Bryan Walsh

Why Your Brain Can’t Process Climate Change

Last week saw the latest in a series of increasingly dire reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This past July was the hottest month on record, punctuated by intense heat waves throughout Europe...

By Bryan Walsh August 14, 2019

ICAN Receives Nobel Peace Prize For Nuclear Ban

"They don't have to be that special"

By Bryan Walsh December 10, 2017

Does Spirituality Make You Happy?

Scientists may not agree on why, but they are finding some new answers to age-old questions

August 7, 2017

The World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic

On a hyperconnected planet rife with hyperinfectious diseases, experts warn we aren't ready to keep America--and the world--safe from the next pandemic

By Bryan Walsh May 4, 2017

Why America’s Power Grid Is Susceptible to Cyberattacks

The threat of cyberattack calls for a manual backup

By Bryan Walsh March 30, 2017

The Right to Speech Vs. the Right to Censor

Milo Yiannopoulos is many things: a onetime editor at the alt-right website Breitbart, a gay and partly Jewish man who regularly disparaged gays and Jews, the self-described "most fabulous supervillain of the Internet" and, in...

By Bryan Walsh March 2, 2017

How the Enlightenment Predicted Modern Populism

When people have faith in a new way of life's future, unkept promises can lead to pain and rebellion

By Bryan Walsh February 9, 2017

Why Doomsday Is Closer Than You Think

The threats have changed—but the risks are real

By Bryan Walsh January 26, 2017

Trump's Presidency Could Mean the End of a Livable Climate

The thousands of diplomats and activists who gathered at the annual U.N. climate summit, held this year in Marrakech, Morocco, on Nov. 7, must have thought the hard work was over. Just days earlier, the...

By Bryan Walsh November 17, 2016

How Peace-Finally-Came to Reign Throughout the Western Hemisphere

Church bells rang in the small towns of Colombia at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 29. The tolling marked the official start of a cease-fire that was years in the making and the end of a...

By Bryan Walsh September 12, 2016

Suffering and Squandering Hope in a War-Weary Country

July 9 was the fifth anniversary of the world's youngest country, but the citizens of South Sudan had no cause for celebration. Heavy fighting between the government forces of President Salva Kiir and troops loyal...

By Bryan Walsh July 14, 2016

How I Taught Myself to Cook

Dinner kits provide everything you need to cook, other than a sous-chef to berate

By Bryan Walsh March 10, 2016

How I Taught Myself to Cook--With a Kit

Companies like Plated, Hello Fresh and Blue Apron measure, box and ship out every ingredient

By Bryan Walsh March 10, 2016

Zika's Toll

A virus with links to birth defects sends fear through the Americas

By Bryan Walsh / Recife, Brazil February 4, 2016

Why the Zika Outbreak Marks a New Normal for Infectious Disease

It's easy to think dangerous mosquito-borne diseases--the kind that can cause birth defects, severe illness or even death--are something only poor, tropical countries need to fear. Yet malaria, brought to the U.S. by European colonists...

By Bryan Walsh January 28, 2016

Behind The Most Heartbreaking Photo of 2015

The photographer talks about the day she took the image and its impact on the world

By Bryan Walsh December 29, 2015

The Damage of China’s One-Child Policy May Already Be Done

The country faces a major aging crisis

By Bryan Walsh November 5, 2015

10 Questions With Orhan Pamuk

The Nobel laureate discusses his new novel, his love for his hometown of Istanbul and Turkey’s response to a devastating terrorist attack

By Bryan Walsh October 15, 2015

How to Prevent the Next Hurricane Katrina

Billions have been spent. It’s not enough.

