Abdullah Farooq is a PhD candidate at the California Institute of Technology studying biology.

07.23.2022

• Abdullah Farooq

Climate Change Is About to Cause a Viral Explosion

As climate change disrupts migration patterns, animals and the viruses they carry will come into unusual contact with each other — and inevitably with humans, unleashing new pandemics. The only thing that can stop this unfolding nightmare is a mass movement.

02.19.2022

• Abdullah Farooq

Billionaires Are Investing in Anti-Aging. Cool, But Who Will Invest in Antibiotics?

Jeff Bezos and other billionaires are investing big in anti-aging science. There’s nothing wrong with that — but there is something wrong with a world where the rich can fund their pet research agendas while ignoring crises that primarily affect the poor.