 2008

Flying cars, undersea living, teletransport, and other "Iconic" future...
September 01, 2008

Youth and the search for meaning.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
September 01, 2008

Need not learn to read.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
September 01, 2008

"AI chasers" is fair and balanced.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
September 01, 2008

Eliminating sanitation problems in the third world; The search for sus...
September 01, 2008

The mission of THE FUTURIST.(Brief article)
September 01, 2008

Harlan Cleveland.(OBITUARY)(Obituary)
September 01, 2008

Three Forces Shaping Our Future.(Futurecast: How Superpowers, Populati...
September 01, 2008

When Avatars Come Out to Play; Second Life may be a virtual world, but...
September 01, 2008

The Futurist Bookshelf: new and noteworthy books and featured titles a...
September 01, 2008

Personal choices and planetary impacts.
September 01, 2008

Hungary's "bright future".
September 01, 2008

Personal actions for a better future.(Brief article)
September 01, 2008

The past is folly; The future is possibility.
September 01, 2008

Making the most of the future.(reading)
September 01, 2008

How do we spot the "unknown unknowns"?
September 01, 2008

Futurists and the population problem.(Brief article)
September 01, 2008

Seeing the future's patterns in the here and now.
September 01, 2008

Why Are We Here?; The World Future Society asked its members to descri...
September 01, 2008

Outlook for the automobile's alternatives.
September 01, 2008

Vision: Teleportation; Beam Me Up, DARPA.(Defense Advanced Projects Re...
September 01, 2008

Vision: Undersea habitation; The perils and promises of sea living.
September 01, 2008

Vision: The flying Car; Up, up, and away.(Skycar)
September 01, 2008

Science fiction Vs. reality; Futurists take on the myths and realities...
September 01, 2008

Global trends in culture, infrastructure, and values; electrification ...
September 01, 2008

Nepal reinvents itself; Himalayan nation gets training in the rule of ...
September 01, 2008