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Welcome to the Human Immunome—Conversations with Systems Immunologist John Tsang and Human Immunome Project Chair Jane Metcalfe
John and Jane are key subjects in my new investigative article for MIT Tech Review and Aventine. The column offers more details and musings on recent…
 • David Ewing Duncan
Michael Pollan on Politics, Plants, Psychedelics, Consciousness, and the Future
He's changed minds with bestselling books on psychedelics and on botany and desire. Now he’s tackling consciousness | Also from from my archives…
 • David Ewing Duncan
Larry Brilliant: A Cassandra for Our Times
He helped eradicate smallpox, but his pandemic warnings were ignored. Now he's worried about an emerging contagion of anti-science. Also from my…
 • David Ewing Duncan
The Future Speaks: A Scientist and an Artist Have a Baby and Name Her Futura
A New Year’s Chat with Futura, Age 14 Days—and Her Parents, Biotech Entrepreneur Riccardo Sabatini and Artist Olivia Ives-Flores | And from my…
 • David Ewing Duncan
Sussing the Future at XPRIZE (Part1)—with Neil deGrass Tyson, Peter Diamandis, Jennifer Garrison, Daniel Kraft, and Erik Lindbergh
The future of AI, space, women’s health, longevity, wisdom, and climate change: voices from the XPRIZE summit in Malibu » Also from my Archives: “Thomas…
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As We Vote, do the Rhythms of Life Seem… Off? Can We Restore a Steady Beat?
Politics and the Heart. My essay on how modern life—including politics—impacts our hearts, literally and metaphorically | Plus: “Growing Heart Cells…
 • David Ewing Duncan
The Biophysicist, the Billionaire, and the Quest to Cure Disease—an Update
Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan tapped Stanford's Steve Quake to help eradicate disease by 2100. How's it going? Also: The Future of Health (report…
 • David Ewing Duncan
David’s Substack: FUTURES
David’s Substack: FUTURES
My personal Substack writing about the future of technology, science, business, investment, policy, ethics, ecology, and more from a bestselling author and an award-winning reporter and commentator covering life sciences, AI, politics, and more.
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