The microprocessor is a miracle.

My experience of malaria was just taking anti-malarials, which give you strange dreams, because I don't want to get malaria.

It's the knowledge derived from information that gives you a competitive edge.

My fascination is broadly with biology and the fact that our increased understanding of biology allows for breakthroughs in a broad set of diseases.

In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive.

Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate from high school with the basic skills they will need to succeed in the 21st Century economy, much less prepared for the rigors of college and career. Although our top universities continue to rank among the best in the world, too few American students are pursuing degrees in science and technology. Compounding this problem is our failure to provide sufficient training for those already in the workforce.

The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when you want to use it.