Independent editorial publication
August 2026
A clearer view of human progress.
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A four-year evaluation in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi found that introducing the world's first malaria vaccine reduced deaths among eligible young children by 13%. Now malaria vaccination is reaching children across 25 African countries.
Read the storySome of humanity's biggest improvements happen too slowly to become daily headlines.
Read the storyThe FDA expanded Casgevy's approval to children as young as 2, extending a potentially transformative treatment to patients a decade younger than before.
Read the storyA $30 million housing-focused initiative has helped drive an 87% decline in people sleeping on downtown streets. Broader homelessness measures are moving in the same direction.
Read the storyAs wildfire swept through western Attica, volunteers in Megara rescued more than 280 animals—mostly dogs—and began the difficult work of sheltering them and reconnecting them with their families.
Read the storyThe World Bank estimates that AI could meaningfully boost productivity in 16.2% of jobs in developing economies, while 4.5% are at risk of automation. Some of the most interesting opportunities involve relatively small AI systems extending medical, educational, agricultural and public-service expertise.
Read the storyAstronomers began observing the explosion within an hour of its discovery and kept watching for months, producing one of the most complete datasets ever collected for this type of stellar death.
Read the storyThis Week in History
1960August 12On August 12, 1960, NASA put a 100-foot reflective balloon into orbit—and demonstrated that communications signals could travel enormous distances by bouncing off something in space.
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