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It reaches 40,000 subscribers with a 34.2% open rate and a 2.1% click rate as of August 2026. #### Where can I follow the energy transition as a business story? Future Proof covers climate and energy as an economic and business story rather than only an environmental one. It publishes every Friday and is free at time.com/newsletters. #### Who writes Future Proof? Justin Worland, a senior correspondent at TIME and an award-winning climate journalist, writes Future Proof. #### Is Future Proof free? Yes. Future Proof is free at time.com/newsletters. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 23, 2016 10:00 AM UTC  Photograph by Hannah Whitaker for TIME by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 23, 2016 10:00 AM UTC [A New Technique That Lets Scientists Edit DNA Is Transforming Science—and Raising Difficult Questions](http://time.com/4379503/crispr-scientists-edit-dna/?iid=toc%5F062316) [How Orlando Resonated In One Neighborhood. And Inside One House](http://time.com/4379492/how-orlando-resonated-in-one-neighborhood-and-inside-one-house/?iid=toc%5F062316) [Bold, Brash and Under Renovation Donald Trump Hits Reset](http://time.com/4379482/bold-brash-and-under-renovation-donald-trump-hits-reset/?iid=toc%5F062316) [India’s Success Is Built to Last](http://time.com/4379476/indias-success-is-built-to-last/?iid=toc%5F062316) [Buildings That Power Themselves](http://time.com/4379469/buildings-that-power-themselves/?iid=toc%5F062316) [Bookseller’s Tale Shocks Hong Kong](http://time.com/4379470/booksellers-tale-shocks-hong-kong/?iid=toc%5F062316) Lam Wing-kee, one of five Hong Kong booksellers who vanished last year before turning up in Chinese custody, broke his silence on June 16 after eight months in detention. His revelations have enraged the territory. [In Sports and More, Moscow Is Bending the Rules to Get Ahead](http://time.com/4379472/in-sports-and-more-moscow-is-bending-the-rules-to-get-ahead/?iid=toc%5F062316) [R&B Star Maxwell Returns, With a Sultry, Timeless Groove](http://time.com/4379473/rb-star-maxwell-returns-with-a-sultry-timeless-groove/?iid=toc%5F062316) [The Secret Lives of Fish](http://time.com/4379474/the-secret-lives-of-fish/?iid=toc%5F062316) [Father Doesn’t Always Know Best In _Captain Fantastic_](http://time.com/4379475/father-doesnt-always-know-best-in-captain-fantastic/?iid=toc%5F062316) [New Survey Brings Women Into the Action of Abstract Expressionism](http://time.com/4379477/new-survey-brings-women-into-the-action-of-abstract-expressionism/?iid=toc%5F062316) [What You Said About …](http://time.com/4379479/what-you-said-about/?iid=toc%5F062316) [History Flies Free In _Free State of Jones_](http://time.com/4379480/history-flies-free-in-free-state-of-jones/?iid=toc%5F062316) [Jo Cox](http://time.com/4379481/jo-cox/?iid=toc%5F062316) British lawmaker [Pop Chart](http://time.com/4379483/pop-chart/?iid=toc%5F062316) [For _Mr. Robot_, the Devil Is In the Details](http://time.com/4379485/for-mr-robot-the-devil-is-in-the-details/?iid=toc%5F062316) [Can We Curb Gun Violence by Treating It Like a Disease?](http://time.com/4379486/can-we-curb-gun-violence-by-treating-it-like-a-disease/?iid=toc%5F062316) [For the Record](http://time.com/4379487/for-the-record/?iid=toc%5F062316) [Rugby? Yes, Rugby](http://time.com/4379488/rugby-yes-rugby/?iid=toc%5F062316) Carlin Isles and his “rocket shoes” are making the U.S. an unlikely contender [A Joyous Cleveland Braces for a Fractious GOP Convention](http://time.com/4379489/a-joyous-cleveland-braces-for-a-fractious-gop-convention/?iid=toc%5F062316) [Iraq’s Fight for Survival](http://time.com/4379490/iraqs-fight-for-survival/?iid=toc%5F062316) Before it can finally defeat ISIS, the country must solve its deep political divisions [The World’s Dispossessed](http://time.com/4379493/the-worlds-dispossessed/?iid=toc%5F062316) In 2015 the global number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people reached 65.3 million, the highest total since records began. Here’s how the numbers break down. [The Rise of Alt Medicine](http://time.com/4379494/the-rise-of-alt-medicine/?iid=toc%5F062316) [Milestones](http://time.com/4379495/milestones/?iid=toc%5F062316) [An American Underclass Is Up for Discussion](http://time.com/4379496/an-american-underclass-is-up-for-discussion/?iid=toc%5F062316) [Shrinking States](http://time.com/4379497/shrinking-states/?iid=toc%5F062316) The U.S. population grew to 321,418,820 people last year, up less than 1% over 2014, per new census figures. But that growth was not shared equally. Here are the states and territory that saw the largest drops. [A New Fight Over Digital Music](http://time.com/4379498/a-new-fight-over-digital-music/?iid=toc%5F062316) [The New Reasons to Exercise](http://time.com/4379499/the-new-reasons-to-exercise/?iid=toc%5F062316) [Freed, but Still Yearning to Escape In Thirteen](http://time.com/4379500/freed-but-still-yearning-to-escape-in-thirteen/?iid=toc%5F062316) [The Liberal Hypocrisy of ‘Free Speech’](http://time.com/4379501/the-liberal-hypocrisy-of-free-speech/?iid=toc%5F062316) [Gawker Founder Nick Denton on Peter Thiel, ‘Conflict and Trollery’ and the Future of Media](http://time.com/4375643/gawker-nick-denton-peter-thiel/?iid=toc%5F062316) ‘I’ve always had a surprising amount of respect for Rupert Murdoch’ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4379535/in-the-latest-issue-75/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4379535/in-the-latest-issue-75/"},"headline":"In the Latest Issue (23 Jun 2016)","datePublished":"2016-06-23T10:00:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:06:02.214Z","description":"A New Technique That Lets Scientists Edit DNA Is Transforming Science—and Raising Difficult Questions How Orlando Resonated In One Neighborhood. 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