Nonhlanhla Yende could have been another statistic. Instead, she became a world-class statistician. Bill Gates 2022-12-02 | ...
This statistician is saving lives with math Bill Gates 2022-12-01 | Growing up in a rural community in South Africa with high rates of HIV and TB, Dr. Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma could have been just another statistic. Instead, she became a world-class statistician who is using her expertise to save lives around the globe. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3u3LOut
Around the world in 100 Little Free Libraries. Bill Gates 2022-11-25 | There are few things I love more than discovering a new book to read. And in communities around the world, one of the best ways to find a new book is through a @Little Free Library.
The best book on tennis I’ve ever read Bill Gates 2022-11-21 | Timothy Gallwey’s Inner Game of Tennis is surprisingly profound. His insights apply to tennis but also many other parts of life. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3hXbqWP
The best sci-fi novel I read as a kid Bill Gates 2022-11-21 | Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land is a fantastic story—and it was also a turning point for me as a young reader. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3GsUiCF
5 of my all-time favorite books Bill Gates 2022-11-21 | To celebrate the holidays this year, I’ve made a list of 5 of my favorite books—including the best sci-fi novel I read as a kid, the best memoir by a rock star who’s actually a friend of mine, and more. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3hQxQZY
Wendo Aszed is a true hero. She is building a community of champions for women’s rights. Bill Gates 2022-11-15 | ...
This former bank worker is helping Kenyan women and girls flourish Bill Gates 2022-11-15 | After Wendo Aszed lost her best friend to HIV/AIDS, she dedicated her life to saving lives in her native Kenya. Today she runs Dandelion Africa, which provides a huge range of services and helps empower women and girls. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3ttxECA
Solving for Zero: Paul Edwards of Stanford Bill Gates 2022-11-10 | Meet Dr. Paul Edwards, Director of the Program on Science, Technology & Society at Stanford. He breaks down the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report and what it means for avoiding a climate disaster.
Luxembourg may be small, but its generosity (and strength) is extraordinary. Bill Gates 2022-11-03 | ...
The 2022 Breakthrough Energy Summit Bill Gates 2022-11-02 | We need to bring all the pieces together in order to solve the climate crisis. At this year’s Breakthrough Energy Summit, I was encouraged to see relationships take off between investors, policymakers, and innovators. These types of public-private collaborations will make affordable clean technologies possible.
Oh, gross! Inside the world’s foremost parasite museum Bill Gates 2022-10-31 | You may want to skip lunch—and probably avoid sushi for dinner—when visiting the world’s foremost museum of parasites in Tokyo. At the quirky and endlessly fascinating Meguro Parasitological Museum, you’ll find hundreds of stomach-turning displays featuring creepy parasite specimens. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3FtSdGg
How we’re doing on the path to zero emissions Bill Gates 2022-10-18 | This year, I’m starting a new tradition: Each fall I’ll share my thoughts on where the world is—and isn’t—making progress in the effort to reach net-zero carbon emissions. In this video I give an overview of the work to avoid a climate disaster. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3MkWj4R
Solving for Zero: The Green Steel of Boston Metal Bill Gates 2022-10-17 | Boston Metal is moving quickly to decarbonize the steel industry.
Solving for Zero: Ramya Swaminathan of Malta Bill Gates 2022-10-17 | Malta has developed a thermal energy storage system that can collect and store energy from sources like wind and solar, in any location, and for long durations. It can dispatch it as electricity, on demand, for up to 8+ days.
What polio in New York means Bill Gates 2022-10-14 | It was stunning to hear that polio had re-emerged in New York earlier this year. It’s a reminder that polio anywhere is a threat everywhere.
A new school is innovating a more sustainable future Bill Gates 2022-10-04 | The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability was founded this year with the goal of accelerating solutions to address the global climate crisis. Touring research labs and meeting with professors and students at this one-of-a-kind school, I was blown away by the creativity and ingenuity at work to meet the energy and sustainability challenges of today and the future. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3xXVSHJ
Why do children die? Bill Gates 2022-09-06 | I know that child mortality is an awful thing to think about. But “why do children die” is one of the most important questions ever, because it reveals so much about the state of the world. In this video I explain how child mortality has been dropping dramatically for decades and what it will take to keep up the progress. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3TGkdec
A promising vaccine candidate to protect children from their #1 killer Bill Gates 2022-09-06 | More than 670,000 children die from pneumonia ever year. A powerful new vaccine candidate in development is designed to protect children from pneumococcal bacteria, the leading cause of deadly pneumonia. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3CXFOJd
Wordle for math geeks Bill Gates 2022-08-30 | As much as I enjoy Wordle, the math fan in me might love Nerdle even more. Instead of guessing a five-letter word, you have to solve an equation. It’s a lot of fun. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3R2vUdD
My Wordle obsession Bill Gates 2022-08-30 | I do this online puzzle every day and compete with my friends and family to see who gets the best score. Here are a few tips I’ve picked up. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3R2vUdD
Why we need more innovation to end malaria Bill Gates 2022-08-15 | In the last two decades, the world has dramatically reduced the global burden of malaria, preventing 1.7 billion cases and saving 10.6 million lives. But progress has slowed in recent years. Malaria persists in high-burden communities, and challenges including drug and insecticide resistance, stagnant funding, and emergent diseases such as COVID-19 threaten continued progress. Eradication is the only sustainable approach to addressing malaria. By using existing tools effectively to save lives and advancing innovative approaches to eradication, we can rid the world of this preventable, treatable disease. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3JJ4hU9
