Features

• Should you edit your children’s genes?

  

  In the fierce debate about CRISPR gene editing, it’s time to give patients a voice.

  Nature (23 February 2016)

• A world where everyone has a robot: why 2040 could blow your mind

  

  Technological change is accelerating today at an unprecedented speed and could create a world we can barely begin to imagine.

  Nature (24 February 2016)

Comment

• Generation game

  

  A Nature special issue takes on the world of tomorrow — and the decisions shaping it today.

  Nature (24 February 2016)

• Development: Slow down population growth

  

  Within a decade, women everywhere should have access to quality contraceptive services, argues John Bongaarts.

  Nature (24 February 2016)

• Economics: Current climate models are grossly misleading

  

  Nicholas Stern calls on scientists, engineers and economists to help policymakers by better modelling the immense risks to future generations, and the potential for action.

  Nature (24 February 2016)

• Sustainability: Game human nature

  

  Finding ways to adapt natural tendencies and nudge collective action is central to the well-being of future generations, say Helga Fehr-Duda and Ernst Fehr.

  Nature (24 February 2016)

• Can today’s decisions really be future-proofed?

  

  The impact of long-term policies on future generations will differ over time, and policymaking should take this into account, argues Céline Kermisch.

  Nature (22 February 2016)

Science Fiction

• Futures

  

  Nature‘s science-fiction column presents an eclectic view of what may come to pass. Is there life beyond the stars? Will artificial intelligence take over the world? These questions and more are addressed every week

  Nature (24 February 2042)