Stanford neuroscientist William B. Hurlbut talks about his dealings with the Chinese researcher who created the world’s first gene-edited babies, and about the implications of that experiment.

Part 2: David Hulme interviews Achim Dobermann of Rothamsted Research about how agriculture will need to change if we hope to feed the world’s growing population.

Part 1: David Hulme interviews Achim Dobermann of Rothamsted Research about the effect of agriculture on our planet and how it will need to change if we hope to feed the world’s growing population.

In the face of new technology allowing scientists to manipulate genes in human embryos, how will we move forward?

In vitro fertilization has opened the path to a new era of reproductive interventions. How did we arrive at a point where we could soon be creating designer babies?

Insight Video: If warnings about environmental disaster or the threat of war seem overly alarmist—that things always work out in the end—maybe it’s time to think again.

Neuroscientist Anders Sandberg talks about the challenges and risks inherent in our steady march toward an age where machine intelligence surpasses that of human beings.

Insight Video: The perilous state of our natural world is enough to induce anxiety and distress in all but those who refuse to see. Is there any reason for hope?

Piers Millett of Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute talks about potential global biological catastrophes stemming from such risks as bioterrorism, pandemic disease and genetic manipulation.

What kind of world will our children inherit? Today’s environmental problems call for a long-term global solution—one that upends a current business-as-usual focus on near-term benefit.