Mobilizing the power of women to accelerate progress on malaria Bill Gates 2022-08-15 | In addition to her innovative field research, Dr. Damaris Matoke-Muhia is working to open the doors to women in community-level initiatives and senior positions in international health organizations. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3JOAyJo
Sugar fix Bill Gates 2022-08-15 | Everyone knows mosquitoes have a taste for blood, but did you know they have an even bigger sweet tooth? Mosquitoes love sugar. Just as humans are drawn to the sweet smell of a chocolate shop or bakery, mosquitoes find the smell of sugar irresistible. All mosquitoes need sugar to survive. Female mosquitoes consume blood to lay eggs, but both male and female mosquitoes require sugar for energy. In fact, even though mosquitoes buzzing in your ears may appear single-minded about biting you, they need sugar more often than they need blood. Exploiting this craving, researchers have developed a lethal new tool to kill mosquitoes and protect people living in areas at high risk for malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3w0gZrY
The Mosquito Factory Bill Gates 2022-08-15 | Inside a two-story brick building in Medellín, Colombia, scientists work long hours in muggy labs breeding millions and millions of mosquitoes. They tend to the insects’ every need as they grow from larvae to pupae to adults, keeping the temperature just right and feeding them generous helpings of fishmeal, sugar, and, of course, blood. Then, they release them across the country to breed with wild mosquitoes that can carry dengue and other viruses threatening to sicken and kill the population of Colombia. This might sound like the beginnings of a Hollywood writer’s horror film plot. But it’s not. This factory is real. And the mosquitoes being released don’t terrorize the local population. Far from it. They’re actually helping to save and improve millions of lives. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3PjLos3
Get to know OER Project Bill Gates 2022-08-02 | Teachers have one of the most important jobs. OER Project provides free innovative curricula and a variety of teaching tools. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3vnHpU0
The Health Impact of Climate Change Bill Gates 2022-08-02 | OER Project courses have been taught to over 1 million students. This climate course is designed to help students discover the role they can play in achieving net zero carbon emissions. Watch the full video at youtu.be/25LKkajW-Co
Eradicating Smallpox Bill Gates 2022-08-02 | As we battle this pandemic and seek to prevent the next, we might look to history for lessons. The worst disease that has ever afflicted humanity is also the only one we’ve ever eradicated. Watch the full video at youtu.be/CXigqU9EDbk
Native talents and challenges Bill Gates 2022-08-01 | I learned a lot from Jerad Koepp, Washington state’s 2022 Teacher of the Year, about the challenges and opportunities for Native students in our state. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3BlmaGl
Why I made a medicine bag Bill Gates 2022-08-01 | Jerad Koepp, Washington state’s 2022 Teacher of the Year, showed me how to make a medicine bag and explained how the process connects to deeper issues about Native culture and traditions. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3BlmaGl
The Big History of Ukraine and corn Bill Gates 2022-08-01 | This video is a great example of how Big History works—it shows the connections between the conflict in Ukraine today and the long history of maize. Watch the full video at youtu.be/rwl7ZrX0NLs
I’m a Pickler! Bill Gates 2022-07-26 | I’ve been a little stunned—and delighted—by the sudden popularity of one of my favorite pastimes, a game with a funny name and strange terminology, such as, “dink,” “kitchen,” and “skinny singles.” I’m talking about pickleball. It’s best described as a mash up of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong. I’ve been a “Pickler,” as people obsessed with the game like me are known, for more than 50 years. Largely confined to the Pacific Northwest for decades, pickleball has now emerged as America’s fastest-growing sport. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3yZGslK
To cut emissions, use this Swiss Army Knife Bill Gates 2022-06-21 | Cheap, clean hydrogen could solve so many problems that it would be a massive energy breakthrough. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3beE7LP
5 great books for summer Bill Gates 2022-06-06 | I loved these books and hope you'll find something here that you'll love too."The Power" by Naomi Alderman"Why We're Polarized" by Ezra Klein"The Lincoln Highway" by Amor Towles"The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson"How the World Really Works" by Vaclav SmilLearn more at gatesnot.es/3M8XYZF
In Africa, detecting disease outbreaks to prevent the next pandemic Bill Gates 2022-05-31 | Sofonias Tessema is the program lead for the Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative at the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sofonias is leading a continent-wide effort to use powerful genomic sequencing technologies to spot disease outbreaks before they can become a global threat. Genomic sequencing allows scientists to read the DNA and RNA of pathogens and understand what they are, how they spread from one person to another, and develop counter measures like vaccines. During COVID-19, this technology has been an invaluable tool for identifying new variants, tracking the evolution and spread of the virus, and guiding public health responses. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3NzxHEQ
These grad students could help stop the next outbreak Bill Gates 2022-05-31 | I met with 33 scientists to talk about pandemic prevention in my latest Gates Notes Deep Dive. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3wQTDVl
Ending polio in Pakistan Bill Gates 2022-05-24 | Earlier this year, I made my first trip ever to Pakistan to learn more about the country’s incredible efforts to wipe out polio. Their energy and enthusiasm reminded me of what I saw in India and Nigeria when those countries were traveling the final mile to eliminate polio within their borders. But the last mile is often the toughest. We’ve never been closer to ending polio and it’s critical that the world doesn’t lose sight of this goal. Learn more at gatesnot.es/3NmtHY0