By Bryan Walsh August 27, 2015

President Obama Takes the Lead on Climate Change

But he needs the world to follow

By Bryan Walsh August 6, 2015

The Long Journey From North Korea to Freedom

New memoirs describe life during one of the greatest disasters—and most secret—the world has ever known

By Bryan Walsh August 6, 2015

Don't Let the IOC Ruin Ultimate Frisbee

The International Olympic Committee's decision to recognize the sport could kill what makes it so special

By Bryan Walsh August 3, 2015

How Air Travel Could Get Greener

Aviation accounts for only about 2% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, but it's one of the fastest-growing contributors to climate change. That's one reason the Environmental Protection Agency announced on June 10 that it will develop regulations for carbon emissions from airplanes, which could prompt major industry changes.

By Bryan Walsh June 11, 2015

Inside the Battle for Apache Land

The land swap was hidden in the defense spending bill's "rider"

By Salima Koroma June 4, 2015

What's Wrong With U.S. Foreign Policy?

Identifying the major challenges as America navigates a new world

By Bryan Walsh May 21, 2015

Bailing Out the Bees

Insects generally aren't a constituency that gets much attention from the White House. But when you add $15 billion in value to agricultural crops through pollination--as the honeybee does--you might even get your own task...

By Bryan Walsh May 21, 2015

#TheBrief: Who Is Responsible for Migrants Who Seek Asylum?

Who is responsible for migrants seeking asylum? Italy? Or the European Union?

By Salima Koroma April 22, 2015

Here Are the 5 Things TIME 100 Says About the World

The most influential people in the world, from around the world

By Bryan Walsh April 16, 2015

Burmese Pythons Are Taking Over the Everglades

Burmese pythons aren't your normal predators

By Bryan Walsh March 20, 2015

The American Century Isn't Over

China won't end U.S. dominance—but political gridlock and isolationism could

By Bryan Walsh March 12, 2015

Global Forecast

With OPEC's sway diminished, lower prices may have staying power. That means opportunities along with a sobering price tag

By Bryan Walsh January 22, 2015

Water World

A massive Middle Eastern desalination plant could show how to quench a crowded planet's growing thirst

By Bryan Walsh December 22, 2014

Climate Strange

Forget global warming--and get ready for global weirding

By Bryan Walsh December 22, 2014

Cuba Libre

After more than 50 years, the U.S. looks to a future 90 miles away

By Bryan Walsh December 22, 2014

How Bremmer Sees the World

Can Vladimir Putin handle Russia's economic mess? He absolutely can, in the time frame most people are concerned about. There's no question that the Russian economy is imploding, but it's not imploding near fast enough...

By Bryan Walsh December 22, 2014

10 Questions With Yao Ming

The retired NBA star wants everyone to stop buying ivory—and wishes he’d shot more 3s

By Bryan Walsh December 4, 2014

Bird Flu Returns: What Past Outbreaks Can Teach Us

As bird flu rears its head once again, take a look at TIME's past coverage of the virus

By Bryan Walsh November 17, 2014

Why This Pipeline Is Key

The House has approved a pipeline proposal; the Senate is expected to vote on the subject next week

By Bryan Walsh November 14, 2014

The Doctor on Your Wrist

The next revolution in personal health may be the little band that tracks your steps

By Bryan Walsh November 14, 2014

Here Comes the Cold

An “omega block” of freezing wind ushers in icy temperatures for much of the U.S.

By Bryan Walsh November 13, 2014

China Shows It's Ready to Grow Up on Climate Change

China lives up to its responsibilities on global warming

By Bryan Walsh November 12, 2014

After the Fall

A German photographer who was on the scene documents the afterlife of the Berlin Wall, which came down 25 years ago this month

By Bryan Walsh November 6, 2014

Banish The Night

Solar energy could help bring power to the powerless in Burma

By Bryan Walsh October 23, 2014

Ebola Isn't Really a Threat to the U.S.

Ebola will not likely spread within the United States

By Bryan Walsh October 21, 2014

The Oil Weapon

Cheaper crude—due in part to booming U.S. production—is a major threat to Russia

By Bryan Walsh October 16, 2014

Let There Be Light

Millions of Indians are blind because of cataracts. A simple operation can help them—if they can find a way to get it

By Bryan Walsh October 9, 2014