Archive - The Progress Network

The Case for Rewriting Nature's Code

Ben Lamm on how de-extinction, genetic engineering, and biotechnology can fix the harms humans have caused to our environment

Aug 5 • The Progress Network and Zachary Karabell

Global Shark Conservation Sees Historic Regulatory Breakthroughs

Plus, the world's first fully solar-powered ambulance

Aug 3 • The Progress Network and Emma Varvaloucas

July 2026

The Tide Turns for Sharks

The world’s most feared fish is finally getting serious protection.

Jul 30 • The Progress Network and Emma Varvaloucas

Why the Economic Numbers Don't Match How You Feel

Mark Zandi on how a skewing of income distribution means different classes are living in entirely separate realities

Jul 29 • The Progress Network and Zachary Karabell

The Invisible Arms Race Against Wildfire Smoke

Plus: A Harvard-led discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet with an atmosphere and more

Jul 27 • The Progress Network and Emma Varvaloucas

Architects of Survival

Decades of quiet innovation are already helping us survive a hotter world.

Jul 23 • The Progress Network and Emma Varvaloucas

The Case for Embracing Limits

David Epstein on how infinite choice might actually be paralyzing our ability to make decisions and find satisfaction

Jul 22 • The Progress Network and Zachary Karabell

Opening a Nearly 2,000-Year-Old Treasure

Plus, reviving eyes for science and shark-spotting drones

Jul 20 • The Progress Network

A Mystery from 79 AD, Solved

The epic intellectual treasure hunt to read the only library to survive from the time of Pompeii

Jul 16 • The Progress Network and Emma Varvaloucas

The Era of Mass Incarceration May Actually Be Ending

Alex Duran on the American criminal justice system

Jul 15 • The Progress Network and Zachary Karabell

Citizens’ Army

7 examples of the power of ordinary people

Jul 9 • The Progress Network and Emma Varvaloucas

The Case Against Cynicism

Greg Jackson and Steven Johnson on the psychological and historical roots of our negative worldview

Jul 8 • The Progress Network and Zachary Karabell

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