It’s hard to overstate how important finding a reliable, affordable, and easy-to-use diagnostic is for stopping Alzheimer’s. This is a big step towards that goal.

In his 2013 New Yorker article “Slow Ideas,” the Harvard surgeon Atul Gawande offered a compelling way to understand why some good ideas spread slowly (if at all) while others spread like wildfire.

One of the questions I am most often asked about the #COVID19 pandemic is how, and when, it will end. This article by @edyong209 does a really good job of outlining the steps we need to take.

Progress isn’t always easy to see. These charts show some of the ways that the world is getting better.

10 breakthrough technologies that could help us feed the world and fight climate change at the same time.

Good article about scientists who are trying to save lives by building a better potato.

Important article from @NYTimes about the need for energy miracles. We must drive investment & innovation.

A great Economist article on how Africans are attacking the barriers to higher productivity.

Great article in @TheEconomist on why it’s getting easier to stop deadly diseases.

I learned what’s possible in agriculture from studying a remarkable scientist named Norman Borlaug. If you’re curious about Borlaug and his breakthroughs, I recommend this article and a book called “The Man Who Fed the World.”

Excellent article on little-known fact about college: For most Americans the challenge isn’t going; it’s finishing.

Vaclav Smil is one of my favorite authors. I’ve read nearly all of his 37 books. This is an excellent overview of how Smil has helped shape how people (myself included) think about energy.

Better tools for collecting and sharing data will help community health workers protect families in the poorest parts of the world.