Social Justice The Devastation of 1918: Finding Pockets of Hope in the Great Flu Pandemic The influenza pandemic of 1918 has taught us many lessons and, according to new research, some of them are decidedly low-tech. Anna Maria Gillis
Social Justice When Will a Deadly Pandemic Put an End to Worrying About Deadly Pandemics? Fear-inducing headlines—kind of like this one—might not be such a bad thing. Noah Davis
Environment Futurists Fear Droughts More Than Pandemics Two noted futurists are less concerned about acute knockout blows from a pandemic and more fearful of diminishing water and increasing warmth. Lewis Beale
Social Justice Taking the Temperature of Swine Flu Fears Information, good or bad, about swine flu travels faster than the virus itself, and a team at Stanford wants you to help it track how you respond to this unfolding pandemic. Marcel Salathé